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Spending time contemplating a single work
Philippe de Montebello, Honorary Trustee, 1978-What's onSpending time contemplating a single work
Philippe de Montebello, Honorary Trustee, 1978-What's on
I don’t know what people do today, but I go to the Prado to see around a dozen works and then I go. It’s not a question of going from one work to the next in order to complete a catalogue or a list. That’s not how you see things with depth, with curiosity. You have to spend time in front of a work of art. You have to penetrate it …
Honorary Trustee of the Museo del Prado, Director Emeritus of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Professor at New York University, and advisor of the Hispanic Society of America.
Interview recorded on November 03, 2017
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Philippe de Montebello -
Impossible to choose just one work -
Spending time contemplating a single work -
Professional deformation after 31 years at The Metropolitan Museum -
The role of a trustee -
The Strenght of The Prado -
The Museum must create the means of gaining access to the works of art -
The live visit versus the virtual visit -
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Javier Solana Madariaga
Trustee of the Museo del Prado, 2019-What's on
Rafael Moneo Vallés
Trustee and architect of the Jerónimos extension, 1994-What's on
Carlos Zurita Delgado. Duke of Soria
Chairman of the Friends of the Museo del Prado Foundation, 1988-What's on
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Voces del Prado