Richard Aste Appointed Curator of European Art at Brooklyn Museum
By STAN PARCHIN
April 5, 2010
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| Richard Aste. Photograph provided by Brooklyn Museum. |
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Brooklyn Museum announced today the appointment of Richard Aste as its new Curator of European Art. Currently the Associate Curator at Museo de Arte de Ponce in Puerto Rico, he has worked extensively with that institution's important collection of 18th- and 19th-century French paintings and sculptures as well as its prints and drawings.
Education
Richard Aste received master's degrees from Hunter College and the CUNY Graduate School and University Center, where he is currently a Ph.D. candidate. His studies focused on the Italian Renaissance. They included two years in Florence researching Michelangelo.
Experience
Aste lectured in art history at Hunter College for several years. He was a specialist in Old Master paintings and drawings at Christie's. He also held positions at Wildenstein & Co., Inc. and Robert Simon Fine Art, Inc.
At Museo de Arte de Ponce, Aste curated the special exhibitions Masterpieces of Spanish Painting from the Prado and The Journey to Impressionism. He co-curated The Age of Rodin and Masterpieces of European Painting from Museo de Arte de Ponce. Aste is presently engaged in the museum's reinstallation of 13 permanent collection galleries.