Laura Castagnini is an Australian curator and writer whose research interests lie at the intersections between feminism, performance, video and the politics of race in modern and contemporary art. She is currently Assistant Curator, Modern and Contemporary British Art at Tate, where she has curated monographic displays on Lubaina Himid and Liliane Lijn as well as assisted on major exhibitions including Frank Bowling and All too Human: Bacon, Freud and a Century of Painting Life. She previously worked as Programme Coordinator at Iniva (Institute of International Visual Arts) and, prior to moving to London, in various roles in Melbourne including at VCA's Margaret Lawrence Gallery where she curated the exhibition Backflip: Feminism and Humour in Contemporary Art in 2013 and co-edited the book Bureau 2 (with Vikki McInnes).