Franck Prazan graduated from European Business School.[2] He then occupied managerial positions at Dior Couture, Cartier International and Philippe Charriol.
In 1996, he joined Christie's France as Managing Director. As such, he oversaw its development from a simple representative office to a fully fledged auction house, moving the company to the Avenue Matignon in Paris.[3]
He succeeded his father, Bernard Prazan, in 2004 and has been running the gallery since then. In 2010, the gallery opened a second site on the Right Bank at 14 avenue Matignon.[4]
Franck Prazan has been a Member of the Board of Trustees at TEFAF[6] from 2017 to 2021.
Since 2022, Franck Prazan seats at the selection committee of Art Basel in Basel.
Franck Prazan also manages the dressage stable Applicat Horses, whose stallion Benji*Applicat-Prazan was the 2024 French National 3-Year-Old Champion. The mare Fiadora*Applicat-Prazan was French 4-Year-Old Champion in 2022 and 6-Year-Old Champion in 2024, Reserve French Champion in 2023, and twice represented France at the World Breeding Dressage Championships for Young Horses — in Ermelo in 2023 and in Verden in 2025.
Benji and Fiadora are ridden by Maxime Collard.
Exhibitions
2006: Schneider, Œuvres majeures autour d’un tableau d’exception
