Hervé Mikaeloff

Hervé Mikaeloff is an independent Art Consultant and Curator, who currently advises and curates for the LVMH group as well as the Louis Vuitton Foundation. Over the years, he has also supported Sanofi, the Bic Group, various private banks and important private art collectors as their advisor.

He has graduated from l’Ecole du Louvre in Paris in 1991, after which he went on to work at La Fondation Cartier for Contemporary Art, followed by the renowned gallery Emmanuel Perrotin. Mikaeloff first worked as a curator at the Caisse des depots Art Collection in 1995, where he was in charge of the collection and exhibition program for shows in France, Portugal, the USA, Brazil, Japan and Hong Kong.

Since then, he has curated countless group shows and solo exhibitions around the world, amongst which, the Hennessy 250th anniversary project, an exhibition series on the Silk Road, the first exhibition of Contemporary Art from Azerbaijan, and Esprit Dior which showcased the link of the legendary fashion house with artists from 1950’s to Contemporary Women Artists. In 2022, he was the main curator of Noor Ryad in Saudi Arabia and co-curator for the 60th Venice Biennal of an exhibition of Arne Quinze at Francesco de la Vigna and Daniel Buren at Hotel Cipriani.

In 2011, Mikaeloff was knighted “les insignes de Chevalier des Arts et Lettres” by the French Ministry of Culture.