Hélène Giannecchini

Born: 1987

in Les Lilas (France)

She lives and works in Paris (France).

Writer, doctor of letters, art theorist and curator Hélène Giannecchini explores collective memory, minority archives, and the relationship between image and literature. She has published several books including Une Image peut-être vraie
(2014), which explores the work and life of photographer Alix Cléo Roubaud, Voir de ses propres yeux (2020) and Un désir démesuré d’amitié (2024). Her current research deals with LGBTQIA+ archives of the second half of the twentieth century. She is the curator of the exhibition Nous Autres devoted to the work of Donna Gottschalk, presented at the BAL in Paris from 20 June to 16 November 2025. She was resident at Villa Medici in Rome from 2018 to 2019.

Exhibition of the artist