Bruce Hainley

Bruce Hainley is an American critic, writer and poet. He is the professor of Criticism and Theory at the MFA program at the Art [Center College of Design] in Pasadena, California, and the Roski School of Fine Arts, University of Southern California. In 2021, he was made Chair of the Department of Visual and Dramatic Arts at Rice University. He is a contributing editor at Artforum and Frieze.
In 2003 he co-wrote Art - A sex Book with filmmaker John Waters. Hainley's 2006 book of poetry, Foul Mouth, was a finalist in the National Poetry Series.
In 2011 Pep Talk published a collection of Hainley's interviews, critical essays, and poems.
In 2014 Hainley wrote a monograph on the artist Elaine Sturtevant, titled "Under the Sign of ."