Arthur Danto is an art critic and professor of philosophy. He is the author of several books of collected essays, including:
Encounters and Reflections: Art in the Historical Present, which won the National Book Critics Circle Prize for Criticism in 1990;
Beyond the Brillo Box: The Visual Arts in Post-Historical Perspective;
Playing with the Edge: The Photographic Achievement of Robert Mapplethorpe; and
Unnatural Wonders: Essays from the Gap Between Art and Life.
Marina Abramovic is a world-renowned performance artist.