I mean, who decides which art makes it to museums and biennials and which art wins awards? Who are these people, these tastemakers, so to speak? 

Take, for instance, Lynne Cooke. 

She is one of the tastemakers, one of the driving forces of art theory, of curatorial practice, and of understanding and including artists who are on the margins of the artworld. Her biography makes that clear.

She is Senior Curator at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC…

Previously she was curator at Dia Art Foundation (1991-2008), and deputy director/chief curator at the Museo Reina Sofia in Madrid (2008-2012)...

Her résumé boasts a Venice Biennale (1986), a Carnegie International (1991) and a Sydney Biennale (1996)...

She has curated the works of Rosemarie Trockel, Zoe Leonard, Agnes Martin, Alighiero Boetti and James Castle…

And she picks the Top Ten Shows every year for Art Forum - https://www.artforum.com/contributor/lynne-cooke 

Her top ten shows of 2022 - https://www.artforum.com/print/202210/lynne-cooke-s-highlights-of-2022-89664 

So Art Forum thinks that her taste, and her sense of what makes good art is important enough that they ask her to pick what shows are the best ones every year. 

They rely on her taste, her sense of aesthetics.

She is literally a tastemaker.

Would you like to meet her? 

You are invited to a live Zoom Roundtable discussion with legendary curator and writer Lynne Cooke on Thursday, April 13th at 2pm. 

To meet her, to ask her questions, and to attend this Praxis Center Roundtable talk you must be a Praxis member.  

If you wish to accept this invitation you must enroll as a Praxis member which is currently $59 a month and you can cancel anytime -- but why would you want to cancel when we have curators like Lynne Cooke every week? 

Yes, that means you will actually get four lectures, one a week in just the first month, including one with Lynne Cooke for the price of a museum ticket…

To sign up and meet Lynne Cooke on April 13th, click here and I will send you a truly personal message in return - try it and you’ll see.

-Brainard