DeMarsche Museum and Art Consultants is an international fine art consulting firm that advises and acquires fine art for museums, artists and collectors in the United States, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Armenia and Israel. The firm’s Principal and Founder, Dr. Michael DeMarsche, received a Ph.D. in art history from Stanford University, where he was awarded a three-year Fellowship for Graduate Studies, the Stanford University Lurcy Fellowship in French Studies and the prestigious Kress Dissertation Fellowship. He has published on a range of art-related subjects and has taught and lectured at a number of universities and colleges. Dr. DeMarsche has served as the Executive Director of five museums in the United States and Europe, and his experience as the Founding Director of three of these museums is unique. He is responsible for the construction of four award-winning museum buildings, requiring well over $100 million in private funds. He has created the entire infrastructure of museums: from developing their vision and organizing their Board of Directors to raising the funds necessary for their construction and operation.

Dr. DeMarsche is well known for organizing lectures, curating exhibitions and conducting interviews with such luminaries of the art world as:

Thomas Hoving Director of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, Hoving was instrumental in bringing to the United States the blockbuster exhibition The Treasures of Tutankhamun. During his 10 years at the Met, he collected major masterpieces such as the Temple of Dendur and Velázquez’s Portrait of Juan de Pareja. His best-selling Making the Mummies Dance describes his historic tenure at the Met when he popularized, almost single-handedly, the modern art museum.

John Waters Writer, actor, artist and iconoclastic filmmaker of such ground-breaking films as Pink Flamingos, Polyester and Hairspray.

Joel Grey Best known for his work in the Broadway musical and film adaptation of Cabaret, Grey is an accomplished actor, theater director, singer, dancer and photographer. He has won the Academy Award, a Tony Award and a Golden Globe Award.

Cynthia Lennon Married to John Lennon during the 10 years the Beatles rose from the obscurity of Liverpool to altering the entire landscape of popular music, Cynthia Lennon’s book, John, lends an intimate portrayal of a man that the Sunday Telegraph described as “fascinating.”

Robert Hughes Time Magazine art critic and author of the book and television series “The Shock of the New.” Hughes was described by The New York Times as the “most famous art critic in the world.”

Bob Colacello Editor of Andy Warhol’s Interview magazine for 12 years, Colacello enjoyed an insider’s view of Warhol’s studio— The Factory — during its heyday. He is a regular contributor to Vanity Fair and has published a number of books.

Anderson and Low Jonathan Anderson and Edwin Low reside in London and have been collaborating as the photographic artists "Anderson & Low" since 1990. Their works are in a number of collections including New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. They were official artists for the London 2012 Olympic Games, and their work was included in the 2011 Venice Biennale. In 2015 they were awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society in recognition of their contribution to photography as an art form.

Phillippe de Montebello Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York from 1977 to 2008, de Montebello was the longest-serving director in the institution's history and the third longest-serving director of any major art museum in the world.

Michael Kimmelman Architecture critic of The New York Times, his best-selling book The Accidental Masterpiece has been hailed by The New York Times as “a dazzling and inspirational survey of how art can be found and appreciated in everyday life.”

Dale Chihuly Internationally recognized glass artist whose work is in the permanent collection of over 200 museums. He is best known for elevating the medium of glass to the realm of sculpture.

Pattie Boyd A well-known model in the 1960s, Boyd was an influential figure in “swinging sixties” London. She met The Beatles during the filming of A Hard Day’s Night and later married George Harrison. After ten years of marriage to Harrison, she married the legendary guitarist Eric Clapton. She inspired such rock classics as Harrison’s song Something and Clapton’s Layla and Wonderful Tonight. Her account of these years, Wonderful Tonight, topped The New York Times’ best-seller list. She now concentrates on a successful career in photography.