Denis Maksimov is a PhD researcher at the Edinburgh College of Art and a cultural historian, curator, educator, and advisor based in London and Athens. His teaching and research explore the politics and aesthetics of anticipation through various media, focusing on oral storytelling and lecture performance. The subjects he addresses span the ancient Greek world, critical museology, cultural diplomacy, traditions of performing heritage and knowledge, and continuities between the ancient and contemporary — he uses the term ‘aesthetico-political phenomenology’ to describe his practice’s central subject. He has curated exhibitions, presentations, symposia and events at the Venice Biennale Arte and Architettura, Bienal de São Paulo, Tbilisi Architecture Biennale, 2023 Eleusis European Capital of Culture and Helsinki Art Museum, among others. He serves as Foyle Curator of Exhibitions and Public Programming at Pushkin House, London, and Lecturer in Global Art at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Moscow. He runs several interdisciplinary projects, including the Lecture Performance Archive, Avenir Institute and Fortune Teller. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA) and a Member of the International Association of Curators of Contemporary Art (IKT) and the International Council of Museums (ICOM). He earned a BA in Politics and an MA in European Studies (with distinction) and pursued a PhD in Politics at HSE Moscow, a CertHE in International Security from Stanford University, a DipHE in Fine Art from the Antwerp Royal Academy of Fine Arts and an MRes in Art and Design from the KdG University of Applied Sciences and Arts (with distinction).