Located at the threshold of figuration and abstraction, Monika Baer 's work engages with the legacies and the present state of painting. Her work has been shown in numerous exhibitions at venues such as Kestnergesellschaft in Hannover, the Museum Abteiberg in Mönchengladbach, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich, the mumok in Vienna, and Documenta 12 in Kassel. Baer is the 2018–19 Regents' Lecturer at UCLA and a professor in the MFA program at Bard College. The UCLA Department of Art's visiting lecture series is made possible through the generous support of the William D. Feldman Family Endowed Art Lecture Fund.