Laure Raibaut is a curator and art historian with expertise in Asian and European art. Laure was trained as an archaeologist and an art historian at SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies) in London, the Sorbonne in Paris and the Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) in Beijing. She worked for galleries and auction house in Beijing, New York and Hong Kong. She then went to curating and producing art exhibitions as Head of Visual Arts for Le French May and Lumieres, in Hong Kong. In that role she initiated and produced several major exhibitions, including "L'Ecole de Nice" and "Niki de Saint-Phalle", and also contributed to the exhibition "Mythologies : Surrealism and Beyond, Masterpieces from Centre Pompidou". For L'ECOLE, School of Jewelry Arts, Laure managed and produced the exhibition "The Art of Gold - 3,000 years of Chinese Treasures" in Hong Kong (masterpieces from the Mengdiexuan Collection, now on show at the HKPM). For Le French May 2023, Laure co-curated the exhibition "Pablo Picasso: Paintings in Glass", with UMAG (HKU Museum and Art Gallery). In 2024, Laure co-curated the exhibition "A Passion for Silk: The Road from China to Europe" at CityU Indra and Harry Banga Gallery. She also teaches at L’ECOLE School of Jewelry Arts and is a lecturer for the Masters program at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

Our two main focuses are how the objects speak to the audiences and how we can translate their stories into a narrative, in an exhibition or a catalogue,  that will enlighten the public. I believe works of art transcend our condition and attest to the greater values of humanity. 

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The exchanges between East and West of today have thrived since the earliest times (going back to the predecessor of the Silk Road, the Jade Road). And they led to fascinating relations and transformations that artworks evidence.