Good News
“Michael Gross is about to come out with his Rogue’s Gallery,” write Rush & Molloy in today’s Daily News, “his tale of how the wealthy vie for power at the Metropolitan Museum of Art… It’s a must-read.”
Manifest Destiny
David Patrick Columbia‘s New York Social Diary says Rogues’ Gallery is “destined to be a must-read amongst the cognescenti, not to mention the art world.” Fasten your seatbelts. Nineteen days to go.
Azz Slaps Oscar
Today’s WWD features Azzedine Alaïa‘s response to Oscar de la Renta‘s recent criticism of Michelle Obama‘s wardrobe choices. “It’s not up to him to give her lessons; Michelle Obama is of her time; Oscar de la Renta is no longer,” says Alaïa. UPDATE: WWD adds Oscar’s apology: I may have chosen my words badly, and […]
Tom Tom Club
This unsolicited endorsement of Rogues’ Gallery just in: “I do not think you could have done better had the Met given you everything you asked for including a dash of honesty,” Tom Hoving says. “It is riveting and accurate. You handled me with ‘tough love’ and I understand. For a lot of things I did […]
Duel of the Directors
Today’s Page Six in the New York Post spotlights the feud between the penultimate director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Philippe de Montebello, and his predecessor, Tom Hoving, in a sneak peek at Rogues’ Gallery, to be published May 5th. Order it now online.
Provoque!
The French art site artclair.com says Rogues’ Gallery will “provoque un scandale”. Ah, bon!
Oscar Whiner
Oscar de la Renta, the grand old man of American fashion, Park Avenue aristocrat and husband of Metropolitan Museum of Art vice-chairman Annette de la Renta, offered up some astonishing advice to First Lady Michelle Obama in a page one story in Friday’s Women’s Wear Daily, criticizing her choice of clothes for a visit to […]
All Is Vanity
“Michael Gross hangs the eccentric and dazzlingly rich characters behind the Metropolitan Museum of Art in his Rogues Gallery.” — Vanity Fair May 2009
The Met Frets
Regarding yesterday’s item on the Metropolitan Museum’s boardroom discussion of Rogues Gallery in New York magazine, Galleycat, “on the brink of a major case of the giggles, as we can’t help but think of indignant trustees harumphing around a conference table, and rattling teacups with the pounding of their fists,” wonders, “With New York’s gossip […]
But She’s a Lady!
Another pre-publication review of Rogues’ Gallery is in: “For more than a century, the coupling of art with commerce has made New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art the world’s most glamorous whore, according to this sprawling history… Behind-the-scenes dirt and an intriguing look at the symbiosis of culture and cash.” — Publishers Weekly, March 30, […]