Institut für Kunstkritik (The Institute of Art Criticism) at the Städelschule was established by Professor Isabelle Graw and Professor Daniel Birnbaum in the summer of 2003. It examines art criticism and connected disciplines. The institute invites art historians, critics and writers to the Städelschule for lectures series and symposiums. It benefits and takes an impetus from the discourse by academics and art critics living in Frankfurt.