Curly-haired, lean and blue-eyed, an elegant, smooth-talking salesman, whether pitching plans for an exhibition, acquisition or new building to corporate donors, foreign dignitaries or senators on Capitol Hill, Mr. Brown seemed to fit the role of the globe-trotting, boardroom-savvy art museum director as naturally as he fit into his bespoke suits.
I believe that our record of exhibitions, acquisitions, and new installations of contemporary art speak to this commitment.
His interests and collecting extended to a broad range of art, including European paintings and Greek and Roman art, and over the years his benevolence toward the Met touched those and many other areas in significant ways, from important gifts and loans of works of art to support for exhibitions, acquisitions, curatorships, gallery renovations, and other activities.
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"This fundraising event is The Costume Institute's main source of annual funding for exhibitions, acquisitions and capital improvements," said Nancy Chilton, the senior press officer/adviser to The Costume Institute, which is something of a miniature museum within The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The Morgan plans to show the volume in an exhibition of acquisitions from April 17 to Aug. 9. MORE FROM A COLLECTION Wilde's writings are not the only gift scheduled to go on view at the Morgan.
He proved to be a dynamic force, equally adept at raising money, attracting important donations and identifying new artistic territory for the museum to explore in its exhibitions and acquisitions.
Given the profile of the Met and Mr. de Montebello, a patrician presence who presided over scores of ambitious exhibitions and acquisitions, it was the most closely watched search ever in the museum world.
As a reminder, the Met Gala is the Costume Institute's main source of annual funding for exhibitions, publications, acquisitions, and capital improvements.
The museum enjoyed consistent critical acclaim for its exhibitions and acquisitions during Strick's nine years, but after a solid initial year financially (the tech-stock boom was still going then), MOCA ran budget deficits averaging nearly $3 million a year for the rest of his tenure.
"Recent Acquisitions," exhibition of works by Alex Katz, Philip Pearlstein and others.
