The philosopher Anna Longo lives and works in Paris and Siena. Involved in work on the concept of repetition in art from the 1960s up to the present day, and the relations between art and science, she presented her doctoral dissertation in aesthetics at Siena University and at the Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, titled ‘Répétitions et simulacres : l’art contemporain entre métaphysique et immanence’. She has also worked for the Artericambi gallery of contemporary art in Verona.