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Suzanne Hudson is Professor of Art History and Fine Arts at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. An art historian and critic, she writes with an emphasis on the history, theory, and conventions of painting within art schools and alternative pedagogical institutions including museums as well as spaces of care work and medical and psychological services. Hudson is a longstanding contributor to Artforum and an editor-at-large for the Brooklyn Rail, and she has written numerous essays for journals, exhibition catalogues, and artist monographs. Her books include Agnes Martin: Night Sea (2017) and Contemporary Painting (World of Art) (2021).