Michèle Gerber Klein
Michèle Gerber Klein is a writer, collector, and philanthropist who lives in New York City.
Personal Life[edit]
Michèle Gerber Klein was born in New Mexico.[1] She is the daughter of Lillian Eberlein and Pierre Gerber.[2] Her maternal great-grandfather, Hugo Schmidt, received a land grant in the Dakota Territory from President William McKinley, Jr. in 1880.
When she was seven, she traveled with her father to Paris, Biarritz, and the Ile d'Orleans where she spent several months perfecting her French so she could attend the Lyćee Français in New York.[1]
It was with her father who loved to shop for her that she learned to style herself as her own creation so that from childhood, fashion became a form of self-expression for Michèle who now believes (as Christian Lacroix once told her) "one wears one's heart on one's sleeve."
Throughout her youth and adolescence, Michèle spent much time imagining solutions to identity through dress. At Brearley School[2][3] in Manhattan, she reinvented the uniform, wearing the gym tunic as a mini-skirt and, much to the administration's dismay and her fellow students' delight, accessioning it with deep red suede heels and navy wool knee socks.
After graduating from the Brearley School in Manhattan, Michèle attended Bryn Mawr College.[2][3] While earning a BA degree in English literature, she shopped in Paris with Vera Wang, whom she had befriended in New York at Wang's coming out party.
Following college and on the advice of dermatologist Catherine Orentreich, who told her that good taste was marketable, Michèle decided to pursue a career in fashion.
In the New York Fashion Office of Neiman Marcus she wrote and illustrated small pamphlets as guides to the new and promising fashion designs and designers Stanley Marcus who was the store's president at that time. Gerber Klein then became an executive in the Fashion Office of Lord and Taylor, where she selected the merchandise for the displays in the store's Fifth Avenue windows and on the sales floor which she also co-designed. Subsequently, at Lanvin SA, she was in charge of Lanvin's women's licenses in America after which she went on to found joan vass U.S.A.,[1][4][3] a manufacturer of accessibly-priced elegant knit wear.
In 1989, Michèle married Jeffrey P. Klein, whose grandfather, Isaac Liberman, had been the president of Arnold Constable for many years.[2] Klein's family was also very philanthropic in the art world, with which result Michèle became fascinated by contemporary art. Michèle who was widowed on April 23, 2008[5] is currently the Vice President of the Bertha and Isaac Liberman Foundation,[1][3][6] a philanthropy that supports the arts, education, and civil service.[7]
Michèle Gerber Klein collects contemporary art, haute couture runway pieces, and shoes.
Accomplishments[edit]
Philanthropy[edit]
Gerber Klein serves or has served on the boards of the Dia Foundation for the Arts,[3] the New Museum of Contemporary Art,[1][3] the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum,[3][8] Art in General,[9] and the Museum of Arts and Design[10] as well as the New Arts Publications, Casita Maria,[11][12] Chez Bushwick,[13] the Brooklyn Rail,[14] BOMB magazine,[15][16] Fondatzione Bogliasco[17] The New York Landmarks Preservation Foundation,[18] the Alliance Française,[19] and The Museum at FIT.[1][4][20]
She chairs the Whitney Museum of American Art’s library committee[21][22] and serves on the Photography Acquisition Committee[3][23] as well as The Museum of Modern Art's Committee on Architecture and Design[24] and Photography Acquisition Committee.[3][24] She also supports 92Y,[25] and Tisch center there.
Michèle was the Mann Foundation’s Woman of the Year in 2011 when she was honored for her work in fashion and philanthropy.[1][8]
A proactive fundraiser, Michèle has chaired numerous benefits including BOMB magazine,[15][26][27] New York City Opera,[28] The Bronx Museum of the Arts,[29] Cool Culture,[30] and Chez Bushwick,[31][32] Operation Smile[33] and Alliance Française's[34] La Nuit des Etoiles, which honored Catherine Deneuve,[34] at the restaurant Daniel.
