A petition has been put up on change.org by arts leaders calling on their followers to vote for Emanuel Macron in the presidential run-off.
The names predictably include current office holders like Alexander Neef at Paris Opéra and Louis Langrée at the Opéra Comique. One wonders which official encouraged them to sign.
Here are the first 100 names:
Bénédicte Alliot, director de la Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris
Hortense Archambault, director of the MC93 – Maison de la Culture de Seine-Saint-Denis, Bobigny
Patrick Ayache, President of Frac Franche-Comté, Besançon
Laurent Bayle, Founder of the City of Music – Philharmonia de Paris
Claire Barbillon, director of the School of Louvre, Paris
Pauline Bayle, director of the Nouveau Theater in Montreuil
Jean Bellorini, director of the National Popular Theater, Villeurbanne
Charles Berling, director of Libertéâ Theater, Toulon
Etienne Bernard, director of the Regional Fund for Contemporary Art in Bretagne, Rennes
Nancy Berthier, director of the Casa de Velazquez, Madrid
Pascal Bertin, director of the Baroque de Pontoise Festival
Bernard Blistène, honoraire director of the Musée National d’Art Modern – Center Pompidou, Paris
Bruno Bouché, director and artist of CCN – Ballet de l’Opéra national du Rhin
Cathy Bouvard, director of Ateliers Medicine, Clichy-Montfermeil
Stéphane Braunschweig, director of Odéon – Theater of Europe, Paris
Richard Brunel, director general and artist of Lyon opera national Lyon
Marie-Pia Bureau, Director of Malraux – Scène Nationale Chambéry Savoie
Ulrika Byttner, director of the superior school of art and design of TALM (Tours-Angers-Le Mans) – Tours, Directrice-adjacent to TALM
Marie-Haude Caraës, director general of the school’s superior art and design of TALM (Tours-Angers-Le Mans)
Patricia Carette, President of the Frac Occitanie Montpellier
Gaël Charbau, director independent artist, direct artist d’Un été au Havre 2023
Eric de Chassey, director of the National Institute of Art History, Paris
Valérie Chevalier, director general of the Opéra Orchestra National de Montpellier Occitanie
Catherine Chevillot, President of the City of Architecture and Patrimoine, Paris
David Chevrier, director artistic, Le Village, artist d’experimentation site, Bazouges-la-Parouse
Alban Corbier-Labasse, Director General of the Friche la Belle de Mai, Marseille
Armelle Dakouo, directikice artistique d’AKAA – Also Known As Africa, Paris
Abdelkader Damani, director of the Fonds Regional Art Contemporain Center-Val de Loire, Orléans
Emilie Delorme, director of the National Conservatory of Music and Dance, Paris
Emmanuel Demarcy Mota, director of Theatre de la Ville, Paris
Chris Dercon, President of the Nationaux Réunion of Musées – Grand Palace
Guillaume Désanges, president of the Palace of Tokyo, Paris
Keren Detton, director du Frac Grand Large – Hauts-de-France, Dunkerque
Nasser Djemaï, director of the Theater des Quartiers d’Ivry – CDN du Val-de-Marne
Jean-François Dumont, director general of the superior school of art and design of Pyrénées, Pau-Tarbes
Matthieu Dussouillez, director of the Lopraine National de Lorraine, Nancy
Nathalie Ergino, director of the IAC – Institute of Contemporary Art, Villeurbanne
Alexia Fabre, director of Beaux-Arts de Paris
Didier Fusillier, president of the Parc and the Grand Halle of La Villette, Paris
Bruno Gaudichon, director of La Piscine – Musée d’art et d’ustustrie André Diligent, Roubaix
Claude Georgel, director of Pôle Supérieur d’enseignement artistique Paris Boulogne-Billancourt (PSPBB)
José Manuel Gonçalves, director du 104, Paris
Fabienne Grasser-Fulchéri, Directrice de l’Espace de l’Art Concret, center of contemporary national art, Mouans-Sartoux
Marie Griffay, Directrice du FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, Reims
Emmanuelle Hamon, responsable du Frac, les Abattoirs, Musée – Frac Occitanie Toulouse
Dominique Hervieu, choreographer, cultural director of the Jeux Olympiques de Paris 2024
Laurence Herszberg, director of the General Series Festival Mania, Lille
Raphaël Imbert, director of the Conservatoire Pierre Barbizet de Marseille, INSEAM
Eric Jordan, director of the superior school of art and design of Saint-Etienne
Hassane Kassi Kouyaté, director of Francophonies en Limousin, Limoges
