His research interests include art history methodology, contemporary art theory, and criticism. In 2009 he was granted the CCAA Art Critic Award. His publications include After the End of Art (2007), The Abuse of Beauty (2007), Art Since 1940 (2005), The Phenomenology of Painting (2006), The Language of Art History (2008), Interpretation of Art (2008), and Theory in Contemporary Art Since 1985 (2010).