This volume is dedicated to Jutta Held (1933–2007) and Norbert Schneider (1945–2019), the founders and long-time publishers of the journal Kunst und Politik. Since the 1970s, both were part of a movement of critical art historians, that advocated for a new art history, that integrated the social aspects of art. This volume includes contributions of both friends and students, who – inspired by Jutta Held and Norbert Schneider – explore perspectives of critical art studies based on their writings and remembrance.