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Denis Maksimov is a historian of art and knowledge. His work focuses on aesthetics of epistemology, the relationship between heritage and future-making, and lecture performance. He is a guest curator at NYU Abu Dhabi Art Gallery and has curated exhibitions and programmes for institutions globally, including Helsinki Art Museum, Glyptoteket in Copenhagen, Pushkin House in London. His research and curatorial work have been presented in the Venice Biennales of Art and Architecture (2015, 2016, 2017, 2019 & 2022), Documenta 14 (2017), Ural Industrial Biennial (2017), São Paulo Biennale (2016), Art Basel, London Art Fair, Cosmoscow, etc. He is a lecturer at Beckstein’s Institute of Contemporary Art, Salzburg International Summer Academy of Fine Arts, and was a visiting lecturer at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna. His writing has been published by MIT Press, Edward Elgar Publishing, MoMA, Ocula, Conceptual Fine Arts, Moscow Art Magazine, Obieg, Arts of the Working Class, among others.
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