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 [ sic]." Provided by Wikipedia