Marion Vignal is a curator and author. An expert in contemporary art and design, she promotes and supports young international creative talents through exhibitions and special commissions or projects. She studied literature and art history and is the author of several works on the history of design (Women Designers, a century of creation), interior architecture (Charles Zana, intérieurs) and olfactive art (Chanel, Les Editions de Parfum Frédéric Malle: the first twenty years).

President of ida M., an editorial and artistic advisory studio, which she founded in Paris in 2015, she leads the Genius Loci association, established in 2021. She authored the Genius Loci exhibition at L’Ange Volant by Gio Ponti, in Garches in October 2021, gathering over twenty artists invited to engage in a dialogue with the spirit of the place.

Trained in the management of luxury industries and at the Ecole du Louvre, Bénédicte Hurel works as a consultant in fashion and contemporary art. She led several assignments to design growth strategies for creative brands in New York and Paris. More recently, she has focused on advising private clients and corporate customers as well as personalities. A regular partner with the ida M. consultancy, since 2017, she co-founded the Genius Loci association in 2021.She heads the production of the Genius Loci series of experiential exhibitions. From 2008 to 2014, she was a board member of Make-A-Wish® France.

Currently serving as an independent board member and senior advisor, Hélène Dubrule spent 22 years in management positions at Hermès, where she advanced the development of the house’s various activities (fragrance, silk and textiles, home goods) and headed its French subsidiary. She began her career at L’Oréal, where she held marketing management responsibilities for ten years. She is a 1987 graduate of the prestigious business school HEC Paris and in 2001 earned a degree from ESMOD fashion school, which she attended during a four-year stay in Seoul.  A devotee of beauty and creativity, whether in the fields of architecture, design or the visual arts in general, Hélène is especially committed to the promotion of artisanal know-how and craftsmanship.

Communic’Art agence conseil en stratégie de marque et de réputation, relations presse, réseaux sociaux et édition, accompagne les projets de Genius Loci en France et à l’international.

Chargée de communication
relations presse, e-réputation
Julie Tournier jtournier@communicart.fr
+33 6 51 54 85 74

Directeur conseil
François Blanc
fblanc@communicart.fr