Ernest Chaplet: The Peter Marino Collection

Etienne Tornier has served since 2017 as the curator of the modern and contemporary collection at the MADD (Musée des Arts Décoratifs et du Design) in Bordeaux, France, and since 2024 as deputy director. After graduating from the École du Louvre and the Université Paris Sorbonne in art history and museum studies, he received his PhD from Université Paris Nanterre and University of Minnesota. From 2013 to 2017, he was a study and research fellow at the INHA (National Institute of Art History). His doctoral dissertation focused on French–American relationships in the decorative arts at the turn of the twentieth century. His research on the ceramicists of this period has led him to contribute to several publications both in France and the United States. He is also the editor in chief of the Sèvres review.

Peter Marino is the principal of Peter Marino Architect, the New York–based architecture firm he founded in 1978. His work includes award-winning residential, retail, cultural, and hotel projects worldwide. An avid collector and patron of the arts, Marino is known for integrating art within his architectural designs and has commissioned more than 300 site-specific, original works of art from prominent contemporary artists.