Briony Fer

Briony Fer is an art historian who has written extensively on modern and contemporary art. Her research interests have consistently moved between the history of the avant-gardes and the work of contemporary artists, including Gabriel Orozco, Roni Horn, Vija Celmins, and Tacita Dean. Her books include On Abstract Art (1997), The Infinite Line (2004), Eva Hesse: Studiowork (2009), and Gabriel Orozco: thinking in circles (2013). She cocurated the Anni Albers retrospective, with Maria Muller-Schareck and Ann Coxon, at Tate Modern and K20 Dusseldorf in 2018. She is a professor of the history of art at University College London and a fellow of the British Academy.