Born in Nancy in 1975, Didier Ottinger is the assistant director of the Musée National d’Art Moderne, Pompidou Centre. He was the director of the Sables d’Olonne contemporary art museum. From September 2005 until August 2006, he was guest curator of the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

Among the numerous exhibits that Didier Ottinger has curated, should be mentioned Le Futurisme in Paris - An explosive avant-garde at the Musée National d’Art Moderne, in the Quirinal Stables in Rome and at the Tate Modern in London in 2008-2009; Parade. Portrait of the Artist as Clown, presented in Ottawa at the National Galleries of the Grand Palais in 2004; Chimères. From mythology to biotechnologies; from Durer to Mayaux in Monaco in 2003; Max Beckmann at the Musée National d’Art Moderne, at the Tate Gallery in London and at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 2002 and Richard Hamilton- Marcel Duchamp: Water and Gas On Every Floor in 2000 and Capital Sins in 1996 at the Musée National d’Art Moderne.

He has also published numerous books devoted to artists such as Marcel Duchamp, Francis Picabia, Max Beckmann, Philip Guston, Otto Dix, etc.

Watch Didier Ottinger's interview (in French) about LA FORCE DE L'ART 02.