Lynne Cooke is Andrew Mellon Professor, CASVA, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. Until 2012, she was Chief Curator and Deputy Director of the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid. From 1991 through 2008 she was Curator at Dia Art Foundation, New York, where she curated “Rosemarie Trockel: Spleen” (2002). Among her numerous publications are recent essays on the works of Francis Alÿs, Zoe Leonard, Agnes Martin, Blinky Palermo, and Dorit Margreiter.