Art historian Sarah Lombardi took over as director of the
Collection de l’Art Brut in March 2013. Curator of the museum from 2007, and a research associate there from
2004, Ms. Lombardi was the museum's interim director from January 2012 to
February 2013. During that eight-year period, she coordinated numerous exhibitions
for the museum, in Switzerland and abroad. From 2001 to 2003, Ms. Lombardi
served as well as exhibition coordinator for the Foundation for Therapeutic Art
and Art Brut in Montreal (Quebec) and, in 2001, taught French-Swiss literature at the
University of Montreal.
As an independent exhibition curator (Montreal, New York, Lausanne, Brussels), Ms. Lombardi co-authored Richard Greaves, Anarchitecte (publ. Milan/Montreal, 5 Continents Editions/Société des arts indisciplinés, 2005), and penned countless articles on Art Brut in various exhibition catalogues and specialized reviews.