Metropolitan Museum's Philippe de Montebell … - 博物館

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作者: jamesh (別有狂言謝時望) 看板: FJU-Museum
標題: Metropolitan Museum's Philippe de Montebello to Retire
時間: Mon Jan 14 02:18:35 2008

By ARTINFO
Published: January 11, 2008

NEW YORK—Philippe de Montebello, the Metropolitan Museum of Art's director
of 30 years, has announced he will retire. De Montebello, who has been at
the helm of the museum for almost a third of its entire history, is planning
to step down by December 31, 2008, according to the museum. "To say that his
decision marks the end of an era surely constitutes one of the great
understatements, not only in the museum's life, but in the cultural life of
the city, the state, the nation, and the world," said James R. Houghton,
chairman of the Met's Board of Trustees. Born in Paris in 1936, de Montebello
began his career at the Met in 1963 in the Department of European Paintings,
rising quickly through the curatorial ranks. He spent his entire career at
the museum, save for four and a half years, 1969 to 1974, when he left to
direct the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston. During his tenure at the Met, de
Montebello focused on fund-raising, educating the public, building the
collections, expanding the museum's programs, and enlarging and refining the
museum's buildings.

在紐約大都會博物館任職館長30年的菲利浦‧蒙特貝羅（Philippe de Montebello），
宣佈他即將退休。「說他的決定象徵著一個時代的結束，實在是太不足以形容它，不僅
僅是在博物館的生涯，也在城市的文化生活裡、在州裡、在國家裡、甚至全世界」，
大都會董事長James R. Houghton說。1936年於巴黎出生，蒙特貝羅在1963年在大都會
開始他的職業生涯，任職於歐洲繪畫部門，在研究人員裡面快速地升遷。他一生的工作
都在大都會，除了1969年至1974年中有四年半的時間至休士頓擔任現代美術館館館長。
在大都會館長任內，蒙特貝羅專注於募款、教育大眾、擴增收藏、開拓博物館活動以及
增建和整修博物館的建築等。

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