Johan Frederik Hartle

Areas of interest

Contemporary art, institutional art theories, political aesthetics, and the legacy of Red Vienna.

Education

• PhD

Biography

Johan Frederik Hartle is Rector of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. He has been Professor for Art Studies and Media Philosophy and operatic rector at the University of Arts and Design, Karlsruhe, Germany, Assistant Professor for Philosophy of Art and Culture at the department of Philosophy, University of Amsterdam (UvA), adjunct professor for Philosophy and Art Theory at the School of Intermedia Art (SIMA) at the China Academy of Art (CAA) in Hangzhou, China. He has been visiting research scholar at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, and the Università Roma Tre, Rome. His general field of research is the legacy of Marxism in contemporary aesthetic and cultural theories and institutional theories of art. His book publications include: Samir Gandesha/Johan Frederik Hartle (eds.): "Reification and Spectacle. The Timeliness of Western Marxism," 2017, and Samir Gandesha/Johan Frederik Hartle (eds.): "Aesthetic Marx," 2017, Samir Gandesha/Johan Frederik Hartle/Stefano Marino (eds.): "The Aging of Adorno's Aesthetics," Milano, 2021.