Julie Kretzschmar, director of Rencontres à l’échelle – Bancs Publics, Marseille
Jack Lang, President of the Institute of the Arab World, Paris
Louis Langrée, director of the National Theater of Opiquera Comique, Paris
Nadine Laurens, director of music music at the Institute of the Arts and Design of Toulouse
Erwan Le Bourdonnec, Director of the Art of La Tannerie, Bégard, Côtes d’Armor
Catherine Lefaix-Chauvel, Director General of the Pont Supererie, Pôle d’enseignement supererie spectacle vivant Bretagne – Pays de la Loire, Nantes
Pierre-Yves Lenoir and Claudia Stavisky, directors of Theater des Castelins, Lyon
Olivier Letellier, director of the Tréteaux de France, national drama center
Stéphane Lissner, director of the Opéra San Carlo, Naples
Jean de Loisy, president of the Tokyo Palace and director of the Beaux-Arts de Paris
Laurence de Magalhaes, Stephane Ricordel et Jean-Michel Ribes, directors of the theater at Rond-Point, Paris
Macha Makeieff, director of the National Theater of Marseille, La Criée
Olivier Mantei, director of the City of Music – the Philharmonic of Paris and the copier of Bouffes du Nord
Antoine Marchand, director of Lait, National Center for the Contemporary Art, Albi
Valérie Mazouin, director of the Center for Contemporary Chapelle Saint Jacques, Saint Gaudens
Laurence Maynier, Director of the Foundation of Artists, Paris
Béatrice Méline, director, gallery Raymond Hains & Saint-Brieuc School of Beaux-Arts
Arnaud Meunier, director of MC2, Maison de la Culture de Grenoble
ÉLisabeth Milon, Co-President of the National Association of Amateurs of Territorial Arts Schools – Director of the School of Plastics and the Classic of Vitry-sur-Seine
Bernard de Montferrand, President of the FRAC Nouvelle Aquitaine MECA, Bordeaux
Marc Monjou, Director General of the European School of Superior Image Angoulême-Poitiers
Edouard Mornaux, director of the Center Intermondes, La Rochelle
Amel Nafti, director of the superior school of art and design of Grenoble-Valence
Alexander Neef, Director General of the Opéra National de Paris
Pascal Neveux, President of Cipac – Federation of Professional Art Associates and Director of Frac Picardie, Amiens
Pap Ndiaye, director of the Palace of the Porte Dorée – Musée national de l’immigration et tropical aquarium, Paris
Stanislas Nordey, director of the National Theater in Strasbourg
Michel Orier, director of music and creation of Radio France
Rachid Ouramdane, director of Chaillot – National Theater of Danse, Paris
Eric Penso, Numa Hambursin and Yann Mazéas, their respective president, director general, and director of the MO.CO School of Art – Montpellier Contemporary
Alain Perroux, director of the Opéra National du Rhin, Strasbourg
Maëlle Poésy, director of the Dijon-Bourgogne Theater
Francesca Poloniato, director of the ZEF, Scène nationale de Marseille
Olivier Poubelle, co-founder of the Bouffes du Nord and the Athenian Louis Jouvet, Paris
Caroline Pozmentier-Sportich, President of the FRAC Provence Alpes Côte d’Azur, Marseille
Olivier Py, director of the Avignon Festival
Christophe Rauck, director of Theater Nanterres Amandiers
Eric Ruf, administrator of the French Com ,die, Paris
Françoise Seince, director of the National School of Supremacy of the Art of Limoges
Alexandra Servel, responsive du center of La Graineterie, Houilles
Mario Serviable, President of the FRAC Ile De La Reunion
Pierre Soignon, Director du Castel Coucou, Forbach
Sam Stourdzé, director of Villa Medicis, Rome
Catherine Texier, Directrice du Frac-Artothèque Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Limoges
Etienne Théry, director of the superior school of Lorraine art, the final arts plastiques
Emmanuel Tibloux, director of the National School of the Superior des Arts Decoratifs, Paris
Jean-Baptiste Tivolle, President of FRAC Grand Large – Hauts de France and President of Platform
Stephen Touron, Co-President of the National Association of Public Classes Preparatory Aux Schools Superior d’Art – Director of the School of Calaisis, Calais
Marie Wozniak, Director of the National School of Grenoble Architecture
Danielle Yvergniaux, Director General of the European School of Superior Art of Bretagne, Brest-Lorient-Quimper-Rennes