Critic and scholar. His essay "The Crux of Minimalism" published in his book The Return of the Real is a seminal work on the subject of Minimalism. He also is the author of Richard Serra: Compulsive Beauty; Recordings; Vision and Visuality; Discussions in Contemporary Culture and editor of The Anti-Aesthetic: Essays on Postmodern Culture. Foster has been the editor of numerous specialized periodicals such as October, Zone Magazine, Diacritics, Documents, Art in America, and Artforum He is the author of numerous articles and essays and has received a number of academic honors. Foster's work brilliantly links the domains of artistic practice and academic criticism. He is now Townsend Martin Professor of modern Art at Princeton University.