Umongameli wase-US u-Barack Obama uxhawula owayesakuba ngumlawuli we-Metropolitan Museum of Art Philippe de Montebello emva kokumnika iMedical Humanities Medal ngo-2009 kumsitho owawungoFebruwari 25, 2010 kwigumbi elisempuma ye-White House eWashington, DC.MANDEL NGAN / AFP / Getty Izithombe UPhilippe de Montebello uhlala eyi-Metropolitan Museum yomlawuli osebenza ixesha elide kwezobugcisa, isikhundla awasigcinayo ngaphezulu kweminyaka engama-30 de wayeka ngo-2008. Emva kokufumana umsebenzi wobungangamsha kwelinye lamaziko obugcisa abalulekileyo ehlabathini, iMontebello hasn ' yehlise isantya, kutsha nje njengesihlalo se-Hispanic Society of America kunye nonjingalwazi kwiZiko lobuGcisa boBugcisa le-NYU.
Ngoku, imbasa yeSizwe yoLuntu (imbeko awayinikwa ngo-2009) uzakuthatha enye indima entsha, ngeli xesha njengomlawuli weblue chip Upper East Side gallery Acquavella, INew York Times inikela ingxelo.
Kwindima yakhe entsha, u-de Montebello uya kongamela imiboniso ekhethekileyo ye curation kunye neeprojekthi zokupapasha igalari.
Ndicinga ukuba yenye yegalari ezinkulu zobugcisa, de Montebello uxelele Ixesha .
Umlawuli wangaphambili we-Met uqhubeke wachaza ukumangaliswa kwakhe kukuya kwicandelo lezorhwebo kwingxelo ekwabelwana ngayo ngegalari, esithi, ndikonwabele ukuthatha imiceli mngeni emitsha ukushiya iMet, kwaye ndamkela eli thuba lokucebisa iigalari kunye nokuzisa izimvo ezintsha.
U-Bill Acquavella uvakalise uchulumanco luka-Montebello ngesakhe isitatimende, esithi, Ndinovuyo lokuba uPhilippe azise ubunzulu bolwazi olungenakuthelekiswa nanto kwigalari. Ndiwuthanda kakhulu umsebenzi wakhe kule minyaka ingama-50 idlulileyo, kwaye ngoku ndiza kuba nelungelo lokuxoxa ngemisebenzi yobugcisa kunye neeprojekthi kunye naye. Uya kuba yimpahla enkulu kwigalari kunye nabaxhasi bethu.
UDe Montebello uza kuthatha indima yakhe entsha ngokukhawuleza, nangona kunjalo uya kuqhubeka nokubamba izikhundla zakhe ngoku kunye noMbutho wamaSpanishi, iZiko lobuGcisa boBugcisa be-NYU, iMyuziyam yasePrado kunye ne-PBS NYC-UBUGCISA.
