Francesca Gavin has a multi-faceted career working as an editor, writer, curator and consultant. She is currently Editor-in-Chief of EPOCH (www.epoch-review.com), an annual publication looking at connections between history and the now, and Director of Visual Arts at non-profit Murmur, working at the intersection of art and climate action. She is also the art editor at Twin magazine, as well as a regular contributor to the Financial Times, Cura, Hero, Monocle, Konfekt and other publications. Gavin was the co-curator of Manifesta11 in Zurich and has created numerous exhibitions at institutions and galleries including The Art of Mushrooms (Fundação de Serralves, Porto), Mushrooms (Somerset House, London), The Dark Cube (Palais de Tokyo, Paris), and The New Psychedelia (Mu, Eindhoven). Gavin was the founding curator of the Soho House group and the former Artistic Director of viennacontemporary. She is also the author of 13 books on art and visual culture including ‘The Art of Mushrooms’, ‘100 New Artists’, ‘Watch This Space’ and ‘Final Copy’ a collection of interviews published by At Last Books in May 2025. Her monthly radio show ‘Rough Version’ on NTS Radio has been running for 9 years, focusing on the relationship between art and music.