In addition to the regular faculty, many visiting artists and scholars participate in the programs of the various departments offering individual critiques, workshop seminars, and formal lectures. Visiting artists and scholars in recent years have included:
- Michele Abeles
- Nina Chanel Abney
- Niv Acosta
- Marina Adams
- Farah Al Qasimi
- Diana Al-Hadid
- Ricci Albenda
- Laylah Ali
- David Altmejd
- Nientara Anderson
- Kamrooz Aram
- Assemble
- Juan Astasio Soriano
- Charles Atlas
- Danielle Aubert
- Ariella Azoulay
- Xyza Cruz Bacani
- Matthew Barney
- Marion Belanger
- Sonia Ben Slama
- Alissa Bennett
- David Bennewith
- Judith Bernstein
- Huma Bhabha
- Bradley Biancardi
- Andrea Blum
- Anya Bokov
- Daniel Bozhkov
- Katherine Bradford
- Rizvana Bradley
- Sascha Braunig
- A.K. Burns
- Tom Burr
- Felix Burrichter
- David Campany
- Andrianna Campbell
- Michelle Castañeda
- Tomaš Celizna
- Alejandro Cesarco
- Marvin Gaye Chetwynd
- Yoonjai Choi
- Leidy Churchman
- Joanna Claire
- Grace Coddington
- Teju Cole
- Lois Conner
- Fiona Connor
- Julie Corman
- Lourdes Correa
- Reginald Cox
- Liz Craft
- Njideka Akunyili Crosby
- Maia Cruz Palileo
- David Kennedy Cutler
- Alex Da Corte
- Jen Davis
- Sue de Beer
- Jacqueline de Jong
- Dana DeGiulio
- Liz Deschenes
- Abigail DeVille
- Elizabeth DeVita
- Marianna Diallo
- Harry Dodge
- Erich Doubek
- Whitney Dow
- Kate Doyle Griffiths
- Jenny Drumgoole
- Doug DuBois
- Carroll Dunham
- Aliza Dzik
- Jarrett Earnest
- John Edmonds
- Thomas Eggerer
- Peter Eleey
- Amanda Ellison
- Darby English
- Mitch Epstein
- Roe Ethridge
- Theresa Fairbanks-Harris
- Edie Fake
- Keltie Ferris
- Jack Ferver
- Alexander Fleming
- Derek Fordjour
- Arthur Fournier
- Eve Fowler
- Andrea Fraser
- Dennis Freedman
- Martha Friedman
- Coco Fusco
- Genevieve Gaignard
- Shiraz Gallab
- Lucy Gallun
- Chitra Ganesh
- Lia Gangitano
- Maria Gaspar
- Daphne Geismar
- Jackie Gendel
- Rob Giampietro
- Melvin Gibbons
- Sam Gilliam
- Malcolm Gladwell
- James Goggin
- Samara Golden
- Sam Gordon
- Michelle Grabner
- Francesca Grassi
- Michael Greenblatt
- Miguel Gutierrez
- Jiminie Ha
- Bruce Hainley
- Peter Halley
- Josephine Halvorson
- Barbara Hammer
- Geoff Han
- Stefano Harney
- Lyle Ashton Harris
- John Harwood
- Berton Hasebe
- Curran Hatleberg
- Erwin Hauer
- Richard Hawkins
- Daniel Heidkamp
- Mary Heilmann
- Camille Henrot
- Leslie Hewitt
- Thomas Hirschhorn
- Jim Hodges
- Dana Hoey
- Eric Hoffman
- Roni Horn
- Susan Howe
- Anna Sew Hoy
- Whitney Hubbs
- Allyn Hughes
- Kahlil Irving
- Shannon Jackson
- Jessica Jackson Hutchins
- Ashley James
- Natasha Jen
- Paddy Johnson
- Sarah Anne Johnson
- David Joselit
- Jennifer Kabat
- E Roon Kang
- Alexander Kantarovsky
