"It is clear that aspects of the performative are relevant to psychoanalytical theory in general and feminist art historical enquiry in particular."
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Shulamith Behr
1946 – 2023
Shulamith Behr (1946 – 2023) was a South African art historian. She was a senior lecturer, and Honorary Research Fellow at the Courtauld Institute of Art. She was a specialist in 20th Century German Expressionism, with a particular interest in German and Swedish women artists.
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