title: Adrian P. Thomas

text:
Adrian P. Thomas was a father of seven children living in Troy, New York, when, in September 2008, his four-month-old son died. A preliminary medical examination indicated that the infant died from head trauma. The police interrogated Thomas for nearly 10 hours during which he confessed to throwing his son on the bed three times. The entire interrogation was videotaped. He was charged with second-degree murder, found guilty, and sentenced to 25 years to life in prison.

In 2011, Grover Babcock and Blue Hadaegh were looking for an example of a coerced confession as the basis for a documentary film they were planning and they used Thomas's interrogation video to make the documentary Scenes of a Crime. Thomas appealed his conviction based on a coercive interrogation. However, the state appellate justices of New York denied his appeal in 2012. Thomas then appealed his conviction to the New York Court of Appeals. In February 2014, the seven judges unanimously ruled that Thomas must have another trial excluding the videotaped confession. A second trial was held and on June 12, 2014, the jury found him not guilty of second degree murder of his infant son. The case created controversy about how much coercion is legally permissible in police interrogations.

Background
In September 2008, Thomas was 26 years old, unemployed, and the father of seven children living in Troy, New York. According to his relatives, he moved to Troy from Douglas, Georgia, after he married Wilhelmina Hicks.
On September 23, 2008,
Thomas's son Mathew Thomas was approximately four months old when he was pronounced brain dead in a hospital in Troy, and subsequently died in Albany Medical Center Hospital.
A doctor at the hospital told police that Mathew died of head injuries that he had sustained.  Because of the doctor's report, police began questioning Thomas about the circumstances of his son's death, claiming that an adult must have physically hurt his son: specifically, either Thomas or his wife.

Thomas initially denied that he had done anything to his son that could have caused his head injuries. Towards the end of a nearly 10-hour interrogation, Thomas, although continuing to claim innocence, stated he would take the blame if something had accidentally happened to the child. As police continued to press for responses that fit with a physical injury, Thomas confessed to throwing Mathew on to the bed three times and the interrogation ended. He told police he had been fighting with his wife and had thrown his son on the bed out of frustration.  He then signed a confession.

First trial
The same doctor who had initially reported to police that Thomas's son had died of head trauma found at a subsequent medical examination no evidence of a skull fracture, and determined the cause of death to be sepsis. Nevertheless, Thomas's trial for second degree murder began in October 2009. The prosecution built their case around the videotaped confession Thomas gave police. They showed the jury the taped demonstration of Thomas throwing an object on the floor to illustrate how he threw his son onto the bed. This was the first time a videotaped confession had been shown to a jury in Rensselaer County, New York.

In his testimony to the jury, Thomas told the jurors that the admissions of guilt he made during the interrogation were all lies. He said he told the police that he weighed  when he actually weighed .  He also denied hitting his son's head with his head, hitting his son's head against the rail of the crib, and throwing his son on the bed three times.  He said that he lied to the police during the interrogation because the police kept repeating that he had injured his son and because he wanted to get out of the interrogation so that he could go to the hospital and see his son and wife.

On October 22, 2009, Professor Richard Ofshe, an expert on false confessions during police interrogations, testified at a hearing that after reviewing the taped confession, he concluded that Thomas's confession fit his model of false confessions.
However, after hearing the testimony of Professor Paul Cassell, who stated that there was little empirical evidence to back up Ofshe's theory of false confessions, Judge Andrew Ceresia denied the defense's request to call Ofshe to testify.
The jury subsequently found Thomas guilty of second degree murder and judge Andrew Ceresia sentenced Thomas to 25 years to life in prison.

Scenes of a Crime
Grover Babcock and Blue Hadaegh are independent documentary producers.  They were interested in the phenomenon of false confession during police interrogation. They wanted to document with a real case the kind of interrogation process that could produce false confessions.  They began searching for video of an entire police interrogation, which turned out to be difficult to find until they came across the videotape of Thomas's confession.  They subsequently produced a documentary film, Scenes of a Crime, using video from the Thomas interrogation to illustrate what can happen during police interrogations.

