Background
Vergne, Philippe was born in 1966 in Troyes, France.
Vergne, Philippe was born in 1966 in Troyes, France.
Philippe Vergne was born in Troyes, France in 1966. He received a Bachelor in law from Panthéon-Assas University, Paris in 1988, a Bachelor in archeology and the history of modern art from Paris-Sorbonne University, Paris where he also got a Master of Arts in 1991 and a MAS in 1992.
He previously was the director of the Dia Art Foundation, New York from 2008 to 2014 and the deputy director and Chief Curator of the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis from 2005 to 2008. He became director of the newly created (Musée d’Art Contemporain, Marseille) in 1994 until 1997. He then was hired by the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis as a senior curator from 1997 to 2005.
Francois Pinault then hired him to head the François Pinault Foundation for Contemporary Artist
He came back to the Walker in 2005 as a deputy director and was the co-curator in 2006 of the Whitney Biennial. He became in 2008 the director of the Dia Art Foundation, New York until 2014.
The Multimedia over Coax Alliance appointed him as a director in January 2014.