Jacky Klein

{{Short description|English writer and art historian}}

{{about|the British art historian|the American gymnast|Jackie Klein}}

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Jacqueline Amanda Klein (born 28 January 1977) is a British art historian, broadcaster, and author.{{cite web|url=http://www.jackyklein.co.uk/about/|title=About|website=Jacky Klein|accessdate=30 December 2017}} In 2016, she co-presented Britain's Lost Masterpieces for BBC4 with Bendor Grosvenor.{{cite web|url=https://www.knightayton.co.uk/female-presenters/jacky-klein|title=Jacky Klein – Knight Ayton|website=Knightayton.co.uk|accessdate=30 December 2017|archive-date=26 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190226234155/https://www.knightayton.co.uk/female-presenters/jacky-klein|url-status=dead}} She co-authored a book with her sister, Suzy Klein, entitled What is Contemporary Art? A Children's Guide, commissioned by the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and published in 2012 by Thames & Hudson. It has been translated into seven languages. In 2015, she was announced as Executive Editor at Tate Publishing,{{cite web|url=http://artdaily.com/news/75926/Tate-Publishing-announces-Jacky-Klein-as-new-Director#.WkbdmnnLivY|title=Tate Publishing announces Jacky Klein as new Director|first=Ignacio|last=Villarreal|website=Artdaily.com|accessdate=30 December 2017}} a role she left in 2018.

Selected publications

  • The Bone Beneath the Pulp: Drawings by Wyndham Lewis. Paul Holberton Publishing, 2004. (With Paul Edwards) {{ISBN|978-1903470268}}
  • Grayson Perry. Thames and Hudson, London, 2009. {{ISBN|0500093504}}
  • What is Contemporary Art? A Children's Guide. Thames and Hudson, London, 2012. {{ISBN|978-0500515891}}

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