Contemporary · Art History, Criticism
Claire Bishop is a British-born art historian, critic, and professor known for her incisive analysis of contemporary participatory and socially engaged art. Her work, particularly the 2012 book 'Artificial Hells: Participatory Art and the Politics of Spectatorship,' established her as a leading critical voice questioning the ethical and aesthetic assumptions of relational aesthetics. She is a professor in the PhD Program in Art History at the Graduate Center, CUNY, and her writing regularly appears in major publications like Artforum.