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Outgoing Met Director Philippe de Montebello Forced to Share Plaque at Farewell Party

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2008-10-21 17:33:41 by Editor in Vulture -- Entertainment, Music, Culture, Theater, Movies, Art -- New York Magazine Blog
...Montebello at an earlier event Photo: Getty Images The Philippe de Montebello era is etched in stone at the Metropolitan Museum of Art literally. At a lush good-bye party for its departing director last night, the Met unveiled a plaque on the wall of the Great Hall. It listed all of the directors of the museum since its founding, and ended,...
 
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Jerry Saltz on What the Met's Losing in De Montebello and What It Needs From Its Next Director

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2008-01-09 14:08:27 by Editor in Vulture -- Entertainment, Music, Culture, Theater, Movies, Art -- New York Magazine Blog
...Montebello Photo: Getty Images Within the art world there have been rumblings about Philippe de Montebello's leave-taking for years. No one wanted to believe it was true. Now that it is, it's a little scary to think of this institution or cultural life in New York without him. De Montebello, 71, who has the ruby-throated voice of Patrick...
 
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A Fellow Museum Director Remembers Working for Philippe de Montebello: Lose the Earring

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2008-01-09 14:53:00 by Editor in Vulture -- Entertainment, Music, Culture, Theater, Movies, Art -- New York Magazine Blog
...Montebello Photo: Getty Images Current director of the Grace Museum in Abilene, Texas, former designer at the Met, and Vulture brother Dennis Kois remembers the reign of Philippe de Montebello For those of us who once worked for Philippe de Montebello, yesterday's announcement of his retirement evokes memories of the man in action. In my very...
 
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Who's Snooty Enough to Replace Philippe de Montebello?

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2008-01-09 13:20:29 by Editor in Vulture -- Entertainment, Music, Culture, Theater, Movies, Art -- New York Magazine Blog
...Montebello, who was as famous for his patrician air and his mastery of six languages as he was for his impeccable stewardship of the museum, will be a tough act to follow, and this morning the Times discusses several of the potential candidates . We don't know that much about what it takes to run the Met, other than a closet full of bespoke...
 
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Snootometer Update: Gary Tinterow Makes His Move!

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2008-02-04 10:00:27 by Editor in Vulture -- Entertainment, Music, Culture, Theater, Movies, Art -- New York Magazine Blog
...Montebello as the new director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, it must be quite helpful to receive a high-profile endorsement from a major critic. That's what has just happened, in essence, to Gary Tinterow, a top curator under De Montebello and a leading candidate for the job. In today's New Yorker , critic Peter Schjeldahl lovingly...
 
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Robert De Niro, Ron Wood, Damien Hirst, and More Make the Best of Alcohol-Free Museum of Islamic Art Opening

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2008-11-25 17:30:05 by Alexandra Peers in Vulture -- Entertainment, Music, Culture, Theater, Movies, Art -- New York Magazine Blog
...Montebello, president Emily Rafferty, and incoming director Thomas Campbell, who walked largely unrecognized through the crowd as De Montebello was stopped at every turn. Campbell praised the museum's "incredible objects." Isn't it the Met's competitor? "No, the kind of money they are spending, we're not competing with them." Jeff Koons,...
 
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Do the California Museum Raids Change the Race to Succeed Philippe?

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2008-01-25 10:20:16 by Editor in Vulture -- Entertainment, Music, Culture, Theater, Movies, Art -- New York Magazine Blog
...Montebello as director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Now he's in the Times again , as his museum was one of four in Southern California raided Thursday by federal agents in a continuing investigation into stolen and misappropriated antiquities How badly will Govan's press conference, in which he was forced to defend his institution, hurt...
 
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Thomas P. Campbell Named Director of the Met But Is He Snooty Enough?

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2008-09-10 09:45:54 by Editor in Vulture -- Entertainment, Music, Culture, Theater, Movies, Art -- New York Magazine Blog
...Montebello, who's been the Met's chief executive for a record 31 years. Campbell, the museum's tapestry curator since 1995, beat out a host of other qualified finalists including several more-senior Met curators ( previous odds-on favorite Gary Tinterow among them). But, while certainly no one doubts his impeccable credentials holding degrees...
 
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Week in Review: Cloverfield Monster Causes Mass Evacuations

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2008-01-11 17:58:24 by Editor in Vulture -- Entertainment, Music, Culture, Theater, Movies, Art -- New York Magazine Blog
...Montebello resigned, and we wondered who was snooty enough to fill his impeccably shined shoes. Uwe Boll isn't snooty at all; if he was, he would make better movies. America's soldiers aren't snooty; they demand Wilmer Valderrama . And the fine people of Rochester, New York, aren't snooty, but of course that doesn't matter because the...
 
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