Saturday, Oct 14
10-5pm
Shuttle from Surrey Hotel
Exclusive Tours of Private Collections, Artist Studios, Galleries and Christie’s Auction House

Friday, Oct 13
6-8:30pm
Patron Gallery
The Salmagundi Club
47 Fifth Avenue

The Exhibition & Sale will feature works by the following exceptional American contemporary realists:

2017 Online Art Catalogue!

Open to C4C members and the public. The Exhibition will be open for viewing from Oct 13-23 during Club hours.

Note: American Masters reception in adjoining Main Gallery is a separate ticketed event through Salmagundi Club.

Friday, Oct 13
6-8:30pm
Main Gallery of Salmagundi Club
47 Fifth Avenue
Open to C4C Founding Connoisseurs.

Salmagundi Art Club

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

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