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Georges Didi-Huberman

Georges Didi-Huberman is a philosopher and art historian (EHESS, Paris). He has published more than sixty books on the history and theory of images, spanning a vast historical range from Renaissance painting to the most contemporary questions of imagination, politics and the emotions. He has received numerous international honours, including the Humboldt, Max Weber, Aby Warburg, Walter Benjamin and Theodor W. Adorno prizes and, in France, the Prix Médicis Essai. He has curated several major thematic exhibitions in Europe, the Americas and Asia, most recently in 2024–2025 at the Museo Reina Sofía in Madrid and the CCCB in Barcelona with "En el aire conmovido…", inspired by the poetry of Federico García Lorca. His most recent books are Celui par qui s’ouvre la terre (Gallimard, 2025), Les Anges de l’histoire (Minuit, 2025), L’Éboulis de l’être (Minuit, 2026) and Formes d’émois, questions d’éthique (Minuit, 2026).