Ruth Noack is an art historian, lecturer, independent curator and art critic. Together with Roger M. Buergel she co-curated documenta 12 in 2007. Noack also teaches film theory at the University of Vienna. From 2002-03 she served as the President of the Association Internationale des Critiques d'Art in Austria and from 1994 has served as an art critic for Camera Austria and Texte zur Kunst. Noack's publications include: Shirin Neshat (2000), Double Life: Identity and Transformation in Contemporary Art (2002), Danica Dakic: Role-taking, Role-making (2006) and documenta 12 Catalogue & Reader (2007).