Barry Schwabsky is a writer and poet based in New York. Currently International Reviews Editor at Artforum and Art Critic at The Nation, he has contributed to numerous art publications, including Phaidon's Vitamin P (2002), Alex Katz (2014) and Vitamin P3 (2016) and is the author of The Widening Circle: The Consequences of Modernism in Contemporary Art (1997), as well as several volumes of poetry. He has taught at Yale, New York University and Goldsmiths, among other institutions.

Lynne Cooke is the Senior Curator, Special Projects in Modern Art, at the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC. Prior to her present position, she was the deputy director and chief curator at the Museo Reina Sofia in Madrid (2008 to 2012) and the curator at the Dia Art Foundation (1991 to 2008).

Lynne Tillman is a novelist, short story writer, and cultural critic. She is currently Professor/Writer-in-Residence in the Department of English at the University of Albany, NY, and teaches at the School of Visual Arts Art Criticism and Writing MFA Program.

Jessica Stockholder is an artist based in Chicago where she is Distinguished Service Professor, and Chair of the Visual Department at the University of Chicago.

Germano Celant is an internationally acclaimed author and curator acknowledged for his theories on Arte Povera. Celant has curated numerous exhibitions at many of the world’s most prominent institutions, including the 47th edition of the Venice Biennale, and has authored hundreds of books and exhibition catalogues. Former Senior Curator at the Guggenheim Museum in New York, Celant is currently artistic director of Fondazione Prada in Milan, curator of Fondazione Aldo Rossi in Milan and curator of Fondazione Emilio and Annabianca Vedova in Venice. A regular contributing editor toArtforum and Interview, Celant was the recipient of the Agnes Gund Curatorial Award in 2013.