Guest Lecturers:
Each fall and spring term, the chair of the program, David Levi Strauss, invites four writers, critics, philosophers, artists, or art historians to appear in the Art Criticism & Writing Lecture Series at the SVA Theatre on 23rd Street in Chelsea. These events are free and open to the public. Visit our Lecture Series page to view recordings. In addition, three prominent critics appear in the Thesis Seminar each year, and other guests appear frequently in classes and informally. Recent guests include:
- Ammiel Alcalay
- Carol Becker
- Bill Berkson
- Charles Bernstein
- Michael Brenson
- Susan Buck-Morss
- Johanna Burton
- Phong Bui
- Jonathan Crary
- Arthur Danto
- Johanna Drucker
- Boris Groys
- Dave Hickey
- Eleanor Heartney
- Alfredo Jaar
- Donald Kuspit
- Ann Lauterbach
- Sylvère Lotringer
- Carlo McCormick
- W.J.T. Mitchell
- Shirin Neshat
- Nancy Princenthal
- Carter Ratcliff
- Avital Ronell
- Peter Schjeldahl
- Mira Schor
- Barry Schwabsky
- Katy Siegel
- Leo Steinberg
- Michael Taussig
- Lynne Tillman
- Peter Lamborn Wilson
- John Yau
