Lynne Cooke

Lynne Cooke is a curator and art historian whose work spans contemporary exhibition-making, criticism and research into the relationships between mainstream and self-taught art. A contributor to Artscribe and a member of its editorial board in 1985, she later served as curator at Dia Art Foundation from 1991 to 2008 and as deputy director and chief curator at the Museo Reina Sofía from 2008 to 2012. She co-curated the 1991 Carnegie International and directed the 1996 Biennale of Sydney.

  • Original 1985 Art Scribe No. 51 magazine, Artscribe Ltd, London — cover featuring Bruce McLean work on green ground with black figure and red circle, price £1.50 printed, March–April 1985. Original 1985 Art Scribe No. 51, Artscribe Ltd, London — open spread showing full Bruce McLean cover image: black figure with outstretched hand and red circle on green background.

    ART SCRIBE No. 51 — Basquiat, Kathy Acker, Lynne Cooke, Artscribe Ltd, London, 1985

    ART SCRIBE No. 51 — Basquiat, Kathy Acker, Lynne Cooke, Artscribe Ltd, London, 1985