Meet our Curators

Jonah Rosenberg

Head of Rare Books

Jonah Rosenberg joined Arader Galleries early in 2021 after five years as an antiquarian bookseller and a decade as a professor of art-history. He holds an A.B. in Classics from Brown and a D.Phil in Classical Archaeology from Oxford (St. John's College).

Please visit www.araderbooks.com to see our holdings of rare books.

jonah@araderbooks.com
1 (646) 693-4122

Alison Petretti

Curator, Drawings & Watercolors

Alison Petretti has worked at Arader Galleries, New York City, since 2000. She is a specialist in original works relating to natural history, travel, and discovery from the 16th century through the 19th century. She earned a master’s degree in art-history from Hunter College, City University of New York, with additional certificates from New York University and the University of London.
 

alisonpetretti@aradergalleries.com
+1(212)628-7625

Lori Cohen

Director of Arader Galleries Philadelphia.

Lori Cohen joined Arader Galleries in 1987 and was appointed Gallery Director in 1990. She is a specialist in 16th through 19th century works on paper, with a focus on natural history, travel and exploration, rare maps, and American paintings. Lori is a graduate of Bennington College.

Lori's clients include private collectors, major museums, and libraries around the world. In addition, she advises several corporate collections throughout the United States and Europe. Lori is on the board of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, the Philadelphia Society for the Preservation of Landmarks and Historic Strawberry Mansion. She serves on several vetting committees and panels for museums and international antiques shows.

loricohen@msn.com
+1(215)735-8811

Taylor Rash

Auction Director

Taylor Rash has worked at Arader Galleries since 2014. He has a Bachelor’s of Art History from James Madison University and a Master’s of Art Business from Sotheby’s Institute of Art in New York.

taylorrash@aradergalleries.com
+1(212)628-7625

Josephine Arader

Director of Arader Galleries, California.

Josephine is passionate about the tradition of Natural Historians throughout European and American History. She believes that there is a strong correlation between the Natural Historians of the past and our current understanding of and relationship with the Natural World. The watercolors, color plate books and cartographic works that were produced by natural historians from the 16th-19th Centuries can give us a poignant understanding of the times from which they originate as they bring the past into the present with vivid power.

Josephine sits on the board of The Natural History Institute, which provides leadership and resources for a revitalized practice of natural history that integrates art, science, and humanities to promote the health and well-being of humans and the rest of the natural world.

She has acted as the Treasurer of the Antiques Dealers Association of California and is regularly called on to vet works on paper at Antique Shows and has served as a judge for botanical art shows. Her clients are a mix of private individuals and foundations.

josephine.arader@gmail.com
+1(707)225-4571