Ana Baeza Ruiz

Dr. Ana Baeza Ruiz is Lecturer in Museology at the University of Manchester, specializing in feminist art histories, museum studies, and cultural participation. Her research intersects feminism, visual culture, and institutional practices, examining debates on cultural democratization in 20th-century art museums and contemporary participatory models. She co-leads the Feminist Art Making Histories project documenting UK feminist art practices from the 1970s-present and was a postdoctoral fellow at Museo Nacional del Prado (2022-2024), developing public engagement initiatives.

Her research investigates:

• Histories of feminist art activism in the UK
• Co-creation and community engagement in museums
• Social justice pedagogies in cultural institutions
• Visual constructions of gender and identity

This work critically engages with museum policies, access narratives, and the co-production of heritage.

Recent publications analyze gender representation in Spanish art, object-based learning methodologies, and museum democratization processes. Scholarly trends include critical analyses of visual narratives, institutional transformations, and feminist interventions in cultural spaces.

As a 2023 BBC New Generation Thinker, she has created radio programmes on feminist art and activism. Her curatorial experience includes collaborations with the V&A, Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture, and the digital archive Journals of a Pandemic (acquired by Wellcome Collection).