Appeals
Thomas's appeal was mainly based on the interrogation techniques used.  On March 22, 2012, the state appellate justices of New York denied Thomas's appeal. They concluded:

The appeal then moved to the New York Court of Appeals. On February 20, 2014, the seven-member appeals court unanimously ruled that Thomas's interrogation went too far and that the videotaped confession should not have been shown to the jury.  Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman, writing for the majority, concluded that "What transpired during defendant’s interrogation was not consonant with, and indeed completely undermined, defendant’s right not to incriminate himself—to remain silent".  They ordered a new trial and ruled that the taped confession could not be shown to the jury.

Second trial
On May 27, 2014, the second trial for Thomas, now 32 years old, began, again with a charge of second degree murder of his infant son.
Because the videotaped interrogation was inadmissible in the second trial, much of the prosecution and defense testimony focused on the cause of death of four-month-old Mathew Thomas.  Rensselaer County Medical Examiner Dr. Michael Sikirica told the jury that the infant had subdural hematomas, which are often cause in infants by head injuries resulting from violent shaking. Chicago specialist Dr. Jan Leestma told the jury that the infant died of septic shock due to a bacterial infection. Child abuse expert Dr. Patrick Barnes told the jury that the CT scans that he examined of brain swelling and blood on the brain of the infant were old and could have occurred at child birth.  He told the jury that the infant was born premature and was also a twin, which placed him at greater risk for bleeding of the brain.

In closing arguments, Rensselaer County Assistant District Attorney Christa Book argued that Thomas bounced the infant on the bed until he fell on the ground causing head trauma, which killed him. Defense attorney Steve Coffey countered that Dr. Edge, who treated the infant at the hospital, did not testify and neither did neuroradiologist Dr. Hoover.  Coffey suggested to the jury that they did not testify because the prosecution did not like what they had to say.  Book objected to Coffey's suggestions, saying that they were "ridiculous," but her objections were overruled by Judge Andrew Ceresia. Defense attorney Coffey also questioned the testimony of convicted felon William Terry, who testified that Thomas had confessed to him while they were both in prison. Finally, Coffey reminded the jury that despite hearing terms such as "wicked, evil, inhuman, brutal, despicable, wanton" during the trial, they had to be convinced by the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt to find Thomas guilty.

Jurors deliberated for approximately seven hours spread over two days before returning a verdict. On June 12, 2014, the jury returned a verdict of not guilty. According to Thomas's defense attorney, Thomas was "stunned" by the verdict.
Assistant District Attorney Christa Book said after the trial that "I'm sorry that I could not bring Matthew justice." One of the jurors said after the trial: "We were trying to grasp that we could not use stuff that was not allowable but we all agreed in the end he was not guilty based on what we had in front of us."
After the verdict was returned, his family members said that he planned to return to Douglas, Georgia, and for a welcome home party.  On June 15, 2014, he reunited with his family in Georgia.

Controversy
The controversy over this case revolves around the interrogation technique police used to get a confession out of Thomas.  The technique is called the Reid technique. The Reid technique is a nine-step procedure followed by most police agencies in the United States. The technique begins by confronting the suspect with guilt, offering the suspect a reason for why he or she committed the crime, followed by various techniques of applying psychological pressure to get the suspect to confess and ultimately obtaining a written confession.

The New York Court of Appeals ruled in Thomas's case that the extent to which police lied and used coercion during an interrogation went too far, but their ruling did not lay out criteria for how much coercion is too much.  According to a CBS Channel 6 report, this will lead police agencies across the state of New York to revise their interrogation protocols.
Grover Babcock, in an interview with NPR, argued coercive interrogations elicit too many false confessions. He stated that the Innocence Project has exonerated many people through DNA testing and that of those exonerated, about 25% to 30% had given false confessions.

See also

List of exonerated death row inmates
List of wrongful convictions in the United States

References

External links
Videotaped "Reid technique" interrogation

False confessions
Living people
Overturned convictions in the United States
People acquitted of murder
21st-century American trials
American people wrongfully convicted of murder
Year of birth missing (living people)


title: Abraliopsis falco

text:
Abraliopsis falco is a species of enoploteuthid cephalopod found in the tropical waters of the East Pacific Ocean, and is known from Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, México, Nicaragua, Panamá, Perú and the United States. Females are larger than males, reaching sizes of 41–46 mm mantle length, with males reaching 35–37 mm mantle length.

References

Abraliopsis
Molluscs described in 1972


title: Abraliopsis felis

text:
Abraliopsis felis is a species of enoploteuthid cephalopod found in cool temperate water of the north Pacific Ocean. Female oocytes measure 1.5 mm in length.

