#66: Museum: Behind the Scenes at the Metropolitan Museum of Art by Danny Danziger
Okay, the truth is that I liked this book well enough, but I only have so much patience for the sort of people who work at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, because, as you can probably imagine, they’re all ancient, hyper-educated, mostly Caucasian, mostly men, mostly priviledged (especially the trustees—oh, the trustees are the worst, because they’re millionaire art collectors who grew up in fancy Park Avenue apartments or France or some bullshit) snobs, and while some of them are likable and interesting (even Phillippe de Montebello, the director of the Met), it’s kind of infuriating to read about all these people who went to Harvard and talk about how you have to be independently wealthy to work at the Met because museum salaries just don’t cut it, etc. etc. cry me a river why don’t you!
