NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART
WASHINGTON, DC, U.S.A.
11 JULY 2014

Renowned art scholar Lynne Cooke has been named senior curator, special projects in modern art, at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, effective August 11, 2014.

During her two-year appointment (2012–present) as Andrew W. Mellon Professor at the Gallery’s Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts (CASVA), Cooke has been engaged in independent research to organize an exhibition about the relationship between mainstream and self-taught artists in 20th and 21st century America, which was distinct from what occurred in western Europe. The exhibition will be presented at the National Gallery of Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Dates and other details will be announced at a later date.

Before arriving at CASVA, Cooke was deputy director and chief curator at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, 2008–2012; curator, Dia Art Foundation, New York, 1991–2008; artistic director, 10th Biennale of Sydney, 1994–1996; co-curator, 1991 Carnegie International, The Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh; and lecturer, history of art, University College, London University.

Lynne Cooke, Senior Curator, Special Projects in Modern Art,
National Gallery of Art, Washington, in the East Building.

Photo © 2014 National Gallery of Art, Washington.