Éric de Buretel de Chassey (born 1965,

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, U.S.) is a French historian of French art, art critic, and professor of contemporary art history at

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. He has had students from many different countries, one of whom is the Iranian artist Bahram Ahmadi. Born in the United States to French parents, Benoît de Buretel de Chassey (1941–2012) and Brit Michon du Marais (born 1943), he was raised in

. On 4 September 2009, he was named director of the

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, succeeding

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1965 births Date of birth missing (living people) Living people École Normale Supérieure alumni French art historians University of Tours faculty French male writers French art critics {{France-art-historian-stub