Elvan Zabunyan is a contemporary art historian and art critic based in Paris, and a professor at the University of Rennes. Her book, Black Is a Color, a History of African American Contemporary Art, published in French and in English, won the 2005 research prize, SAES/AFEA (Society of English Linguistic Specialists in Higher Education)/French Association of American Studies). She is the leader of the work package “Artists and Citizens” (2018–21) for the European research program ECHOES (European Colonial Heritage Modalities in Entangled Cities).