PARIS.- After twelve years at the helm of the Jeu de Paume, Marta Gili has taken the decision to resign as Director. Since she was appointed in October 2006, her achievements have been wide-ranging and highly coherent. She has presented 180 solo-artist or themed exhibitions of both historical and contemporary photography, as well as video and online art. Political commitment, the poetical dimension of the artists and the re-discovery of women photographers have been some of the key themes in Marta Gili’s programming.

A large number of contemporary art projects await her in Spain, notably in Barcelona. She will leave her post on Tuesday 16 October 2018, after the opening of the Dorothea Lange, Ana Mendieta and Alejandro Cesarco exhibitions.

Marta Gili has transformed the Jeu de Paume into a major contemporary art centre for photography and other forms of mechanical and electronic images, and established it as a platform for enquiry and reflection – a place where the challenges of photography and the contemporary image are examined from a multidisciplinary perspective. It has become a vibrant space for exhibitions, encounters, teaching and publishing. Since 2010, Marta Gili has also developed an offshoot of the Jeu de Paume at the Château de Tours, creating a display area, away from the capital, for the French State’s photography collection.

As a way of raising the profile of the Jeu de Paume internationally, Marta Gili’s work with international professional networks has led to an increase in jointly produced exhibitions. Typical examples include the forthcoming «Dorothea Lange» exhibition with the Barbican Art Gallery in London and the Oakland Museum of California; the Satellite programme in conjunction with the CAPC Musée d’Art Contemporain de Bordeaux and the Museo Amparo de Puebla in Mexico; and the «Uprisings» exhibition, which has been seen in Spain, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina and Canada.

Born in Barcelona in 1957, Marta Gili has worked for twenty-seven years in the world of photography and contemporary art. From 1991 to 2005, she headed the Photography and Visual Arts Department of the La Caixa Foundation in Barcelona. Marta Gili graduated from the University of Barcelona in philosophy and psychology. From 1983 to 1988, she was one of the organizers of the Primavera Fotografica Biennale in Barcelona. She was also curator of the 2002 and 2003 editions of the Printemps de Septembre in Toulouse.