Simone Frangi
11.—17.05.2026
→ Bucharest
Simone Frangi is a researcher and writer working at the intersection of critical thinking and curatorial research. His practice focuses on the use of theory as a form of action, on visuality as a site of critical struggle and on the political function of cultural research. He favours collaborations with practitioners who resonate with (post)identitarian militancy, anti-colonial options and politics of sexuality. Frangi holds a PhD in Philosophy - Aesthetics and Art Theory obtained in international co-tutoring from Université de Bourgogne - Dijon (FR) and Università Degli Studi di Palermo (IT) and a Postgraduate in Critical Theory of Society from Università degli Studi di Milano - Bicocca. He’s tenured Professor of “Aesthetics, Art Theory and Visual Culture” at ESAD - Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Grenoble (FR), where he co-founded the Research Unit “Hospitalité Artistique et Activisme Visuel” and the Festival des Gestes de la Recherche. He’s the co-director of Live Works - Free School of Performance at Centrale Fies (Dro, Trento, IT) where he also created the Agitu Ideo Gudeta Fellowship. He’s also currently serving as Co-artistic Director of the Contemporary Art Programs at Kunsthaus Meran (Meran, IT).