Philippe de Montebello. Image: tfaoi.com

“it is the mystery, the wonder, the presence of the real that is our singular distinction and that we should proudly, joyfully proclaim.”
- Philippe de Montebello, director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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New York’s Metropolitan. Image: Neil Setchfield, Lonley Planet Images

Ottawa’s National Gallery. Image: travelandtransitions.com

“Today, as an ever increasing number of museums compete to lure visitors, their directors are counted upon to court donors and corporations, oversee budgets and capital plans, and negotiate with City Hall and with foreign governments…”

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View the ongoing construction of Toronto’s Art Gallery of Ontario Frank Gehry addition HERE: