Mechtild Widrich

I research at the intersection of modern and contemporary art and architecture, in particular art in public space, monuments, monument activism, cultural geography and the built environment, site-specificity, performance art and performativity, and questions of the public sphere.

My newest monograph "Monumental Cares" (2023) is now available from Manchester University Press. Please find parts of the introduction below, as well as some reviews (from Art Margins Online, caa.reviews, 21 Inquiries, Public Art Dialogue).

I am Professor of Art History, Theory and Criticism at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. I studied art and architectural history at the University of Vienna and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge.


Please contact me for any questions!