Looking back on 2023…

Katoubia Mosque, the Medina, Marrakech, Morocco.

The Good:

In early December I was offered and accepted a new job, which I will be starting on March 4th. Director of Collections at the New York Society Library on East 79th Street, between Park and Madison. After six very rewarding years as Head Librarian at Sotheby’s Institute of Art, I look forward to starting the next chapter of my professional life.

Some highlights:

Birthday dinner for my Mom (January 7th) and brother (January 11)
Cooking porkchops for Carol in Brooklyn
Visiting Amy’s parents in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
The Winter Show
2023 Family Portrait
Sotheby’s Institute Field Study trip to Marrakech, Morocco; staying at La Mamounia!
The Prado, Madrid, Spain, SIA Field Study!
With my terrific SIA students in Marrakech, Morocco
Ellsworth Kelly Retrospective at MoMA
With the Reverend Al Sharpton at a student opening at SIA
A lovely poppy from one of many visits to the New York Botanical Garden
Gego exhibition at the Guggenheim
Van Gogh Cypresses at the Met
Piranesi at the Morgan Library
My amazing faculty colleagues at SIA on commencement day
Getty Sale preview at Christie’s
Visiting Carol on Staten Island
visiting Mom in Northern California, including dinner at Tadich Grill in San Francisco
And a splendid chef’s dinner at Jordan Winery with Bob and Betty Henry
Ed Ruscha show at MoMA
Emily Fischer Landau preview at Sotheby’s
Chrysanthemum show at NYBG
Manet’s portrait of Emile Zola at the Manet/Degas Exhibition at the Met

And the sad…

2023 marked the passing of some dear friends:

Debra DiPaolo

Marilyn Burns:

Bernice Rose

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Eric M. Wolf is a librarian, art historian, scholar, and teacher.

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