Michèle's party for the twenty-fifth reunion of her Brearley class was the catalyst for a book by Elizabeth Fishel’s Reunion;[35] the first chapter of which was reprinted by Vogue.[36]
Writings[edit]
Michèle Gerber Klein also writes “about art, fashion and arts de vivre for a wide variety of publications including Quest; C; Night; Cottages and Gardens, as a contributing editor; New York Social Diary, which published her accounts of her trips to India, Peru and Turkey as well as Patrick McMullan magazine for which she authored “Eyes on Fashion.”[1][3][37][38][39][40] She is a columnist for Mann Publications[41] and a contributor to Brooklyn Rail.[42] Her interview with Tina Barney was filmed by artist Anton Peresh and posted on the BOMB website.[1][43] Her “articles about her artist friends for BOMB and The Brooklyn Rail have been translated into several languages, taught at Columbia, archived by the Getty and quoted by scholars.”[4][44][45] Her writings have also continue to be referenced globally.[46][47][48]
Michèle Gerber Klein's biographical portrait of the controversial Anglo American couturier Charles James [4] will be published by Rizzoli ex Libris in March 2018.
Articles:[edit]
Brooklyn Rail:
“Diane Arbus: The First Chapter JEFF ROSENHEIM with Michèle Gerber Klein”, June 3, 2016
“Stealing Time: Emma Bee Bernstein”, December 18, 2014
“T.J. WILCOX”, December 18, 2013
“A Profile of VIK MUNIZ”, June 3, 2013
“A Profile of SHIRIN NESHAT”, October 4, 2012
“CARL ANDRE with Michèle Gerber Klein and Phong Bui”, February 1, 2012
BOMB Magazine:
“Tina Barney”, March 31, 2011
“Joel Shapiro”, Fall 2009
“Maurizio Cattelan”, September 19, 2009
“Tristan Perich”, Summer 2008
“Richard Pare”, Fall 2007
“Robert Polidori”, Spring 2007
“Mei-Mei Berssenbrugge”, Summer 2006
“Ellen Phelan”, Summer 2004
Patrick McMullan blog:
“Remembering Joan”, March 1, 2011
“Me”, November 30, 2010
“Back to the Future”, November 12, 2010
“Samba Sans Tristesse”, October 5, 2010
“Betsy’s Bomb”, July 19, 2010
“Classy”, May 5, 2010
“Catherine’s Birth Stone”, April 26, 2010
“Carla”, April 14, 2010
“A Propos the Muse: Douglas Hannant”, April 1, 2010
"Raimund Abraham: Personal Memories”, March 9, 2010
“Sign Me”, March 7, 2010
“Dinner Avec Gilles”, March 4, 2010
“A Snapshot of Zelda”, February 28, 2010
“Christian Cota”, February 22, 2010
“Art of Style”, February 10, 2010
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 "The Mann Foundation's Sixth Annual Mann of the Year Awards".
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Ms. Gerber Is the Bride Of J. P. Klein". The New York Times. 1989-06-02. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 "Cooper-Hewitt Announces Two New Additions to the Board of Trustees" (PDF).
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "The Resident". Resident. 2017.
- ↑ "Paid Notice: Deaths KLEIN, JEFFREY". The New York Times. 2008-04-25. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-05-23.
- ↑ "Isaac Liberman Public Service Awards for Career Civil Service Employees and E. Virgil Conway College Scholar Awards" (PDF). The Hundred Year Association of New York. December 18, 2013.
- ↑ "Bertha & Isaac Liberman Foundation, Inc. | Find Grantmakers & Nonprofit Funders | Foundation Directory Online". fconline.foundationcenter.org. Retrieved 2017-05-08.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "The Arts and its supporters". New York Social Diary. 2011-05-06. Retrieved 2017-04-30.
- ↑ "Art in General". www.artingeneral.org. Retrieved 2017-05-01.
- ↑ Benefit Committee List (September 28 – October 3, 2015). "LOOT Committees". Museum of Arts and Design.CS1 maint: Date format (link)
- ↑ "Casita Maria Center Board of Directors". Casita Maria Center for Arts & Education.
- ↑ "Casita Maria Fiesta Gala". Casita Maria Center for Arts & Education. October 13, 2015.
- ↑ "Leaders". • Chez Bushwick •. 2012-04-04. Retrieved 2017-04-30.
- ↑ "Dear Friends and Readers,". brooklynrail.org. Retrieved 2017-04-30.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 "BOMB Magazine — BOMB's 30th Anniversary Gala & Silent Auction Speeches by Klaus Kertess". bombmagazine.org. Retrieved 2017-04-30.
- ↑ "BOMB Magazine — 30th Anniversary Gala and Silent Auction Images". bombmagazine.org. Retrieved 2017-04-30.
- ↑ "Board of Trustees | Bogliasco Foundation". www.bfny.org. Retrieved 2017-04-30.
- ↑ "2016 Lunch". www.nylpf.org. Retrieved 2017-04-30.
