FOR ART’S SAKE: Lafayette Anticipations, the art foundation backed by Galeries Lafayette Group, has recruited Art Basel Paris executive Clément Delépine to become its new director, effective Nov. 17.

Delépine succeeds the current director, Rebecca Lamarche-Vadel, who has “chosen to embark on a

new personal and professional challenge and will leave her role in the autumn,” Lafayette Anticipations, the Galeries Lafayette Corporate Foundation, said Friday.

Delépine has been director of Art Basel Paris since 2022, with its next edition scheduled for Oct. 24 to 26. Under his direction the fair gained international prominence with its broad cultural programming and where he “developed an ambitious and unifying approach,” according to Lafayette Anticipations.

Guillaume Houzé, presiden

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