References

Abraliopsis
Molluscs described in 1968


title: Abraliopsis gilchristi

text:
Abraliopsis gilchristi is a species of enoploteuthid cephalopods found in southern temperate waters of the south Pacific Ocean, from New Zealand to South Africa, where it is abundant. It undergoes a vertical daily migration, spending the day at depth and moving closer to the surface at night to feed on copepods, euphausiids and hyperiids. Spawning appears to occur between September and December. The specific name honours the Scottish zoologist John Gilchrist (1866-1926) who was the first director of the Marine Biological Survey in Cape Town. The type specimen was taken off Cape Town and is held in the Natural History Museum, London.

References

Abraliopsis
Molluscs described in 1924


title: Pie Face

text:
Pie Face is an Australian food chain which predominantly sells pies, sausage rolls and coffee. It was founded in 2003 in Sydney, Australia, by Wayne Homschek. Following a period of rapid growth in Australia and overseas, the company entered administration in 2014 and the majority of the chain's stores closed. In April 2017, it was acquired by United Petroleum. Between 2018 and 2020, Pie Face opened over 200 locations across Australia. As of December 2020, Pie Face operated 240 locations.

History

Pie Face was established in 2003, and rapidly expanded. After opening a number of stores in Australia, it established stores in New York City during 2012 and New Zealand in late 2013. At its peak the chain had 80 stores in Australia and the United States, and planned to open a further 100 worldwide. Pie Face received $A35 million in funding, including from a number of high-profile investors who hoped that it would be eventually listed on the stock market.

In November 2014 Pie Face entered voluntary administration, facing legal action both in Australia and the US. Prior to entering administration it had been considering a stock market listing to be valued at $150 million, and had agreements to establish stores in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the United States. The firm secured financing in December 2014, enabling it to continue trading. However, its focus was shifted mainly to wholesale and retail sales. Large numbers of company-owned and franchised stores closed as result, with the loss of hundreds of jobs.

Pie Face went in receivership again in late 2016, and closed eleven company-owned stores. As at 24 November 2016 approximately 26 franchised stores remained open.

In January 2017 it was reported that the chain was nearing profitability, and now had 30 franchised stores and intended to expand overseas again with a focus on Japan and South Korea. However, it continued to have debts of $9 million, including $1 million owed to staff, and was facing a motion to be wound up for unpaid debts. At this time its receivers told the media that unsecured creditors were unlikely to receive any funds, but they believed the business had significant "growth potential, if properly managed" and seven or eight companies were considering purchasing the chain. All the New Zealand outlets had closed by the end of 2017.

In April 2017, it was acquired by United Petroleum for an undisclosed sum. United subsequently sold Pie Face products at many of its petrol station locations.

In 2020 it was revealed the company were selling items labelled as halal, which were in fact, not halal.

See also
 List of restaurant chains in Australia

References

External links

Fast-food franchises
Fast-food chains of Australia
Retail companies established in 2003
Restaurants established in 2003
2003 establishments in Australia
Bakery cafés
Bakeries of Australia
Australian pies


title: Premna acuminata

text:
Premna acuminata, commonly known as the firestick tree, or ngalinginkil in the Bardi language, is a species of plant in the mint family. It is native to Northern Australia where it occurs from Western Australia through the Northern Territory to Queensland.

Description
It grows as a shrub or spreading tree up to 6 m in height. The bark is pale, corky and fissured. It produces cream-green and brown-orange flowers from December to July, followed by black fruits. The wood was traditionally used for making spears and firesticks.

Distribution and habitat
It occurs on sandy and loamy soils, on rocky slopes, coastal flats, flood plains and pindan. In Western Australia it is found in the Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain and Victoria Bonaparte IBRA bioregions.

References

acuminata
Eudicots of Western Australia
Lamiales of Australia
Plants described in 1810
Flora of the Northern Territory
Flora of Queensland


title: Modesto Marini

text:
Cavaliere Modesto Marini (born in Lake Garda, Italy) is an Italian chef, restaurateur and entrepreneur. He is the Founder of The Marini's Group which includes Marini's on 57 (Malaysia's highest rooftop bar, lounge and contemporary Italian restaurant), Marble 8 (Kuala Lumpur's premier steakhouse specializing in producing its own dry-aged steak); and M Marini Caffè, Malaysia's first dedicated champagne and caviar cafe.

