Art Critics' Reading List

CHRISTOPH COX

CHRISTOPH COX

Christoph Cox teaches philosophy and art theory at Hampshire College and the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College. He is the author of Nietzsche: Naturalism and Interpretation (1999) and co-editor of Audio Culture: Readings in Modern Music (2004). Cox has curated exhibitions at the Kitchen, the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, and other venues. [...]



NIELS VAN TOMME

NIELS VAN TOMME

Niels Van Tomme is a New York-based curator, researcher and critic. He currently works at the Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture in Baltimore where his project Visibility Machines: Harun Farocki & Trevor Paglen will open in the fall of 2013. Most recently, he curated the traveling exhibition “Where Do We Migrate [...]



DOMENICO QUARANTA

DOMENICO QUARANTA

Domenico Quaranta is an art critic and independent curator based in Brescia, Italy, who has focused his research on the impact of the current techno-social developments on the arts. Along with Matteo Bittanti he is co-editor of GameScenes. Art in the Age of Videogames (Johan & Levi 2006) as well as the author [...]



MARISOL SALANOVA

MARISOL SALANOVA

Marisol Salanova is a philosopher, independent curator and director of Micromegas, a Spanish publishing house devoted to essays about contemporary art. She is a member of the research group Conocimiento y Estéticas Decoloniales established in Matadero Madrid in collaboration with the Centre for Postcolonial Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London. Her research topics include queer [...]



DAPHNE VITALI

DAPHNE VITALI

Daphne Vitali is an art historian and curator who divides her time between Athens and Rome. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in art history from Camberwell College of Arts and a Master of Arts in contemporary art theory from Goldsmiths, University of London. Since 2005, she has worked at the National Museum [...]



CAROL A. SKATENAS

CAROL A. SKATENAS

Carol A. Stakenas is the executive director of Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE). Previously, she was the lead curator for “Los Angeles Goes Live: Performance Art in Southern California 1970-1983,” an exhibition and performance series that featured re-inventions of historical performances and actions and was staged throughout the city. Most recently, she produced [...]



PETER BOSWELL

PETER BOSWELL

Peter Boswell has been Assistant Director for Programs/Senior Curator at the Miami Art Museum since 1999. Prior to the Miami Art Museum, Boswell served as Heiskell Arts Director at the American Academy in Rome (1996-1999) and as a curator at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis (1986-1996). He has a B.A. from the University of [...]



CHRISTIANE PAUL

CHRISTIANE PAUL

Christiane Paul is the Director of the Media Studies Graduate Programs at The New School, NY, and Adjunct Curator of New Media Arts at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Her recent books are Digital Art (2003/2008), New Media in the White Cube and Beyond (2008) and Context Providers – Conditions of Meaning in Media [...]