Clara Pacquet is a researcher and lecturer in art history and theory at the École supérieure d’art Pays Basque (ESAPB), where she also serves as Head of Research. In this role, she leads the development of research initiatives in art, supports collective projects led by faculty and artist-researchers, and ensures a strong connection between pedagogy, artistic creation, and knowledge production.
As a writer and art critic, she regularly collaborates with journals, magazines, galleries, and artists. She holds a PhD in philosophy with a specialization in aesthetics. Her dissertation focused on the thought of Karl Philipp Moritz, a key late 18th-century figure at the intersection of philosophy, psychology, and art theory. Her approach is grounded in a tradition that embraces the inherent “impurity” of aesthetics — positioned at the crossroads of theory, art history, criticism, and literature.
Before joining ESAPB, Clara Pacquet worked as a researcher on Franco-German academic projects at the intersection of philosophy and art history, with a historical scope ranging from the Enlightenment to the present day (Centre Marc Bloch in Berlin, ERC Project at the Deutsches Forum für Kunstgeschichte in Paris, Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Stuttgart, Universität Zürich).
From 2020 to 2023, she was Project Lead for the development of a second-cycle program (DNSEP – Diplôme National Supérieur d’Expression Plastique, Master’s level) at ESAPB. Launched in September 2024, the program is deeply rooted in its local context while embracing a strong cross-border and international dynamic. Each year, numerous guest contributors — artists, theorists, curators, and others — are invited to take part in the school’s teaching activities.
This website, presented as a chronologically organized image archive, brings together a selection of her work — primarily publications.
About
Clara Pacquet is a researcher and lecturer in art history and theory at the École supérieure d’art Pays Basque (ESAPB), where she also serves as Head of Research. In this role, she leads the development of research initiatives in art, supports collective projects led by faculty and artist-researchers, and ensures a strong connection between pedagogy, artistic creation, and knowledge production.
As a writer and art critic, she regularly collaborates with journals, magazines, galleries, and artists. She holds a PhD in philosophy with a specialization in aesthetics. Her dissertation focused on the thought of Karl Philipp Moritz, a key late 18th-century figure at the intersection of philosophy, psychology, and art theory. Her approach is grounded in a tradition that embraces the inherent “impurity” of aesthetics — positioned at the crossroads of theory, art history, criticism, and literature.
Before joining ESAPB, Clara Pacquet worked as a researcher on Franco-German academic projects at the intersection of philosophy and art history, with a historical scope ranging from the Enlightenment to the present day (Centre Marc Bloch in Berlin, ERC Project at the Deutsches Forum für Kunstgeschichte in Paris, Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Stuttgart, Universität Zürich).
From 2020 to 2023, she was Project Lead for the development of a second-cycle program (DNSEP – Diplôme National Supérieur d’Expression Plastique, Master’s level) at ESAPB. Launched in September 2024, the program is deeply rooted in its local context while embracing a strong cross-border and international dynamic. Each year, numerous guest contributors — artists, theorists, curators, and others — are invited to take part in the school’s teaching activities.
This website, presented as a chronologically organized image archive, brings together a selection of her work — primarily publications.
Curriculum vitae here.
© Clara Burns, 2014.