Cavaliere Modesto Marini was awarded the prestigious Ordine Della Stella D’Italia (Knight of the Order of the Star of Italy) award in October 2016, which carries the title “Cavaliere” and is one of the highest civilian honors of the Italian government.

It recognizes Italians living abroad or foreigners who have been instrumental in the preservation and promotion of national prestige abroad, who have made important contributions to relations between their country and Italy. It is awarded in many areas, including philanthropic activities, scientific and technological research, commercial enterprises and the promotion of Italian food and wine.

Career
Cav. Modesto Marini started cooking when he was a teenager and completed professional culinary training before working as sous chef at Cecconi's in London's Mayfair, which was patronised by royalty and celebrities. He moved to Singapore when he was 21 to be a sous chef at Da Paolo restaurant. He moved to Malaysia in 1995 and settled there. It was during this time that he opened a successful chain of Italian restaurants called Modesto's. By 2008, the chain had nine outlets, and hosted a Ferrari party in 2000. It also hosted Formula 1 and MotoGP stars like Jarno Trulli, Valentino Rossi and Loris Capirossi, with Trulli launching his wines at the outlet. He later disposed his shares in the chain, which also included restaurants in Singapore and Indonesia.

The Marini's Group
In 2012, he opened Marini's on 57, the highest rooftop bar, restaurant and lounge in Malaysia, located at Menara Tower 3 Kuala Lumpur.

Cav. Modesto Marini opened another two establishments in 2014: M Marini Caffè, Malaysia's first dedicated champagne and caviar cafe located in Suria KLCC, and Marble 8, a premium steakhouse in Kuala Lumpur that specializes in their own dry-aged steaks.

Marini's on 57 has hosted a number of royals and celebrities including but not limited to the Crown Prince of Denmark His Royal Highness Frederik, Anna Fendi, Jarno Trulli, Max Biaggi, Tiger Woods, Bon Jovi, Eric Cantona, Formula One drivers Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg, former English footballer and manager Glenn Hoddle, LPGA stars Paula Creamer and Michelle Wie, Danish tennis player Caroline Wozniacki, American PGA Professional Chris Stroud, season one winner of Masterchef Whitney Miller, designer Jimmy Choo, singer Nicole Scherzinger, and Rick Harrison and Corey Harrison of Pawn Stars. It was also the venue of the after-party of the 2014 Laureus World Sports Awards.

Annual F1 Party Paddock

2014 saw British House Music DJ Danny Rampling, who is widely credited as one of the original founders of the UK's rave/club scene, and his wife, Ilona Rampling, to perform at Marini's on 57's first Formula 1 event - Party Paddock at the Top. Subsequent years saw the likes of Joey Negro [2015], and Simon Dunmore [2016] (Founder of Defected Records) follow suit. The annual F1 Party Paddock events take place annually during F1 weekend in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Sunset Hours Albums
In 2014 Cav. Modesto Marini collaborated with the Godfather of Balearic Chill Out Music, DJ José Padilla, to create an album which would commemorate the second anniversary of the bar at Marini's on 57 called Sunset Hours Volume One. The album launched in Ibiza, Spain, on 20 June 2014.

Sunset Hours Vol.2 compiled by popular and respected melodic chill-out DJs Chris Coco (UK) and Afterlife (UK) launched in Ibiza, Spain 9 August 2015.

Sunset Hours Vol.3 compiled by Simon Mills (UK) launched in Ibiza, Spain 20 July 2016.

Awards
Cav. Modesto Marini received the Superbrands award in 2003. and was the recipient of the Hospitality Asia Platinum Awards' Icon of the Year award in 2013. Marini's on 57 received the Signum Virtutis (Seal of Excellence), Seven Stars Global Luxury Awards, which was presented to Modesto Marini by Prince della Torre e Tasso in 2014.    Marini's on 57 has also received the World Branding Award under the category of Restaurant, for three consecutive years 2014–2016.

Personal life
Cav. Modesto Marini is married to Elizabeth Marini and they have two children.

