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Guest contributors

The Art Think Tank is composed of guest contributors, art critics, art historians, specialists...

Jeanette Zwingenberger Art critic and Art historian: Jeanette Zwingenberger Ph.D. is an art historian, member of the AICA (International Association of Art Critics), and an independent curator based in Paris. Actually, she teaches at the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.
She collaborates for art das Kunstmagazin, Artpress, L’œil and http://www.observatoire-art-contemporain.com.
She has organized exhibitions and interdisciplinary art programs on the topics : Visual perception, Languages, Environment and Cannibalism and works with several private and public institutions : Deutsches Museum, Munich, The Palais de Beaux-Arts (Lille), The Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais (Paris), Pavillon de l’Arsenal, the Fondation Hippocrène (Paris), La maison Rouge Fondation Antoine de Galbert (Paris), Me Collectors Room, Thomas Olbricht, Berlin Stiftung Genshagen (Berlin), Kunsthalle Dominikanerkirche (Osnabrück), 54th Biennale di Venezia (Venice), Museum of Modern Art (Moscow), ARTPORT_making waves, curated by_Vienna, artfactory, Istanbul, Galerie Priska Pasquer, Köln. Antarctic Biennale.
Her field of investigation also covers architecture, design as well as new trends with artists working with perfumers, sounds, beekeepers and textiles.
Christine Blanchet Art critic and Art historian: With a doctoral degree in art history, Christine Blanchet has been an independent curator since 2010. In 2011, she co-curated the Festival d’art contemporain a-part in the Alpilles. Since 2012, several cartes blanches in Parisian galleries have allowed her to exhibit work by young artists like Pablo Garcia, Nicolas Daubanes and Eric Manigaud. She teaches art history at the University of Amiens and gives preparatory courses for the exams to become a curator for cultural heritage. She regularly publishes texts and interviews on art and contemporary stained glass, on which she is a recognized specialist. Since July 2014, she is editorial coordinator for the review archiSTORM.
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Adelie de Soumagnat: With a degree from SOAS in London and Sciences Po Paris, Adélie de Soumagnat has been living between France and Kenya for the past 10 years, where she has been working in the NGO and cultural fields. She worked at the African Artists for Development foundation, for which she collaborated on the contemporary African art exhibition Lumières d’Afriques in 2015. More recently, she contributed to the book What People Wear in Kenya, published in 2019 by Kodoji Press and worked for the European Nomadic Biennial Manifesta in Marseille.
Virginie Bertrand Communications, Fashion & Art Consultant: Her specialty : reflecting and acting on brand images with a transversal and multi-channel approach where art is integrated as a source of content. She taught strategic marketing in art at the INSEEC from 2012 to 2014.
Maud Maffei Artist: (Being Translated) Maud Maffei est artiste diplômée de la Villa Arson (DNSEP, 2010) et docteur en histoire de l’art avec une thèse sur l’œuvre de l’artiste américain Robert Smithson, Robert Smithson et la cybernétique : langage, technologie et abstraction menée entre Paris et Berlin (Université Paris 8 Vincennes Saint-Denis - Freie Universität Berlin, 2016). En pratique comme en théorie, elle s’attache aux enjeux perceptuels des nouvelles technologies, aux bouleversements temporels et tactiles qu’elles induisent, traçant des ponts entre les disciplines et les périodes historiques.
» Maudmaffei.com
Svetlana Skvortsova Chercheuse - le marché de l'art et la pratique de la charité: Née en Russie, Svetlana Skvortsova vit et travaille en France. Diplômée d’un Master de Communication Interculturelle à l’Université Paris IV et d’un Master de Marché de l’Art et Négociation à INSEEC, elle s’engage dans des projets humanitaires en France et à l’étranger. Elle travaille sur le sujet de la pratique caritative dans le marché de l’art, notamment sur les ventes aux enchères d’art caritatives en France, en Russie et aux États-Unis.
Manuel Fialho Brand & Design Strategy Consultant - Semiology: Manuel Fialho teaches brand strategy in several business schools, ESCP and INSEEC. He studies the contribution of contemporary art to business and business strategy, focusing on concepts of identity and imagination. He participated in the 2006 creation of the original idea for the analytic review Observatoire de l’art contemporain.
