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A Collecting Dynasty: The Rockefeller Family
January 20, 3PM
As passionate art collectors and philanthropists with an incredible range of interests that spanned the globe, the Rockefeller family, in so many ways, stands as the acme of patronage in this country. Throughout several generations, beginning with Abby and John D Rockefeller, Jr., their unwavering support for the visual arts was critical to the development of cultural institutions focused on the family members’ individual collecting interests, such as Asia Society, the Cloisters, Colonial Williamsburg and its Folk Art Museum, Japan Society, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Museum of Modern Art. With the participation of two Asian art historians and museum professionals and a dealer of European Art, each of whom personally worked with or for members of the Rockefeller family over the past forty plus years, our discussion will focus on the legacy of multiple generations of Rockefellers, their remarkable collections, and lasting contributions to the world of art and antiques.
Moderator: Joan B. Mirviss, President Joan B Mirviss LTD
Panelists:
Cynthia B. Altman, Curator Emerita at Kykuit
Michele Beiny, Michele Beiny, Inc.
Vishakha N. Desai, President Emeritus, Asia Society
Presented in collaboration with Asia Week New York.
Contemporary Art and Cold War Embassies
January 24, 5PM
Moderator: Julia P. Herzberg, Art Historian, Independent Curator and member of The Fund for Park Avenue Sculpture Committee
Panelists:
Jennifer Duncan, Director, Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies
Jorge Otero-Pailos, Artist, Preservationist and Director of the Historic Preservation Program, Columbia University GSAPP
David Peterson, Author and Founder of the Onera Foundation
Presented in collaboration with The Fund for Park Avenue
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JP Morgan: A Collector's Legacy
John Pierpont Morgan was not only one of the most powerful figures in finance with his name atop one of the world’s leading banking and investment firms, but also a prodigious collector, whose legacy resides in his many masterworks that are now highlights of important museum and private collections. The many facets of his passion for collecting, and the story behind his Asian, ancient, and Western art acquisitions will be explored by our notable panel of scholars.
MODERATOR:
Charlotte Eyerman, JP Morgan Chase
PANELISTS:
Colin B. Bailey, The Morgan Library & Museum
Steven Chait, Ralph M. Chait Galleries, Inc.
Linda Roth, Wadsworth Atheneum
Jean Strouse, Biographer and author
THE VANISHED COLLECTION: A Memoir of Parisian Art Plunder
Pauline Baer de Perignon's great-grandfather Jules Strauss was an avid collector and major donor to the Louvre in the early 20th century. Paintings in his collection by Renoir, Monet, Degas, Tiepolo, and more disappeared after the Nazi's seized his elegant Parisian apartment in 1942.
Join the author and Marc Masurovsky, founder of the Holocaust Art Restitution Project, for a discussion about the looting of art treasures in Nazi occupied Paris.