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Simon Castets
Born1984
Caen, France
EducationColumbia University - MA in Curatorial Studies Sciences Po, Paris - MA in Cultural Management

Simon Castets (b. Caen, France, 1984) is a French-American curator serving as the Director of Strategic Initiatives of LUMA Arles,[1] France since 2022. From 2013 to 2021, he was Director of Swiss Institute Contemporary Art New York, then its Executive Chair through 2022, and continues to serve on its Board as a Trustee.

Early life and education[edit]

Castets holds an MA in Curatorial Studies from Columbia University and an MA in Cultural Management from Sciences Po, Paris.[citation needed]

Career[edit]

In addition to projects and exhibitions at LUMA Arles and Swiss Institute, recent curatorial work includes the 2018 Samdani Art Award for the Dhaka Art Summit; Americans 2017atLUMA Foundation, Zurich, together with Hans Ulrich Obrist (2017, as a part of 89plus,[2] a research project they co-founded in 2013); Rachel RoseatAspen Art Museum, (2016); Poetry will be made by all! at LUMA Foundation and Moderna Museet, Stockholm, also with Hans Ulrich Obrist (2014); and Champs ElyséesatPalais de Tokyo, Paris, with Julie Boukobza and Nicola Trezzi (2013). Following the 2013 Digital Life Design conference, Castets and Obrist launched 89plus,[2] a research project that seeks to foster and bring together artists born in, or after, 1989.[3]

Castets also regularly contributes to catalogues and periodicals and frequently participates in panels and juries internationally. Under the leadership of Daniel Birnbaum, he served on the jury for the 2017 Absolut Art Award, which was given to Anne Imhof and Huey Copeland.[4]

Publications[edit]

SInce 1986 by Simon Castets (Editor, Author), Karen Marta (Editor), Mary Staniszewski (Author), Laura McLean-Ferris (Author) Co-published with Swiss Institute and Koenig Books, London, 2019.

Jeremy Shaw Christine Macel (Editor) and Simon Castets (Editor). With contributions by Simon Castets, Nora M. Khan, Christine Macel, Laura McLean-Ferris and Monika Szewczyk. Published by Centre Pompidou, Paris and Swiss Institute, New York, 2020.

PAVILLON DE L’ESPRIT NOUVEAU: A 21st Century Show Home Texts by Carson Chan, Trish Goff, Marc Matchak, Shawn Maximo. Felix Burrichter (Editor), Simon Castets (Editor), Karen Marta (Editor). Published by Swiss Institute / Karma, New York.

David Weiss: Works, 1968-1979 Karen Marta (Editor), Simon Castets (Editor). Text by Douglas Fogle, Urs Lüthi, Hans Ulrich Obrist, David Weiss. Published by Swiss Institute / Karma, New York.

The St. Petersburg Paradox Karen Marta (Editor), Simon Castets (Editor). Text by Ericka Beckman, A.E. Benenson, Walter Benjamin, Fredric Brandt, Vitalik Buterin, Alex Mackin Dolan, Hugh Scott Douglas, Cooper Francis, Sam Frank, Konstantin Genin, Remco Heesen, Nicolas Langlitz, Scott Lyall, Tabor Robak, Ben Schumacher, Emily Segal, Amalia Ulman, Douglas Wilson, Eric Zimmerman. Published by Swiss Institute / Karma, New York.

Heidi Bucher Karen Marta (Editor), Simon Castets (Editor). Text by Indigo Bucher, Mayo Bucher, Bice Curiger, Heike Munder, Beatrix Ruf, Christian Scheidemann, Philip Ursprung. Published by Swiss Institute / Karma, New York.

Allyson Vieira: The Plural Present Karen Marta (Editor), Simon Castets (Editor). Text by Joe Fyfe, Amelia Groom, William Hanley, Adam Szymczyk. Published by Swiss Institute / Kunsthalle Basel / Karma, New York.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "LUMA Arles". www.luma.org. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
  • ^ a b "89plus". www.89plus.com. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
  • ^ Donadio, Rachel (6 August 2014). "Technology Driving Young Art". New York Times.
  • ^ Anne Imhof and Huey Copeland Win 2017 Absolut Awards Artforum, 12 May 2017.
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