| Dalit Lahav-Durst | |
| Native Name: | Dalit Lahav |
| Pseudonym: | Dalit L. Durst |
| Birth Place: | Jerusalem, Israel |
| Occupation: | Author, editor, executive, curator |
| Language: | Hebrew, French, Portuguese, Spanish and English |
| Nationality: | Israeli, French |
| Genre: | Translations, art history |
Dalit L. Durst (Hebrew: דלית להב-דורסט; born 1956 as Dalit Lahav) is an author, translator, curator and art historian of both Israeli and French nationalities. Former chief curator at the M.T. Abraham Foundation and head of the Cultural Exchange and Academic Department at the Hermitage Foundation Israel, she has curated exhibitions in Europe (Greece, Bulgaria, Croatia), dedicated to the sculpture of Edgar Degas. In December 2013 she co-curated the exhibition "Edgar Degas: Figures in Motion" at The State Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia. In 2016 she curated an exhibition of Degas' 74 bronze sculptures at MGM Art Space in Macau. Lahav-Durst works with a broad range of artists. Fluent in multiple languages, she has co-authored and translated over 15 books.
Dalit Lahav-Durst (originally named Dalit Lahav) was born in 1956, and is of both Israeli and French nationality. She grew up in Sao Paulo, Brazil, where she studied comparative literature at the USP. She later moved to Paris, France, where she focused on art history, criticism, and conservation at New Sorbonne University. Her languages include Hebrew, French, Portuguese, Spanish and English.
She has worked as an art critic and editor for a number of Hebrew-language newspapers, including Ma'ariv Daily, and she has translated a number of books into Hebrew, including The Immortal by Jorge Luis Borges, O Aleph by Paulo Coelho, Dom Casmurro by Machado de Assis,[1] and Tselalim (Sombras em Telavive) by Manuel Poppe.[2]
Since 2005 Durst has worked as a consultant and art curator for several private collectors, and was the representative of the Tel-Aviv Foundation in France She also acts a consultant for the CulturalHeritage.cc Foundation. As of 2014 she is Head of the Cultural Exchange and Academic Department at the Hermitage Foundation Israel.
Since June 2008 she has been the chief curator at the M.T. Abraham Foundation. While representing the foundation, she coordinated and supervised the following exhibitions: The Sculpture of Edgar Degas at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel, (2010), The Complete Sculptures of Edgar Degas at the Herakleidon Museum, Athens, Greece, (2010), The Complete Sculptures of Edgar Degas at the National Art Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria (2010), The Complete Sculptures of Edgar Degas at the Varna Archaeological Museum, Bulgaria, (2010), The Sculpture of Edgar Degas at The Evagoras Lanitis Center, Limassol, Cyprus, (2011-2012), Edgar Degas Complete Sculpture at Galerija Klovićevi dvori, Zagreb, Croatia (2012). In 2013 Durst co-curated the Degas in Motion exhibit at the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, and also co-authored sections of the illustrated catalog published by Petronius.