"The spirit of Relational Aesthetics with its connectivity and community as surveyed in Smith's book could be one antidote to our disorder and estrangement, a prism through which we might see how an old movement can speak new truths." -- Hyperallergic "A critically informed engagement with art that involves participation and interactivity, this book is a superb introduction to an increasingly important form of art practice, likely to become a key text for anyone interested in this kind of work." -- Charlie Gere, Professor of Media Theory and History, Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts, Lancaster University, UK "Smith provides not only a thorough and engaging history of relational aesthetics, but also a convincing claim for the critical importance of the concept for art practice today. This is necessary reading for artists and educators grappling with 'interactivity' and 'participation' in our increasingly mediated, post-Covid world." -- Joel McKim, Director of the Vasari Research Centre for Art and Technology, Birkbeck, University of London "Craig Smith's Relational Art: A Guided Tour is an exceptional book. Smith's revealing tour is two-fold, taking readers through theories of Relational Art and several in-depth case studies of recent artworks with discussion of how each was planned and executed. Among commentators on Relational Art, Smith stands out by providing an artist's understanding of this relationship between theory and process." -- John Bowles, Associate Professor of African American Art, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA.