The Met Hires Out to Replace Philippe de Montebello
We all know by now that Philippe de Montebello has drawn up and delivered his “adios” to his position as director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. But now comes the trick of replacing him. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the museum has hired the firm Phillips Oppenheim to do the scouting, which isn’t sounding like a very easy job, considering they’re also doing the same for a bunch of other big shot museums around the country with little luck:
The headhunting task comes as some museum directors across the country are grappling with increasing budgets, decreasing federal and corporate funding, and several years of flat attendance.
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