Pierre d’Alancaisez

Pierre d’Alancaisez is a curator and critic. In his research, he investigates interdisciplinary knowledge exchange and the relationship between artists’ access to non-arts skills and the impacts of artistic practices.

For a decade, Pierre was the director of Waterside contemporary in London, where he pioneered social practice and art activism approaches in the art market. He has also been a cultural strategist in higher education and the charity sector, a publisher, a scientist, and a financial services professional.

Pierre’s writing on art and culture has appeared in in ArtReview, Compact, The Critic, Arts of the Working Class, and The Spectator, among others.