The Marshall | LeKAE Gallery has the pleasure to announce three exciting events for Scottsdale ArtWalk, February 16th, 2012 at 7:00pm:
Celebrated activist artist Pat Berger: “No Place to Go – Homeless in America”, Spokesperson for Gabby Giffords, Julian Levesque, will be speaking during the exhibit.
Artisan Thomas Markusen: “New Works in Copper”
Renowned Painter Ron Richmond: “The Power of Symbolism”
and
Guest Lecture: Mr. Peter Trippi, Editor of Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine will be speaking beginning at 7:00 p.m.
Alongside the two wonderful exhibition openings, our Gallery will welcome special guest Mr. Peter Trippi, fine art historian, connoisseur and an art collector in his own right. Mr. Trippi is editor of the premiere bimonthly magazine Fine Art Connoisseur and a well-respected member of the fine art community. The magazine serves collectors of historic and contemporary representational painting, sculpture, drawings, and prints.
A prominent international fine art personality, Mr. Peter Trippi has held key positions at New York City’s Dahesh Museum of Art; the Brooklyn Museum; Baltimore Museum of Art; The Association of Art Museum Directors (he wrote that organization’s 1916 – 1991 history); Cooper-Hewitt Museum; National Arts Education Research Center/New York University; and American Arts Alliance, Washington, D.C.
Mr. Trippi’s academic qualifications include: MA in Art History from London’s Courtauld Institute; MA in Visual Arts Administration/New York University; BA in History & Art History/College of William and Mary, VA. Phaidon Press (London) published his seminal 250-page biography of pre-Raphaelite painter J. W. Waterhouse R.A. (1849–1917) in 2002 that has sold 50,000 copies. And he wrote two chapters of the catalogue accompanying “A Grand Design: The Art of the Victoria and Albert Museum” for the exhibition at that celebrated London venue.
Peter Trippi is president of his own firm, Projects in 19th-Century Art, Inc., established in 2006 to pursue research, writing, and curating. His firm organizes exhibitions, publishes articles, essays, and catalogues, and arranges lectures widely.
Recent lecturing/moderating venues include the College Art Association, Christie’s, Royal Academy of Arts, Florence Academy of Art, Grand Central Academy, Oil Painters of America, Bard Graduate Center, Grolier Club, and International Fine Print Dealers Association and the annual Fine Art Connoisseur Art Cruise, sponsored by Publisher Mr. Eric Rhoads.
This is a rare opportunity to hear informed, intellectual insight from Mr. Peter Trippi and enjoy our exciting new artist exhibitions. Please don’t miss it!