Thierry Zéphir (born 19--) is a French research engineer (') at the
Guimet Museum
The Guimet Museum (full name in ; ''MNAAG''; ) is a Parisian art museum with one of the largest collections of Asian art outside of Asia that includes items from Cambodia, Thailand, Viet Nam, Tibet, India, and Nepal, among other countries.
Found ...
, and a specialist in
Khmer art and the
Indianized world.
Career
Thierry Zéphir is a former student of
Albert Le Bonheur (1938–1996), and a graduate of the
École du Louvre
The École du Louvre () is a selective institution of higher education and prestigious ''grande école'' located in the Aile de Flore of the Louvre Palace in Paris, France. It is dedicated to the study of archaeology, art history, anthropology ...
where he now teaches the
arts of India and the Indianized world. Since 1991, he has regularly participated in the training of students at the Faculty of Archaeology of the
Royal University of Fine Arts in
Phnom Penh
Phnom Penh is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Cambodia, most populous city of Cambodia. It has been the national capital since 1865 and has grown to become the nation's primate city and its political, economic, industr ...
. He is also the author of numerous books and scholarly articles.
He curated several exhibitions including "" (
Grand Palais
The (; ), commonly known as the , is a historic site, exhibition hall and museum complex located in the 8th arrondissement of Paris between the Champs-Élysées and the Seine, France. Construction of the began in 1897 following the demolitio ...
, 1997), which for the first time brought together the masterpieces of
Khmer sculpture
Khmer sculpture (, ) is the stone sculpture of the Khmer Empire, which ruled a territory based on modern Cambodia, but rather larger, from the 9th to the 13th century. The most celebrated examples are found in Angkor, which served as the seat of t ...
from the Guimet Museum in Paris and the
National Museum of Cambodia
The National Museum of Cambodia () is Cambodia's largest museum of cultural history and is the country's leading historical and archaeological museum. It is located in Chey Chumneas, Phnom Penh.
Overview
The museum houses one of the world's l ...
in Phnom Penh; "" (in collaboration with
Pierre Baptiste, Guimet Museum, 2005–2006); and "" (Grand Palais, 2007).
In 2019, he conceived the illustrated catalogue for "Buddha, The Golden Legend" exhibition curated by , which took place at the Guimet Museum.
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References
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Date of birth unknown
Living people
French art curators
French art historians
École du Louvre alumni
Academic staff of the École du Louvre
20th-century French non-fiction writers
21st-century French non-fiction writers
Year of birth missing (living people)