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 ...

A Fellow Museum Director Remembers Working for Philippe de Montebello: ‘Lose the Earring’“Working at the Met under Philippe was like having been a minor courtier in the palace of Louis XIV.” the take ...

As the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s director for over 30 years (1977–2008), Philippe de Montebello was known for stewarding the museum through an expansion (it nearly doubled its size to 2 million ...

Philippe de Montebello, director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, is the highest paid director of a nonprofit in the Philippe de Montebello, director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, is the ...

Acquavella Galleries has brought on an unlikely new director: Philippe de Montebello, the longest-serving former head of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. The art historian’s hire, announced ...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art celebrates the career of Philippe de Montebello, who has retired after over 30 years as the museum's director, with a collection of nearly 300 works of art acquired ...

Philippe de Montebello, the velvet-voiced, impeccably patrician director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, seldom appears in anything other than a suit, on the left lapel of which is often fastened a ...

Vision, forbearance and the poshest speaking voice in the English language served Philippe de Montebello admirably during his 31-year tenure (1977-2008) as director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art ...

It’s a little sad that the board of trustees at the Metropolitan Museum of Art has felt obliged to drop the term “director” in naming Philippe de Montebello as the museum’s new chief executive, but ...