JACK ESTERSON and RICHARD MONTELIONE

Jack Esterson AIA and Hon. Richard Montelione of Brooklyn have collected art throughout their 40 years together. Now the co-founder and principal of Think! Architecture & Design, Esterson declares that “Art has always been in my DNA.” As a young artist from Syracuse, he was lured by the irresistible pull of New York City, and while studying architecture at Brooklyn's Pratt Institute found himself surrounded by artists, designers, and art historians. “I had no money to collect,” he recalls, “so I made art and bartered with my artist friends.” Esterson continues, “What I had learned rubbed off on Rich, who is a brilliant legal intellect [in fact, the native New Yorker is now a State Supreme Court judge] but once lacked self-confidence in assessing art. Today, after four decades of…

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Fine Art Connoisseur (Digital) - 1 Issue, March/April 2025

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