Collectors for Connoisseurship
National Symposium:
Patronage and Collecting: Then & Now
Friday, October 13, 2017
Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY
Sacerdote Auditorium Uris Center
81st Street Entrance on Fifth Avenue
Schedule to date:
10:00-12:45
For Founding Connoisseurs Only
- Check-In for Founding Connoisseurs at Entrance to Uris Center at The Met
- Welcome to Founding Connoisseurs in Sacerdote Auditorium
- Alison Nogueira, Curator Tour, Leonardo to Matisse: Master Drawings from the Robert Lehman Collection
- Prix-Fixe Three Course Luncheon at The Petrie Café in The Met
For Founding Connoisseurs, ArtLover Members and Invited Guests
Session 1: 1:00-2:00pm
Moderator: Shannon Robinson
Panelists:
- Dita Amory, Curator in Charge, Robert Lehman Collection,
The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Esmée Quodbach, Assistant Director, Center for the History of Collecting, Frick Museum
- Jennifer Tonkovich, Eugene and Clare Thaw Curator, Department of Drawings, Morgan Library & Museum
Session 2: 2:15-3:15pm
- Joint Presentation by Shannon Robinson (Patronage, Collecting and Marketing in Today’s Global Art Market) and Betsy Thomas, an independent art advisor and former Vice President of Christie’s in New York (Navigating the World of Art Dealers, Art Fairs and Auction Houses: Challenges and Rewards for Collectors and Artists);
Session 3: 3:30-4:30pm
Moderator: Shannon Robinson
Panelists:
- Shelley Farmer, Director of Hirschl & Adler Modern
- Gregory J. Peterson, Esq., Private Collector, Contemporary Realism
- Betsy Thomas, Betsy Thomas Fine Art Advisory, LLC
- Peter Trippi, Editor-in-Chief, Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine
