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Benjamin Bergenholtz, curator of the Anthony Quinn Trust
Benjamin Bergenholtz attended Savannah College of Art & Design and Roger Williams University, where he concentrated his studies in the fields of art history and historic preservation. In 1997, he moved to Paris where he studied art and architectural history at Napoleon’s Chateau de la Petite Malmaison.
From 1999 to 2004 Bergenholtz held the position of curator of Salisbury Mansion for Worcester Historical Museum. Known for its superior collection of Boston classical furniture and considered among the best-documented properties in the country, he completed exhibitions, major and important acquisitions, research of the Salisbury Family papers at American Antiquarian Society and Yale University, and directed a facade restoration made possible by a grant from the Massachusetts Historical Commission.
In 2003 he was accepted to the Smithsonian Institution’s Museum Collection Management Seminar in Washington, D.C., and later assisted a number of private Northeast collectors through consultation.
That same year, he accepted the position of private curator for the estate of Anthony Quinn and began to catalogue and document the late actor’s extensive art collection and archive. It was at this time he assisted in scholarly exchange and the building of an international network between artist’s foundations and the Anthony Quinn Trust.
In 2005 he curated the national traveling exhibition “Anthony Quinn: A Lifetime of Creating and Collecting Art,” comprised of more than 100 works from the late actor’s private collection.
Bergenholtz is currently curator of Anthony Quinn Foundation, a member of the Fine Arts Task Force and Board of Visitors for Worcester Academy, a member of the Curator’s Committee of the American Association of Museums, and sits on the Council of Artist Foundations in Manhattan. He is an avid collector of art and Boston classical furniture (1810-1840), and has restored historic properties throughout New England.
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