Thomas Hoving, Best-Selling Author and Former Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Joins artnet as Contributor to artnet Magazine
NEW YORK & BERLIN--(Business Wire)--
artnet is pleased to announce that Thomas Hoving, best-selling
author and former director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, has
joined artnet as a contributor to artnet Magazine.
A renowned museum executive, Hoving was first a curator (1959-65)
and then director (1967-77) of the Met, where he presided over a
dramatic expansion of both the museum and its audience. He specialized
in high-profile acquisitions of masterworks -- an abiding interest,
and the subject of his first artnet Magazine column -- as well as
opening the museum to a broader and more youthful public via
blockbuster exhibitions like "King Tut." Under his leadership, the
museum embarked on its great expansion plan, which added 125 galleries
to the museum and doubled its space. The extensive acquisitions that
took place during his tenure include the Lehman Collection, the
Packard Collection and the Temple of Dendur.
After a decade as director, Hoving left the museum and became the
on-air correspondent and entertainment editor for the ABC newsmagazine
20/20. He then went on to form Hoving Associates, a museum consulting
firm, and later became the Editor-in-Chief of Connoisseur magazine.
Hoving is a best-selling author whose numerous titles include
Making the Mummies Dance: Inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art
(1993), Art for Dummies (1999), American Gothic: The Biography of
Grant Wood's American Masterpiece (2005), and The Medici Conspiracy
(2007).
His recent appointment to artnet's editorial staff marks a return
to the company, where he previously held the position of Editorial
Director.
"We are thrilled to welcome Tom back to artnet," said Bill Fine,
President of artnet. "He brings to the magazine a wealth of experience
and an irreverent point of view that our readers will surely
appreciate."
Visit artnet.com to view this week's article, "Buried Treasures"
by Tom Hoving.
About artnet:
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visitors each month. Through its Price Database of over 3.5 million
auction sales results and its Gallery Network of over 2,000 galleries
worldwide, artnet is the leading online resource for the international
art market. With the new Online Auctions, artnet is adding a
transaction platform to its successful information services.
artnet Worldwide Inc., New York
Sarah Bradley, +1-212-497-9700 ext: 197
sbradley@artnet.com
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