Franck Prazan (born 1966) is a French art collector and the owner of Applicat-Prazan gallery in Paris. He specialises in School of Paris, a Post-War abstract painting movement, whose main artists include Jean-Michel Atlan, Pierre Soulages, Serge Poliakoff, Nicolas de Staël.
The Applicat-Prazan gallery regularly attends international modern art fairs, such as artgenève, Tefaf Maastricht, Art Basel Hong Kong, Tefaf New York Spring, Art Basel Basel, Frieze Masters, Foire Internationale d'Art Contemporain, Art Basel Miami Beach.
Biography
Franck Prazan graduated from European Business School. He then occupied managerial positions at Dior Couture, Cartier International and Philippe Charriol.
In 1996, he joined Christie's France as Managing Director. As such, he oversaw its development from a simple representative office to a fully fledged auction house, moving the company to the Avenue Matignon in Paris.
He succeeded his father, Bernard Prazan, in 2004 and has been running the gallery since then. In 2010, the gallery opened a second site on the Right Bank at 14 avenue Matignon.
In 2017, Franck Prazan was contacted to sell two paintings by Jean Dubuffet and Georges Mathieu on behalf of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York.
Franck Prazan has been a Member of the Board of Trustees at TEFAF from 2017 to 2021.
Since 2022, Franck Prazan seats at the selection committee of Art Basel in Basel.
Exhibitions
- 2006 : Schneider, Œuvres majeures autour d’un tableau d’exception
- 2007 : Mes années 50, Collection Alain Delon
- 2007 : Présence, silences, hommage à Geer van Velde
- 2008 : Serge Poliakoff
- 2008 : Jean-Michel Atlan
- 2009 : Dialogues l Autour de Pierre Soulages
- 2010 : Jean-Michel Atlan, les détrempes
- 2010 : Jean-Pierre Pincemin
- 2010 : Panorama Jean Fautrier
- 2011 : 14 Matignon, Exposition inaugurale
- 2012 : André Masson
- 2012 : Alfred Manessier, Tours, Favellas et autres œuvres monumentales
- 2013 : Maurice Estève, works on paper
- 2013 : Serge Poliakoff
- 2014 : Georges Mathieu
- 2015 : Maurice Estève, Paintings
- 2016 : Zoran Music
- 2018 : Le grand œil de Michel Tapié
- 2019 : Justice! 2 chefs-d’œuvre de Roger-Edgar Gillet
- 2019 : BBB
- 2022 : Georges Mathieu, Paintings 1951-1962
References
- "Confessions of a dealer: Franck Prazan". The Art Newspaper. 6 October 2018.
- "Bernard et Franck Prazan : le retour du fils prodigue". Le Journal des Arts. January 2005.
- Toutelaculture.com, Le salon du dessin a 20 ans, article de Amelie Blaustein Niddam, 30 mars 2011.
- Franck Prazan, Paris reste une école, Le Figaro/Beaux-Arts -Le guide de l'Art 2011
- Harris, Gareth (19 January 2017). "MoMA turns to Paris dealer to sell deaccessioned Dubuffet". The Art Newspaper.
- "Franck Prazan rejoint le conseil d'administration de Tefaf Maastricht". Le Quotidien de l'Art. 26 April 2017.
- "Expo Alain Delon : Mes Années 50". Le Figaro.
- Dialogues - Autour de Pierre Soulages, 2009, Google Books
- "14 Matignon, Exposition inaugurale de la galerie Rive droite". L'Officiel, galeries & Musées. 2011.
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