Annemarie Kok works as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Groningen, where she also did her doctorate. Having attained her research master's degree in art history from Utrecht University in 2009, she has lectured at the Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam, the University of Groningen and Utrecht University. She is the author of a book on Dutch art criticism between 1989 and 2015 and a member of the board of the Horst Gerson Lectures Foundation. Her research focuses on participatory art and participatory heritage.