Estelle Zhong Mengual

With a PhD in art history, she has taught on the Master’s programme in Art and Politics (SPEAP), founded by Bruno Latour at Sciences Po, as well as at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Her research focuses on the relationships between art – past and present – and the living world.

She is the author of several books, including Apprendre à voir. The Perspective of the Living (2021) and Painting in Close Quarters: Flowers and Georgia O’Keeffe (2022). In 2023, she created Non-Human Dances with choreographer Jérôme Bel at the Louvre Museum. In 2024, she created Starting This World Anew with Jérôme Bel and actress Jolente De Keersmaeker.

In 2026, she worked with director Clara Hédouin on a theatrical adaptation of her recent writings at La Comédie de Caen, where she is an associate artist.

Her new book is due to be published in March 2027 by Actes Sud.