Annette Messager (b. 1943) is internationally recognised as one of the most influential and important artists working today. She was born in Northern France in 1943 and attended the École des Arts Décoratifs in Paris. Messager has been the subject of countless museum exhibitions around the world, including recent shows at the Institut Giacometti in Paris (2018), the Institut Valencia Art Modern (IVAM) in Spain (2018), the Villa Medici in Rome (2017) and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney (2014).Hans Ulrich Obrist (b. 1968) is a world-renowned curator and the artistic director of the Serpentine Galleries in London. Alongside his curatorial practice, Obrist has written extensively on and around contemporary art, with a particular interest in the interview format.