My first reaction when this press release from the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco hit my inbox today at 6:51 p.m. was: This has gotta be a hoax! Reading the first sentence of FAMSF's announcement made me even more incredulous: The Board of Trustees of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (FAMSF) and the Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums (COFAM) today appointed … [Read more...] about Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco’s Campbell Gamble: Tom & Max Hollein Improbably Trade Places
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Remember the Members: Parsing Max Hollein’s Letter to Metropolitan Museum’s Most Devoted Fans
Smart is the adjective that always crops up when people describe Max Hollein, the Metropolitan Museum's new director. Yesterday, he made one of his first smart moves by issuing a detailed letter to Met members, appending an email address through which they can share "any thoughts about the museum." To convey some idea of who Max is and what he plans to do, here are … [Read more...] about Remember the Members: Parsing Max Hollein’s Letter to Metropolitan Museum’s Most Devoted Fans
What Obstacles Will Max Hollein Need to Surmount as Metropolitan Museum’s New Director?
Max Hollein will have two strikes against him---one insignificant, one potentially serious---when he walks in the door this summer as the Metropolitan Museum's new director. The first liability is irremediable, unless he's planning a sex-change: He is not a woman. In this identity-politics era, that's a lamentable deficiency for some, notably Lisa Oliver, an assistant … [Read more...] about What Obstacles Will Max Hollein Need to Surmount as Metropolitan Museum’s New Director?
BlogBack: Max Hollein on the Städel Museum’s Nazi-Era History
The Städel Museum, Frankfurt Photo: Norbert Miguletz Max Hollein, director of the Städel Museum, Frankfurt, responds to Städel Museum's Expansion, Nazi-Era History: I understand that you might have gotten the impression of my being too hesitant answering your question about "What's next?" during our discussion about the research on the Städel's history during the Nazi … [Read more...] about BlogBack: Max Hollein on the Städel Museum’s Nazi-Era History
Fine with Hollein: Max to Be Metropolitan Museum’s New Director
Okay, I knew this. Last week, I contacted Max Hollein, who this afternoon has just been named (by Robin Pogrebin, at the above link) as the Metropolitan Museum's next director, effective this summer. (Press release from the Met came shortly after the NY Times piece, and perhaps others that I didn't see, went online.) I had asked Max last Wednesday if he could send me … [Read more...] about Fine with Hollein: Max to Be Metropolitan Museum’s New Director
Max Facts: How Hollein Straddles the Divides Between Contemporary/Historic, Tech/Traditional
When I interviewed him more than a year ago over lunch in New York, Frankfurt museum director Max Hollein and I were obsessed with technology. I was then working on this Wall Street Journal article about how museums use technology to improve the gallery experience (or not). He was promoting the new Digital Extension initiative at the Städel Museum, one of the three Frankfurt … [Read more...] about Max Facts: How Hollein Straddles the Divides Between Contemporary/Historic, Tech/Traditional
Wholly Hollein’s: The Metropolitan Museum’s Director to Add CEO to His Title
Daniel Weiss has just resigned himself to lame-ducksmanship, almost a year before he will officially step down from his position as CEO and President of the Metropolitan Museum. This interim period will give the Met a chance to get its administrative act together, but it may diminish Dan's clout and effectiveness at a time when the Met faces challenges on many fronts. We … [Read more...] about Wholly Hollein’s: The Metropolitan Museum’s Director to Add CEO to His Title
Holistic Hollein: A Halting Conversation with the Metropolitan Museum’s New Director
Max Hollein, the Met's new director, who spoke confidently and compellingly during our informal NYC lunches while he was directing three Frankfurt museums, twice surprised me in the space of one week with his uneasy, hesitant delivery during introductory remarks at two recent press previews (Jack Whitten last Wednesday; Delacroix today). He even seemed tense during a 25-minute, … [Read more...] about Holistic Hollein: A Halting Conversation with the Metropolitan Museum’s New Director
Fine with Hollein: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Snare an International Standout as Director
The last time I interviewed Max Hollein, 46, who has just been named to become the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco's new director (effective June 1), he was in New York for the November 2014 annual meeting of the Bizot Group (aka the International Group of Organizers of Large Scale Exhibitions), for which he then was (and still is) chairman. Bizot consists of the heads of … [Read more...] about Fine with Hollein: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Snare an International Standout as Director
Holing Up with Hollein: Städel’s Current Expansion, Nazi-Era History (plus Whitney’s David Smith show)
Max Hollein, director of Frankfurt's Städel Museum, Schirn Kunsthalle and Sculpture Collection of the Liebieghaus Photo: Gaby Gerster © Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt/Gabi Gerster I'm always peskily pointing a finger at other peoples' mistakes, so I guess I should own up to one of my own. As CultureGrrl readers may remember (although I probably shouldn't remind you), I … [Read more...] about Holing Up with Hollein: Städel’s Current Expansion, Nazi-Era History (plus Whitney’s David Smith show)
More on Hollein: Another U.S. Museum Connection; “Too American”?
A CultureGrrl reader helpfully alerted me to the fact that Max Hollein, possibly to be named the next Metropolitan Museum director, is also on the board of trustees of the Neue Galerie, New York. And I've also discovered that a documentary film has recently been made about him by Avanti Media.According to the description of "Max Hollein---My Life":Hollein's museum policies … [Read more...] about More on Hollein: Another U.S. Museum Connection; “Too American”?
The Met’s Off-Key Gala: Tone-Deaf in a Discordant World
Today is Met Gala day. So why am I not feeling particularly celebratory? Partly because it's also the day when Columbia University felt compelled to cancel its main commencement exercises "after weeks of pro-Palestinian protests" (Associated Press); when Russia said that it would hold military exercises with troops based near Ukraine, "to practice for the possible use of … [Read more...] about The Met’s Off-Key Gala: Tone-Deaf in a Discordant World
Harlem Renaissance Renegade: Metropolitan Museum’s Over-Hyped, Underachieving “Blockbuster”
In this DEIA-oriented era, I may incur censure by mildly disparaging The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism---an exhibition that, before its Feb. 25 public opening, had been prematurely hailed as "the Met's new blockbuster," in the words of artnet's Feb. 22 "Art Angle" podcast by the webzine's art critic, Ben Davis, and art scholar Bridget Cooks, a member of the … [Read more...] about Harlem Renaissance Renegade: Metropolitan Museum’s Over-Hyped, Underachieving “Blockbuster”
Changing the Chains of Command: The Turbulent Turnover in Museum Management
Perhaps because the job of managing museums has been complicated by the complexities of "woke-ness," there's recently been a head-spinning turnover in the Director's Office, with DEI (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion) as an overriding imperative. Max Hollein, the straight white male who in 2018 assumed the directorship of the Metropolitan Museum, got in just under the wire before … [Read more...] about Changing the Chains of Command: The Turbulent Turnover in Museum Management
Creel’s Reel: Travelin’ Like Gavin in the Met’s Reinstalled European Paintings Galleries (& my take on that rehang)
Sometimes it can be fun to wander around an unfamiliar art museum with no clear plan, relying on aimless serendipity to lead you to unexpected visual delights. But more often, if you're an art aficionado and regular visitor, you crave some structure for your visual encounters, and you'd like to know that your can still find your favorites where you had previously savored … [Read more...] about Creel’s Reel: Travelin’ Like Gavin in the Met’s Reinstalled European Paintings Galleries (& my take on that rehang)