Lex Morgan Lancaster

The Cooper Union, NYC, US
Assistant Professor

Lex Morgan Lancaster (they/them) is a scholar and curator who focuses on queer, trans, anti-racist, and crip contributions to the field of contemporary art. Their book, Dragging Away: Queer Abstraction in Contemporary Art (Duke University Press, 2022), focuses on the queer politics of formal and material strategies in contemporary art. Their work has been published in ASAP/Journal, Discourse: Journal for Theoretical Studies in Media and Culture,and Texte zur Kunst. They are currently working on a book project focusing on trans art practices. Lancaster is Assistant Professor of the History and Theory of Art at The Cooper Union in New York City.

Lex Morgan Lancaster visited Vienna on a research trip in November 2025.

Photo: Jorge Ariel Escobarr