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A conversation with Philippe de Montebello.(Interview)
THE NEW CRITERION: You are coming up on your thirtieth anniversary as director of the Metropolitan Museum. Clearly, the museum world has changed dramatically during your tenure. What would you say is the most pronounced difference between when you began and now?
PHILIPPE DE MONTEBELLO: Well, I was appointed in May of 1977, and I would have to say it's a different world, to the point that, knowing everything I know, were I offered the job again I'm not sure I would take it. Let me look at it on two levels: the degree to which it has become bureaucratized (I don't know if there is such a word, but now there is) and legalized, with a paralyzing near-zero ...
- Metropolitan Gentleman : Arrogant? Hey, Philippe de Montebello gets it...
- Magazine article from: Newsweek Plagens, Peter April 26, 1999 700+ words
...an American journalist told Philippe de Montebello he was "heartbroken" over a Renaissance...Met buy it and keep it in America? De Montebello, who has been the museum's director...of major works of art depend. But de Montebello is riding high these days. While Thomas...
- The Met after Montebello: Philippe de Montebello, director of the Metropolitan...
- Magazine article from: Apollo Lopez, Jonathan October 1, 2008 700+ words
...when viewed in hindsight--Philippe de Montebello was named director of the Metropolitan...seizing the opportunity to celebrate de Montebello's 31 brilliant years of acquisitions...truly splendid show, 'The Philippe de Montebello Years', which will highlight some...
- Cultivated palette: art scion Marc de Montebello forges his own path.(Biography)
- Magazine article from: W Podolsky, Jeffrey January 1, 2007 700+ words
Marc de Montebello spent much of this past autumn moving...for a bit more privacy, but for de Montebello, maintaining a low profile is a...showed up for his own opening." De Montebello's diffidence is unusual in this...
- Golden eye: Philippe de Montebello, known in the museum world as the director's...
- Magazine article from: Town & Country Berman, Ann E. October 1, 2008 700+ words
...last January that director Philippe de Montebello would retire at the end of 2008, some...for a boardroom setting, but then de Montebello's performance has been nothing short...grandest achievements." Now, as the de Montebello era comes to an end, it's worth...
- Why art? Met director provides answer during keynote address.(SPECIAL...
- Magazine article from: Art Business News Kamerick, Megan September 1, 2005 700+ words
...difficult to articulate why. Even Philippe de Montebello, the director of New York's Metropolitan...say art matters "just because," de Montebello said during a July 15 address at Art...is never to my full satisfaction." De Montebello, tall and graceful in an impeccable...
- Cooking up tomorrow.(cook Laure de Montebello)
- Magazine article from: Interview June 1, 1999 700+ words
Thirty-two-year-old Laure de Montebello offers clearcut evidence of what business...Columbia University in New York City, de Montebello began working her way up the publishing...communications. Despite her success, however, de Montebello decided to go to the bottom of yet...
- Exhibition of the year: Philippe de Montebello's final year as director of the...
- Magazine article from: Apollo Rowell, Christopher December 1, 2008 700+ words
...of his predecessor, Philippe de Montebello. The Met's ambitious exhibitions have been notable jewels in de Montebello's crown, and have been spectacular...from Florence to St Petersburg. De Montebello rightly declared it to be 'the...
- Leon Levy Foundation Names Philippe de Montebello Special Advisor for Culture...
- Press release article from: Business Wire November 11, 2008 700+ words
...Levy Foundation today named Philippe de Montebello, outgoing director of the Metropolitan...advisor for culture and the arts. Mr. de Montebello will join the Foundation in January 2009. Mr. de Montebello said, "This is a natural extension...