See also
 The Marini's Group
 Monte Verde

References

External links
 The Marini's Group
 Marini's on 57
 Marble 8
 M Marini Caffe
 / MariGin Bar
 Marimabar
 Maracana33
 By Marini's Blog
 Monte Verde

Living people
Italian chefs
Italian restaurateurs
Chefs of Italian cuisine
Year of birth missing (living people)


title: Abraliopsis hoylei

text:
Abraliopsis hoylei is a species of enoploteuthid cephalopod whose type locality is the Mascarene Islands, but this is uncertain, and the type specimen has been damaged, making taxonomic determination difficult.

References

Abraliopsis
Molluscs described in 1884


title: Abraliopsis lineata

text:
Abraliopsis lineata is a species of enoploteuthid cephalopod native to Indo-Pacific waters, from the Arabian Sea and the Mascarene Islands in the west to Japan, Indonesia and French Polynesia in the east. It occurs in relatively shallow water at depths of ~100 m during the day.

References

Abraliopsis
Molluscs described in 1896


title: Göran Svensson

text:
Sven Göran Svensson (8 March 1959 – 6 October 1995) was a Swedish discus thrower.   He represented Sweden at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics.  As a senior, he competed for Söderhamns IF, IF Göta and IF Elfsborg . He won national championships in 1982 and also took a total of four SM-silver. In 1985 he was suspended 18 months for doping.  At the age of 30, Svensson was "clean" of anabolic steroids. While competing for Brigham Young University he was the 1980 NCAA Champion.  After studies in the U.S., he settled there and became a U.S. citizen in 1988. However, he is buried on Norrala Cemetery in Söderhamn.

References

1959 births
1995 deaths
Swedish male discus throwers
Doping cases in athletics
Brigham Young University alumni


title: 1991 in Romania

text:
This is a list of 1991 events that occurred in Romania.

Incumbents
 President: Ion Iliescu
 Prime Minister: Petre Roman (until October 1), Theodor Stolojan (starting October 16)

Events

February
 11 February – Mircea Snegur, President of Moldavian SSR, makes first official visit to Romania.

April
 20 April – The National Bank of Romania launches first post-revolutionary issue of banknotes, dedicated to sculptor Constantin Brâncuși, respectively the banknote of 500 lei.

June
 24 June – The Romanian Parliament declares null the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact of 23 August 1939.

July
 1 July – Romania exits the Warsaw Pact following its dissolution.
 7 July – The Civic Alliance Party is established.

August
 27 August – Romania is the first country to recognize Moldova's independence from the Soviet Union.

September
 2 September: The Ukrainian-flagged vessel  ran aground and sank in the Sulina branch of the Danube, near Partizani village, partially blocking traffic; the last piece of the wreck was brought to the surface 14 years later.

 26 September – September 1991 Mineriad: The Jiu Valley miners return to Victory Square. Here take place negotiations with doors closed, between representatives of the miners and the country's leadership. The ensuing resignation of the second Petre Roman cabinet is announced at 12:30pm from the balcony of Victoria Palace. In the evening, the miners try to break into the headquarters of the Romanian Television. Here take place scenes of violence and vandalism.

October
 16 October – Installation of the government led by Theodor Stolojan.

November

 21 November – The Constituent Assembly approves new Constitution of Romania.

December

 8 December – Is adopted, through a national referendum, the new Constitution of Romania, approved by the Constituent Assembly on 21 November 1991; development, discussion and adoption of the Constitution lasted a year and a half.
 12 December – Supreme Court of Justice, Department of Military, declares not guilty the former members of the Political Executive Committee of the Romanian Communist Party.

Births

 15 July – Narcis Bădic, footballer
 27 September – Simona Halep, tennis player

Deaths

 21 January – Ileana of Romania, daughter of King Ferdinand I and Queen Marie (b. 1909)
 6 March – , diabetologist, member of the Romanian Academy and corresponding member of the Academy of Medicine in Paris (b. 1897)
 6 May – Virgil Calotescu, director of documentary and fiction films (b. 1928)
 21 May – Ioan Petru Culianu, historian of religions, writer and essayist (b. 1950)
 3 July – Sigismund Toduță, composer, musicologist, teacher and corresponding member of the Romanian Academy (b. 1908)
 9 August – Cella Delavrancea, pianist, writer and piano teacher (b. 1887)
 21 August – Eugen Jebeleanu, academician, poet, publicist and translator (b. 1911)
 3 September – Elvira Godeanu, actress (b. 1904)
 9 September – Henri H. Stahl, sociologist, anthropologist, ethnographer, historian and member of the Romanian Academy (b. 1901)
 28 October – Ilie G. Murgulescu, chemist, Minister for Higher Education (1953) and member of the Romanian Academy (b. 1902)
 14 November – Constantin Chiriță, writer, novelist, scenarist, essayist and politician (b. 1925)
 3 December – Petre Țuțea, essayist, philosopher, economist and communist politician (b. 1902)
 6 December – Vladimir Colin, the most important Romanian writer of science fiction and fantasy (b. 1921)
 27 December – Radu Budișteanu, lawyer and activist of the Iron Guard (b. 1902).

