David Joselit is an American art historian who is currently Professor of Art, Film, and Visual Studies at

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, and also a published author, including being an editor of ''

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Career

Joselit received his PhD from

. At Yale, Joselit was a Carnegie Professor and also a past Harris Lecturer at

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. In 2014, Joselit was appointed as Distinguished Professor of Art History at

The Graduate Center, CUNY The Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York (CUNY Graduate Center) is a public research institution and post-graduate university in New York City. Serving as the principal doctorate-granting institution of the ...

where he taught until 2020. In addition to his teaching activities, Joselit has been serving on the advisory board of the Hauser & Wirth Institute since 2018.Alex Greenberger (November 27, 2018)
Aiming to Preserve Artists’ Legacies, Hauser & Wirth Founds Nonprofit Institute for Archival Projects
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ARTnews ''ARTnews'' is an American visual-arts magazine, based in New York City. It covers art from ancient to contemporary times. ARTnews is the oldest and most widely distributed art magazine in the world. It has a readership of 180,000 in 124 countr ...

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Selected works

'' What to Do with Pictures''. October Magazine, Fall 2011.
''Signal Processing: David Joselit on Abstraction Then and Now,''
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Artforum ''Artforum'' is an international monthly magazine specializing in contemporary art. The magazine is distinguished from other magazines by its unique 10½ x 10½ inch square format, with each cover often devoted to the work of an artist. Notably ...

'', Summer issue, 2011. ''After Art.'' Princeton University Press, 2012.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Joselit, David Year of birth missing (living people) Living people City University of New York faculty American art historians University of California, Irvine faculty Yale University faculty 21st-century American historians 21st-century American male writers Harvard University alumni Harvard University faculty American male non-fiction writers