- ↑ "FIAF Board of Trustees | French Institute Alliance Française, New York City". www.fiaf.org. Retrieved 2017-04-30.
- ↑ "Couture Council Meets for High Tea to Support FIT Museum". www.theimproper.com. Retrieved 2017-04-30.
- ↑ "Whitney Library Fellows". www.blacktiemagazine.com. Retrieved 2017-04-30.
- ↑ "Hamptons.com". www.hamptons.com. Retrieved 2017-04-30.
- ↑ "Whitney Museum of American Art: Diane Arbus: A family on their lawn one Sunday in Westchester, N.Y." collection.whitney.org. Retrieved 2017-04-30.
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 "MoMA MoMA PS 1 Donors 2014-2015" (PDF). Museum of Modern Art.
- ↑ "Home - 92Y On Demand". 92Y On Demand. Retrieved 2017-05-01.
- ↑ "Michele Gerber Klein Hosts Cocktail Party to Celebrate BOMB Magazine's Spring Issue and Kick Off its 26th Anniversary Gala" (PDF). Black Tie Magazine.
- ↑ http://www.newyorkcool.com, New York Cool,. "New York Cool - Bomb Party at Capitale". www.newyorkcool.com. Retrieved 2017-04-30.
- ↑ "Master Calendar of Charity Benefits and Events in New York, March 2006". Charity Benefits.
- ↑ "Party Pictures 4/27/05 - Bronx Museum of the Arts' kick off party for its Spring Gala; Celebrating 101 years of Big Brothers Big Sisters of NYC; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra's 32nd Annual Patrons Gala". www.newyorksocialdiary.com. Retrieved 2017-05-01.
- ↑ "#ArtForAll". 2017-02-17. Retrieved 2017-05-01.
- ↑ "Michèle Gerber Klein, Michael Gross, Beth Rudin DeWoody follow 'Rules of the Game' | New York Gossip Gal | by Roz". www.newyorkgossipgal.com. Retrieved 2017-05-01.
- ↑ "Rules of the Game". New York Social Diary. 2016-11-17. Retrieved 2017-05-01.
- ↑ "OPERATION SMILE: Michele Gerber Klein & Maggie Norris Host an evening fete to benefit Operation Smile with special performances by Grace Hightower De Niro with Dan Manjovi and his band - manhattan". Retrieved 2017-05-01.
- ↑ 34.0 34.1 www.internetwebsystems.com, Patrick Benzaleski, Web Designer, Internet Web Systems. "ALLIANCE FRANCAISE". 15minutesmagazine.com. Retrieved 2017-05-01.
- ↑ Kalin, Linda. "Elizabeth Fishel / author, journalist, teacher, mentor". www.elizabethfishel.com. Retrieved 2017-05-01.
- ↑ "Vogue". Vogue. April 2000: 289–294.
- ↑ Gerber Klein, Michèle. "Night Magazine". Night Magazine (#52 ed.).
- ↑ Gerber Klein, Michèle (April 2, 2010). "New York Social Diary: Travel". New York Social Diary: Your Link to Society.
- ↑ Gerber Klein, Michèle (January 3, 2012). "New York Social Diary: Travel". New York Social Diary: Your Link to Society.
- ↑ Gerber Klein, Michèle (August 30, 2012). "New York Social Diary: Travel". New York Social Diary: Your Link to Society.
- ↑ "One Mann's Opinion". Retrieved 2017-04-30.
- ↑ "CARL ANDRE with Michèle Gerber Klein and Phong Bui". brooklynrail.org. Retrieved 2017-04-30.
- ↑ "BOMB Magazine — Tina Barney by Michèle Gerber Klein". bombmagazine.org. Retrieved 2017-04-30.
- ↑ Kim, Yugon (2016-06-25). "An Ethics for the Erotic Avant-Garde: Feminism, Buddhism, and the Idea of Compassion in Mei-mei Berssenbrugge's Lyric Poetry". Arizona Quarterly: A Journal of American Literature, Culture, and Theory. 72 (2): 83–119. doi:10.1353/arq.2016.0006. ISSN 1558-9595.
- ↑ "Emma Bee Bernstein". writing.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2017-05-03.
- ↑ "Untitled | Greater Des Moines Public Art Foundation". Greater Des Moines Public Art Foundation. Retrieved 2017-05-03.
- ↑ "Notes on a Sculpture". BlouinArtinfo.com. October 31, 2016.
- ↑ "Robert Polidori by Michele Klein (Bomb)". Bryan Hiott. 2008-09-15. Retrieved 2017-05-03.
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