A woman in a black outfit stands beside a fireplace with an abstract painting of a globe above it. A glass table with an artistic sculpture is in the foreground. The room features elegant wood flooring and ornate white walls.

Clara Darrason is a Franco-American curator and entrepreneur.

In 2024, she founded a company specializing in curation, studio & estate management, as well as consulting services. She currently works with the estate of James HD Brown, and recently curated exhibitions at Jousse Gallery & POUSH, in Paris and Selebe Yoon, Dakar, Senegal.

Previously, she worked for seven years (2016-2024) for Almine Rech gallery (New York / Paris), her last position as global manager of operations. She founded and co-directed THE CHIMNEY (2015-2020), a gallery in Brooklyn NY where she developed a program focusing on commissioned installations, revitalizing non-traditional, historical, and industrial buildings. She collaborated with over 70 artists to create 31 exhibitions and 3 festivals.

Her exhibitions were reviewed in The New York Times, Artforum, The Art Newspaper, New York Magazine among others and artists she worked with went on to exhibit in renowned institutions such as Le Centre Pompidou, le Palais de Tokyo, The Hammer Museum and more.

Selected press:

  • CONNAISSANCE DES ARTS (March 2025): "Clara Darrason, au service des successions" Read here.

  • CULT NEWS (January 2025): L’éruption des émotions – Read here.

  • ARTFORUM (March 2024): Vertigineuses – Read here.

  • The Art Newspaper (November 2023): Anne-Charlotte Finel. Read here.

  • NEW YORK MAGAZINE (August 2021): The Chimney NYC – Read here.

  • ARTFORUM (December 2019): Perla Krauze. Read here.

  • THE NEW YORK TIMES (July 2019): Sara Mejia Kriendler – Read here.

  • THE CHIMNEY NYC [2015-2020] - Read here