Let me introduce myself... I'm Karen Bergenthal

One way or another, I have been in art-related fields almost all of my adult life. Having graduated from NYU majoring in French, my first job was doing unofficial translations for UNICEF at United Nations Headquarters. I soon went to work for an art dealer who came to New York from Strasbourg, France, to open an art gallery on 57th Street. When I moved to Milwaukee from The Big Apple seven years later, I started to think about organizing groups to share my love of art.  

Tours d’Art was established to take local groups to local galleries and artists’ studios in Milwaukee, then excursions to Chicago, then long weekends to New York… and further and further afield. Wisconsin was the perfect environment for the nurturing of my compatible interest in architecture, too, with the opportunity for first-hand exposure to many buildings by Frank Lloyd Wright. Happily, Art and Architecture go hand in hand, and I have found that clients who are interested in one are often also interested in the other.

In mid-2015 my architect/husband Bill and I moved from Milwaukee to Gloucester MA, where we (i.e., he) renovated a house on the tip of Cape Ann. Although I am no longer associated with the Milwaukee travel agencies East Town Travel or Travel Market Vacations, both now defunct, Tours d’Art continues.

Most important to me is taking care of the details for each individual person who travels with me, for the well- satisfied client is the best reward (and, coincidentally, the best advertising, too).