Board of Directors

Claude Ethe, President 

Mr. Ethe knew Boris Lurie from childhood because his mother's gallery, Gallery: Gertrude Stein, began representing Lurie in the 1960s. A lifelong New Yorker, Mr. Ethe grew up in an art-filled home and got to know many artists through his mother's gallery as well as his late brother's art dealing. In the 1970s Mr. Ethe attended Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont (now closed). He has a keen interest in current affairs and global issues.

 

ANTHONY WILLIAMS, Chairman 

 

As a senior counsel in Dentons' Corporate group in New York, Mr. Williams works on commercial transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, and finances for American, European, and Asian clients. His legal practice also encompasses significant work in the art world. He brings to his practice extensive international experience in financial management, investments, accounting, and business development.

 

Mr. Williams serves on a number of civic/charitable boards, including as Director of the Schaina & Josephina Lurje Memorial Foundation; Chairman of the board of HELP USA, Inc., a developer and operator of transitional and low-income housing for the homeless and poor; Director of The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum; Director of the Friends of Israeli Flying Aid; Director and member of the Executive Committee of the Robert & Ethel Kennedy Human Rights Center; and Trustee of the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences.

 

The late GERTRUDE STEIN, Founding DIRECTOR

Ms. Stein received her B.S. from the City University of New York where she majored in Art and Literature. She also studied at the Art Students League, the New York School of Social Work and the New School for Social Research. Ms. Stein was the founder of Gallery: Gertrude Stein where some of the exhibitions she has created over the year include: Balthus, Wolf Vostell, Erró, D'Arcangelo, Sam Goodman, Weldon Kees, NO!art artists, and Russian Diaspora artists. Gallery: Gertrude Stein hosted the first uptown exhibit of Boris Lurie and the NO!artists.

 

Ms. Stein was also a donor to many museums including the Museum of Modern Art and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, among many others. She also lent paintings and sculptures from her personal collection to world class museums overseas and in the United States of America. Ms. Stein was a long time consultant and dealer in significant art works to collectors and museums and was a member of the Appraisers Association of America from 1962 until her retirement from the Association in 1997.

 

Also holding a longtime interest in social work, Ms. Stein worked as worked as a Program Director for the New York City Department of Welfare, running Arts programs for Senior Citizen Centers and Senior Citizen Clubs including Hodson Center, Bronx, Sinovich Center, Manhattan, Brooklyn Settlement House, Chelsea Settlement House and Chinese Settlement House.