Making the Mummies Dance: Inside The Metropolitan Museum Of ArtFrom Simon & Schuster, Making the Mummies Dance: Inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art is a unforgettable autobiography for any arts and culture fans. 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. |
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 13 |
A VERY DANGEROUS PLACE | 17 |
THE SEARCH COMMITTEE CALLS | 26 |
MOVING AND SHAKING | 44 |
NERVOUS IN THE SERVICE | 54 |
THE CURATORS | 68 |
HIGH SOCIETY AND THE REVERED PATRONS | 83 |
THE BIG STUFF | 97 |
NEED A COUP TO SURVIVE | 181 |
HAPPY BIRTHDAY HAPPY FIGHT | 205 |
SWEET VICTORY | 234 |
TRUTH NOT ART | 248 |
THE BIG kerfuffle | 275 |
THE HOT POT | 307 |
HIGH ROLLER | 341 |
DICTATOR OF TASTE | 369 |
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