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Dominique de Varine Semiotic brand and object consultant: A specialist in communication issues, he has developed a methodology specific to the semiotics of branding and the object. For the last fifteen years, he has pursued a semiotic approach to color.
Charlotte Cosson & Emmanuelle Luciani Art critic and Art historian: Charlotte Cosson & Emmanuelle Luciani are curators and critics. In May 2014, they founded PARADISE / A Space for screen addiction, a space dedicated to screen-based art at LECLRERE mdv. The exhibitions Post-Internet ?, Speculative Materialism Oo Oo, Jason Rhoades : Perfect Process, Post-human/post-humanism, and animism/shamanism - Diving into Gaïa’s spirit dialogue with ORACULAR/VERNACULAR and COOL - As a State of Mind at MAMO and BORDERLINE and A Sip of Cool at La GAD. They have also previously collaborated on The Magic Bullet at Torri Gallery. They have recently written for CRASH Magazine, Performa Magazine, Le Journal des Arts, Code 2.0 and MUCEM - Musée des Civilisations de l’Europe et de la Méditerranée.
Camille Sauer Artist and composer: (Being Translated) Camille Sauer témoigne de son engagement artistique par le biais de la pédagogie et de la recherche. En tant qu’actrice de son Art, il s’agit d’initier une nouvelle forme de Culture en engageant physiquement le spectateur au sein de son œuvre.
» Camillesauer.com
Anna Siegel Art Critic and researcher: Anna Siegel (1990) lives and works in Brussels, Belgium. She studied art science in Berlin but moved after her studies to Brussels. From an early age she has been engaged in many different social and political organisations and small, independent art collectives. Besides she primarily devotes her time to the practice of writing. She is preparing a book with the working title : ?After laughter and infinity?. A work departing from a critique of the digital era and seeking for outlines for what might come after. She is primarily concerned with the role of critique within our western society. She participates to the group and magazine « Desagree ». - A critical magazine on art and society.Contact : mv@mvpublishers.eu
Maria Olmedo Artist, Marketing and Communications Specialist: Having been trained both in Visual Arts and Marketing, she has worked with various galleries from Argentina and the USA, such as Minus Space, Alejandra von Hartz and Del Infinito. She also studied Creative Writing at NYU and participated as Communications Coordinator in arteBA fair during its 2013 and 2014 editions.
Guoxiong Liang Marché de l’Art et Négociation à l’International: (Being Translated) Guoxiong LIANG est né à Guangdong en Chine dans une famille de sculpteurs. Il développe ainsi très tôt un intérêt pour l’art qu’il poursuit en France, à l’INSEEC, dont il sort diplômé d’un Master en Marché de l’Art et Négociation à l’International en 2018. Après une expérience chez la maison de ventes Aguttes où il s’occupe de la communication et la relation clientèle avec le marché chinois, il réalise une recherche appliquée sur « Les stratégies de développement des sociétés de ventes aux enchères françaises sur le marché chinois ».
Carlotta Montaldo Contemporary Art specialist: Since 2008 she has participated in the organisation of artist and artisan exhibitions at the Thotel de Cagliari and in the promotion of Sardinian artists at international fairs. Her passion for contemporary art and her curiousity have lead her to analyse new trends in the contemporary market.
Alexia Guggémos Art critic, expert in Social Media Intelligence: Founder of the Observatory of Social Media in contemporary art, Alexia Guggémos observes the art market ecosystem on social networks. Through the analysis of communication platforms she generates a panorama of trends each year. Since 2011 she has focused on the issues of sampling and community segmentation in art.
Maxime Gasnier Journalist: After literary studies and journalism school, Maxime Gasnier specialized in decoding contemporary esthetics. Publishing, digital media, graphic design, and contemporary art... He focuses on the emergence of new forms of visual creation and on cultural institutions. Through images and text, he has developed his editorial skills at the Centre Pompidou, the webzine Boum ! Bang ! and varied sources of cultural media.
» Thesteidz.com

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