Presentation
Lucienne Peiry, PhD in art history, was appointed Director of Research and International Relations of the Collection de l’Art Brut in Lausanne, after heading the museum for ten years (2001-2011). She dedicated her doctoral thesis at the Art Brut and at the history of the collection made by the French painter Jean Dubuffet (the current Collection de l’Art Brut in Lausanne). Her study was published by Editions Flammarion (English, French, German, 1997, several editions). Author of numerous books and articles on this topic, she is at the origin of several documentary films about authors of Art Brut who took part in the exhibitions she designed and organized at the Collection de l’Art Brut and abroad (Europe, Japan, Australia). Lucienne Peiry also teaches at EPFL, at the College of Humanities.