Dr. Donatien Grau

Dr. Donatien Grau is an author, editor and scholar who specialises in philology and museums. Based in Paris, he is currently the head of contemporary programs at the Musée du Louvre and has previously held the same title at the Musée d’Orsay. Dr. Grau is the editor in chief and artistic director of the magazine Alphabet, and has also authored and edited publications such as Living Museums (Hatje Cantz, 2020), and Under Discussion. The Encyclopedic Museum (Getty, 2021). He has worked alongside Azzedine Alaïa, advising on the couturier’s not-for-profit exhibition space, as well as being a guest curator at the J. Paul Getty Museum.