Rémi Labrusse teaches contemporary art history at the Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS) in Paris, France. His research focuses on the imagined sources of the Western modern condition from the late 18th century and the notions of Prehistory including the Orient. His publications include the idea of prehistory (Préhistoire. L’Envers du temps, 2019), 19th-century theories of ornament (Face au chaos. Pensées de l’ornement à l’âge de l’industrie, 2018), and monographs on the artists Matisse, Miró and Bonnard. He also co-curated exhibitions, among them: Préhistoire, une énigme moderne (Centre Pompidou, Paris, 2019), Islamophilies. L’Europe moderne et les arts de l’Islam (Museum of Fine Arts, Lyons, 2011), Purs décors: Arts de l’Islam, regards du Xixe siècle (Museum of Decorative Arts, Paris, 2007).