Catherine David

Catherine David (born 1954) is a French art historian, curator and museum director. David was the first woman and the first non-German speaker to curate documenta X in Kassel, Germany (21 June – 28 September 1997). David is currently deputy director of the National Museum of Modern Art (Musée National d'Art Moderne) at the Centre Georges Pompidou. She was born and lives in Paris. Early life and education David studied Spanish and Portuguese literature, linguistics and art history at the Université de la Sorbonne and the École du Louvre in Paris. Career National Museum of Modern Art, 1981–1990 From 1981 to 1990 David was a curator at the National Museum of Modern Art (Musée National d'Art Moderne), Centre Pompidou, Paris.