Esther Pasztory (1943-June 25, 2024) was a professor of Pre-Columbian art history at Columbia University.[1] From 1997 to her retirement in 2013, she held the Lisa and Bernard Selz Chair in Art History and Archaeology.[2][3] Among her many publications are the first art historical manuscripts on Teotihuacan and the Aztecs.[4][5][6] She has been the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship (1987–88) and a senior fellow of the board of Dumbarton Oaks.[2]