Francesca Gavin  

Writer in residence August 2026


T-YARD Writers Residency welcomes Francesca Gavin as our eighth writer-in-residence in August 2026. 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. She is also the art editor at Twin magazine, as well as a regular contributor to the Financial Times, Cura, Hero and other publications. Gavin also works as Director of Visual Arts at non-profit Murmur, working at the intersection of visual art and climate action. 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). She is also the author of 12 books on art and visual culture including 'The Art of Mushrooms', ‘100 New Artists’, 'Watch This Space' and ‘Final Copy’. Her monthly radio show 'Rough Version' on NTS Radio has been running for 9 years, focusing on the relationship between art and music. The second volume of interview from the show was published by At Last Books in May 2026.  www.francescagavin.com


Photo by: Kane Hulse