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FeaturesSeptember 2006 A conversation with Philippe de Montebello The director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art talks with TNC
Editor’s note: This summer, Hilton Kramer, accompanied
by The New Criterion’s Executive Editor, David Yezzi, interviewed the
director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Philippe de
Montebello, in his
office overlooking Central Park in Manhattan.
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? This article is available to subscribers and for individual purchaseSubscribe to TNC (Print and Online editions) Subscribe to TNC (Online only) This article originally appeared in The New Criterion, Volume 25 September 2006, on page 0 Copyright © 2008 The New Criterion | www.newcriterion.com http://www.newcriterion.com/articles.cfm/montebello-interview-2448
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