Helen Westgeest

Helen Westgeest is Associate Professor of Modern & Contemporary Art History and Photography Theory at Leiden University, The Netherlands., and worked as field editor for photography at caa.reviews . She has published several articles in peer-reviewed journals, as well as two monographs and two edited collections. Her research interests are how the medium produces meaning in the visual arts, contemporary art, the theory of photography, and video art and artistic interactions between the East...See more

Helen Westgeest is Associate Professor of Modern & Contemporary Art History and Photography Theory at Leiden University, The Netherlands., and worked as field editor for photography at caa.reviews . She has published several articles in peer-reviewed journals, as well as two monographs and two edited collections. Her research interests are how the medium produces meaning in the visual arts, contemporary art, the theory of photography, and video art and artistic interactions between the East and West. See less