Dorothy Lichtenstein is President of the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation, which is dedicated to the encouragement of a broad understanding of the art of Roy Lichtenstein and the artists of his time, and was established after the artist’s death in 1997. After studying art history at Arcadia University (formerly Beaver College), she became director of the pioneering Bianchini Art Gallery in New York, organizing exhibitions and projects dealing with emerging Pop art, and with William Coply, edited and published portfolios of artists’ works for The Letter Edged in Black Press. Dorothy Lichtenstein has remained committed to art and culture as she serves on the Board of Studio in a School and Studio Institute, the Board of Directors of the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, the Board of Directors of the Trisha Brown Dance Company, the Board of Trustees of the Stony Brook Foundation, the Board of Directors of Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies (FAPE), the International Advisory Board of the LongHouse Reserve, the Director’s Advisory Council of MASS MoCA, and the Advisory Committee of the Pollock-Krasner House & Study Center, and is a Lifetime Trustee of the Parrish Art Museum. She is equally committed to scientific research as she also serves on the Leadership Council of The New York Stem Cell Foundation. Dorothy Lichtenstein is a recipient of the Chevalier of Arts and Letters from the French Government.
