Topic: Philippe de Montebello
The great Philippe de Montebello, who presided over the Metropolitan Museum of Art for 31 years, once called museums "the memory of mankind."...
Former Met museum director Thomas Hoving dies at 78 _ after 'Making the Mummies Dance'Thomas Hoving, whose charismatic but controversial leadership of New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art is summed up in his autobiography, " The treasures from Egyptian King Tutankhamun ...
The Philippe de Montebello Years: Curators Celebrate Three Decades of Acquisitions Metropolitan Museum, until 1 February 2009 Philippe de Montebello retires from the position of Director at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, after 31 years of service, at the ...
On Wednesday, Oct. 29. , the French-born Philippe de Montebello was honored at the French Institute Alliance Francaise's Trophee des Arts Gala at the Plaza for his longstanding career as the director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. " Mr. Montebello told the ...
With retirement close, New York Metropolitan Museum director gets tribute exhibitWhen museum director Philippe de Montebello announced his retirement earlier this year, curators at the Metropolitan Museum of Art came up with the perfect going-away gift: an exhibit.In more than 30 ...
Neil MacGregor may have ruled himself out of contention for the directorship of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, but it is Thomas Campbell, another British-born museums man, who has been chosen as Philippe de Montebello's successor. The announcement ends months of ...
New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art on Tuesday named a renowned British-born expert in tapestries as the cultural giant's first new director in three decades.Thomas Campbell, 46, will replace Philippe de Montebello, who led the Met since 1977, the ...
Over two years ago, the Italian culture minister, Francesco Rutelli, embarked on a mission to recover stolen antiquities that had somehow landed in the collections of several American museums. At the heart of the conflict was the Metropolitan Museum of Art and ...
When I was growing up in Manhattan in the 1970s, a visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art wasn't complete without a cafeteria lunch in the grand, dimly lit atrium around the big sunken pool-where the kids in the book From ...
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Isabella Rossellini and Philippe de Montebello ...
View images related to the exhibition "Art and Love in ...2009-01-30 -
An Acquiring Mind: Philippe de Montebello ...
The extraordinary legacy of Philippe de Montebello, who served for ...2010-02-15 -
An Acquiring Mind: An Inside Look ...
Great Museums presents Part One of its new webisode series ...2008-09-12
