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Stijn Alsteens appointed director of the Fondation Custodia
- Stijn Alsteens
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1/12/23 - Appointment - Paris, Fondation Custodia - The information was to remain confidential until midday so that the news could first be announced to the employees of the Fondation Custodia. But we learned of it yesterday through indiscretions, and two other people confirmed it to us this morning. It is therefore now an open secret, especially as this appointment is anything but a surprise: Stijn Alsteens will become the director of the Fondation Custodia in Paris from April 2024, replacing the much-missed Ger Luijten, who died suddenly a year ago (see the news item of 20/12/22).
We will not recall here what the Fondation Custodia is, created by Frits Lugt, one of the most respected and active…