Marina Vishmidt | |
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Born | |
Died | April 26, 2024 | (aged 47)
Occupation | Professor of Art Theory |
Spouse | Danny Hayward |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Queen Mary University of London |
Thesis | Speculation as a Mode of Production in Art and Capital (2012) |
Doctoral advisor | Peter Fleming Stefano Harney |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Philosophy, Art Theory |
Institutions | Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien |
Marina Vishmidt (May 6, 1976 – April 26, 2024) was an American writer, editor and critic.[1] She lectured at the Centre for Cultural Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London in the MA program Culture Industry, and taught Art Theory in the MA Art Praxis at the Dutch Art Institute in Arnhem. Her research mainly concerned the relationship between art, value and labour.[2] She further explored this through works on debt, social reproduction and artistic entrepreneurialism.[3] In 2013, she completed her PhD entitled Speculation as a Mode of Production in Art and Capital at the Queen Mary University of London.[4] In the Summer Semester, 2022, Vishmidt was the Arnheim Visiting Professor at the Institut für Kunst- und Bildgeschichte at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. In October 2023 she started a new position as Professor for Art Theory at the University of Applied Arts Vienna.[5] Vishmidt died on April 26, 2024 after a long illness.[6]