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Dalit Lahav-Durst

Dalit Lahav-Durst is an Israeli-French art historian, curator and translator known for exhibitions of Edgar Degas's sculpture.

born 1956Exhibitions of Edgar Degas's sculptureTranslating Portuguese literature into HebrewChief curator, M.T. Abraham Foundation

Occupation: art historian, translator, artist
Education: University of São Paulo, Sorbonne Nouvelle-Paris 3

Dalit Lahav-Durst was born in 1956 in São Paulo

Dalit Lahav-Durst was born in 1956 as Dalit Lahav. She holds Israeli and French nationality and grew up in São Paulo, Brazil. She speaks Hebrew, French, Portuguese, Spanish and English.

She studied comparative literature in São Paulo. She then moved to Paris, where she studied art history, criticism and conservation at New Sorbonne University.

She worked as an art critic and editor for Hebrew newspapers, including Ma'ariv. She has translated books from Portuguese into Hebrew, including works by Machado de Assis and Paulo Coelho. In Paris she curated exhibits and organized events at the Memorial to the Unknown Jewish Martyr, many of them linked to World War II.

Since 2008 she has been chief curator of the M.T. Abraham Foundation. She oversaw exhibitions of Degas's sculpture in Israel, Greece, Bulgaria, Cyprus and Croatia. Since 2014 she has headed the Cultural Exchange and Academic Department at the Hermitage Foundation Israel.

Milestones in Dalit Lahav-Durst's life

1956
Born as Dalit Lahav.
1996
Organized a European meeting of Holocaust archival centers at UNESCO in Paris.
1997
Her Hebrew translation of Dom Casmurro was published.
2008
Became chief curator of the M.T. Abraham Foundation.
2010
Oversaw a Degas sculpture exhibition at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art.
2012
Her Hebrew translation of Paulo Coelho's Aleph was published.
2013
Co-curated a Degas exhibition at the State Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg.
2014
Headed the cultural exchange department of the Hermitage Foundation Israel.
2016
Curated an exhibition of Degas's 74 bronze sculptures in Macau.