Simon Castets (b. Caen, France, 1984) is the Director of Strategic Initiatives of LUMA Arles, France and Executive Chair of Swiss Institute Contemporary Art New York, where he was Director from 2013 to 2021. He holds an MA in Curatorial Studies from Columbia University and an MA in Cultural Management from Sciences Po, Paris. In addition to exhibitions at Swiss Institute, recent curatorial work includes the 2018 Samdani Art Award for the Dhaka Art Summit; Americans 2017 at LUMA Foundation, Zurich, together with Hans Ulrich Obrist (2017, as a part of 89plus, a research project they co-founded in 2013); Rachel Rose at Aspen Art Museum, (2016); Poetry will be made by all! at LUMA Foundation and Moderna Museet, Stockholm, also with Hans Ulrich Obrist (2014), also a part of 89plus; and Champs Elysées at Palais de Tokyo, Paris, with Julie Boukobza and Nicola Trezzi (2013). He regularly contributes to catalogues and periodicals and frequently participates in panels and juries internationally.