References

Years of the 20th century in Romania
1990s in Romania

Romania
Romania


title: Thomas Solomon (art dealer)

text:
Thomas Solomon is an American art dealer and curator who owns the Thomas Solomon Gallery in Los Angeles. Considered a "leading figure" in the Los Angeles art world, he represents 1960s and 1970s conceptual and emerging artists. He also provides art consulting services through Thomas Solomon Fine Art Advising. He is the son of New York City art collectors and patrons Horace and Holly Solomon.

Life and career
Born in New York City in 1960, Solomon's parents, Horace and Holly Solomon, were collectors of contemporary art, who supported the Pop Art and Conceptual Art movements. Solomon’s early world was full of art and artists including Andy Warhol, Claes Oldenburg, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Indiana, Gordon Matta-Clark, Alexis Smith, William Wegman (photographer), and others. The artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude were named his godparents.

Solomon received a B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College, then directed White Columns, the New York alternative art space. In 1985, he curated his first show in Europe, an exhibition of 40 New York artists titled A Brave New World, A New Generation, at the Charlottenborg Exhibition Hall in Copenhagen. After that, he migrated to the West Coast where he next curated shows for the Piezo Electric Gallery in Venice.

In 2002, he curated an exhibition at the newly established Pasadena Museum of California Art, the inaugural show titled Beyond Boundaries: Bay Area Conceptual Art of the Nineteen-Seventies.

Thomas Solomon's Garage
In 1988, Solomon started his own gallery in a two-car West Hollywood garage down an alley, called The Garage. He later moved to a larger industrial space on Fairfax Avenue in 1991, also in West Hollywood. During this time, he established a program that showcased emerging artists from Los Angeles, paired with well-known and internationally respected artists. This program led to the first solo exhibition of Jorge Pardo, which art critic Christopher Knight dubbed "among the more impressive debuts of recent memory." He also organized a solo show of work by Tim Burton (his first ever solo exhibition in a gallery) and brought early attention to Damien Hirst.

Thomas Solomon Gallery
Since 2004, Los Angeles’ Chinatown has been Solomon’s base of operations, starting with spaces at Rental Gallery, then at Cottage Home in a converted movie theater. His latest gallery, which opened in 2009, is located on Chinatown’s Bernard Street.

Thomas Solomon Gallery focuses on contemporary art by established as well as emerging artists with a roster of artists that includes Robert Barry, Juan Capistran, Bart Exposito, Peter Harkawik, Robert Levine, Josh Mannis, Dennis Oppenheim, Ry Rocklen, Miljohn Ruperto, Analia Saban, Mitchell Syrop, and Rosha Yaghmai. Additional exhibitions featured the work of Gordon Matta-Clark and Nam June Paik.

Thomas Solomon Fine Art Advising
Thomas Solomon Fine Art Advising is a Los Angeles-based art consulting practice run by Thomas Solomon. In an advisory capacity, Solomon has worked with software publisher and philanthropist Peter Norton (publisher of Norton Utilities) on a number of projects. Solomon helped organize The Peter and Eileen Norton Museum Donations Program that bestowed over 1,000 artworks to dozens of museums around the world, notable for being one of the largest gifts of contemporary art by a private donor. Solomon also consulted for Peter Norton on a $26.8 million Christie’s auction in 2011 and 2012. As a consultant, he also curated LA25, which featured the work of 25 emerging Los Angeles artists, for the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. The project culminated in a catalog and 2008 exhibition at Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE) in Hollywood.

References

External links

Solomon Gallery on the MutualArt Archive

1960 births
American art collectors
American art dealers
American art curators
Living people
Sarah Lawrence College alumni