About
Ana Baeza-Ruiz is a Lecturer in History of Art at University College London and teaches at Sotheby's Institute of Art, while serving as Research Assistant for the 'Frida Kahlo' exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum. She completed her PhD 'The Road to Renewal: Refiguring the Art Museum in Twentieth-Century Britain' in 2017 through the University of Leeds in collaboration with the National Gallery, London.
Her research interests span Museology, Twentieth-Century Museum Architecture, Gender Studies in Museums, Cultural Memory, Visual Culture, Public Space Theory, and Heritage Studies. Dr. Baeza-Ruiz has developed expertise in how museums transformed their relationship with the public in twentieth-century Britain, with particular attention to post-war cultural reconstruction, museum architecture, and display practices.
Her scholarly work demonstrates consistent focus on museum visitor engagement, institutional transformation, and the intersection of professional museum practices with public accessibility. Her publications reveal expertise in both historical analysis of museum practices and contemporary exhibition critique.
Dr. Baeza-Ruiz has co-organized significant research events including 'Tracing Arguments' (2015) and 'What's it Worth? The Value and Potential of the CDA' at the British Museum (2015). She has presented at international conferences including the Association of Critical Heritage Studies (ACHS) 2016 where she spoke on 'The Rhetoric of Looking: The Case of the National Gallery in London after WWII'.