- Ruba Katrib
- Simone Kearney
- Angie Keefer
- Matt Keegan
- Mary Reid Kelley
- Patrick Kelley
- Patrick Killoran
- Kelly Kivland
- Kapwani Kiwanga
- Christopher Klatell
- Alex Klein
- Christoph Knoth
- Fawn Krieger
- Ajay Kurian
- Justine Kurland
- Hyo Kwon
- Deana Lawson
- Jason Lazarus
- An-My Lê
- Austin Lee
- Margaret Lee
- Annie Leibovitz
- Laura Letinsky
- Sarah Lewis
- Tony Lewis
- Beverly Liang
- Susan Lipper
- Tod Lippy
- Natasha Marie Llorens
- Michelle Lopez
- Clara López Menéndez
- Miguel Luciano
- Ken Lum
- Eve Lyons
- Robert Lyons
- Richard Lytle
- Eric Mack
- Steen Madsen
- Cameron Martin
- Chris Martin
- Courtney Martin
- Daniel Joseph Martinez
- Elisabeth Mayer
- Park McArthur
- Marlene McCarthy
- Suzanne McClelland
- Tom McDonough
- Ryan McGinley
- Michael Jones McKean
- Julie Mehretu
- Madsen Minax
- Marilyn Minter
- Naeem Mohaiemen
- Rebecca Morris
- Ulrike Müller
- Laura Mulvey
- Silas Munro
- Laurel Nakadate
- Alexander Nemerov
- Margot Norton
- Chris Ofili
- Min Oh
- Ken Okiishi
- Christian Oldham
- B. Ingrid Olson
- Christine Osinski
- Genesis P-Orridge
- Jennifer Packer
- Maziyar Pahlevan
- Daniel Palmer
- Elle Pérez
- Sondra Perry
- Ramon Persson
- Dushko Petrovich
- Paul Pfeiffer
- Lorella Praeli
- Robert Priest
- Richard Prince
- Paul Pryce
- Jonathan Puckey
- Ronny Quevedo
- Walid Raad
- Michael Rader
- Manuel Raeder
- Sara Greenberger Rafferty
- Yvonne Rainer
- Claudia Rankine
- Lucy Raven
- Will Rawls
- Benjamin Reichen
- David Reinfurt
- Eva Respini
- Whitney Richardson
- JiEun Rim
- Tabor Robak
- Jacob Robichaux
- Hanneline Røgeberg
- Guadalupe Rosales
- Douglas Rosenberg
- Marina Rosenfeld
- Judith Joy Ross
- Amanda Ross-Ho
- Mika Rottenberg
- Ben Rubin
- Kathleen Ryan
- Jacolby Satterwhite
- Peter Saul
- Jeffrey Schiff
- Dana Schutz
- Jeffrey Scudder
- Paul Sepuya
- Arlene Shechet
- Erin Shirreff
- Tony Shore
- Anna Shteynshleyger
- Amie Siegel
- Katrín Sigurðardóttir
- Amy Sillman
- Igor Simic
- Taryn Simon
- Lorna Simpson
- Amy Smith
- Kiki Smith
- Michael Smith
- Pamela Sneed
- Fannie Sosa
- Omar Sosa
- Laurel Sparks
- Starhawk
- Anika Steppe
- Joel Sternfeld
- Elaine Stocki
- Zoe Strauss
- Tom Strong
- Eve Sussman
- Jessica Svendsen
- Marc Swanson
- Michael Swanson
- Ilona Szwarc
- Lumi Tan
- Luz-Maria Tan
- Jeannine Tang
- Robert Taplin
- Hank Willis Thomas
- Mickalene Thomas
- Cheyney Thompson
- Benjamin Timpson
- Jalal Toufic
- Eugenie Tsai
- Ka-Man Tse
- Richard Tuttle
- Harm van den Dorpel
- Joep Van Lieshout
- James Welling
- Didier William
- William T. Williams
- Letha Wilson
- Carmen Winant
- Terry Winters
- Karen Wong
- Sarah Workneh
- Yan Xing
- Dena Yago
- Carrie Yamaoka
- Anicka Yi
- Forest Young
- David Yun
- Craig Zammiello