Sylvana Lorenz (14 February 1953 – 23 April 2026) was a French art dealer and writer.
Life and career Lorenz opened her first art gallery in 1981 where she began to make a name for herself by supporting young artists. In 1983, Pierre Cardin came into Lorenz's art gallery to purchase an artwork. After this meeting, Lorenz began a long association with Cardin until his death in 2020.
She would go on to manage communications between 1998 and 2015 for the , a cinema, art gallery and multipurpose hall in the Champs-Élysées district, 8th arrondissement, Paris.
In 2021, she published Madame Cardin, a book about her association with Cardin.
Lorenz died on 23 April 2026, at the age of 73.On la surnommait « Madame Cardin » : la galeriste et écrivaine Sylvana Lorenz est morte à 73 ans
Bibliography 1991: L'ingénue galeriste, Éditions Antoine Candau. 1993: La galeriste avertie, Z'éditions, Nice. 2001: La galeriste extravertie, Z'éditions, Nice. 2003: À nous deux, Paris !, Éditions Flammarion, Paris. 2006: Biographie de Pierre Cardin, Éditions Calmann-Lévy, Paris. 2021: Madame Cardin, éditions de L'Archipel, Paris. 2024: L’art est une partie de plaisir. Mémoires d’une galeriste. éditions de L'Archipel. Nice
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