Making the Mummies Dance Inside The Metropolitan Museum Of Art
by Hoving, ThomasFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1994-02-15
Publisher(s): Touchstone
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Summary
A former Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art reveals his bold and brash life at its pinnacle: the clandestine deals which secured blockbuster exhibitions for the museum and made him a legend. Photos.
Author Biography
Thomas Hoving was a museum executive, consultant, and director for the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He is from New York City and received his B.A., M.F.A., and Ph.D. from Princeton University.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | p. 13 |
| A Very Dangerous Place | p. 17 |
| The Search Committee Calls | p. 26 |
| Moving and Shaking | p. 44 |
| Nervous in the Service | p. 54 |
| The Curators | p. 68 |
| High Society and the Revered Patrons | p. 83 |
| The Big Stuff | p. 97 |
| Toadying | p. 108 |
| To Hell With the Critics | p. 124 |
| "You'll Never See Their Likes Again" | p. 142 |
| Harlem on My Mind | p. 164 |
| I Need a Coup to Survive! | p. 181 |
| Happy Birthday, Happy Fight | p. 205 |
| Sweet Victory | p. 234 |
| Truth, Not Art | p. 248 |
| The Big "Kerfuffle" | p. 275 |
| The "Hot Pot" | p. 307 |
| High Roller | p. 341 |
| Dictator of Taste | p. 369 |
| King Tut | p. 401 |
| The Final Bow | p. 415 |
| Index | p. 430 |
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