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• FRAGMENT OF GIOTTO FRESCO FROM BASILICA OF SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI ARRIVES AT METROPOLITAN MUSEUM

  Monday, June 21, 1999, 4:00 a.m.

  Of the many damages suffered by the Basilica of San Francesco in Assisi in the disastrous earthquake of September 26, 1997, certainly the most devastating was the collapse of two sections of the vaulting in the Upper Church, decorated with frescoes by the two greatest Italian artists of their day, Cimabue (1240-1302) and Giotto (1267-1337). In an instant, more than 2000 square feet of fresco from the dawn of Italian painting were transformed into colored dust and more than 50,000 fragments.

• "THE APOLLO CIRCLE," YOUNG FRIENDS OF THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM, WILL HOST ANNUAL SUMMER CELEBRATION ON THE IRIS AND B. GERALD CANTOR ROOF GARDEN

  Monday, June 7, 1999, 4:00 a.m.

  A new membership group designed specifically for individuals ages 21-39 has been formed by The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Apollo Circle, Young Friends of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, a successor to the Museum's Junior Committee, will offer its members a variety of education and social activities and exclusive insights into the Museum's collections. Named after the Greek god of youth, the arts, culture, and music, the group is chaired by Nicholas A. Polsky, Eve Yohalem, and Jill Swid.

• MARY JAHARIS ELECTED HONORARY TRUSTEE OF METROPOLITAN MUSEUM

  Wednesday, May 26, 1999, 4:00 a.m.

  (May 27, 1999) — Mary Jaharis has been elected an Honorary Trustee of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, it was recently announced by James R. Houghton, Chairman of the Board of the Museum. The election took place at the May 11 meeting of the Board of Trustees.

• METROPOLITAN MUSEUM INTRODUCES KEY TO THE MET AUDIO GUIDE FOR SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS AND PERMANENT COLLECTION

  Sunday, May 23, 1999, 4:00 a.m.

  (New York City, May 24, 1999)—In a major initiative to promote tourism through technology — and enhance the museum experience for local visitors, both English- and foreign-language-speaking — an all-new state-of-the-art audio guide becomes available this spring for visitors to The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Key to the Met Audio Guide provides random-access commentary on both special exhibitions and the permanent collection — all on one CD player. For the first time, a "Director's Selections" tour of the permanent collection by Metropolitan Museum Director Philippe de Montebello will be offered in six languages, five of them narrated by Mr. de Montebello himself.

• ART MUSEUMS, INTERNET, AND NEW TECHNOLOGY TO BE SUBJECT OF MAY 10 PANEL DISCUSSION AT METROPOLITAN MUSEUM

  Thursday, April 22, 1999, 4:00 a.m.

  A panel of four of the world's most distinguished museum directors will discuss and debate the challenges and opportunities facing museums as computers, the Internet, and other new technologies enter the arts arena. The program will take place on Monday, May 10, at 6:00 p.m. in The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium.

• METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OPENS NEWLY RENOVATED GREEK GALLERIES

  Sunday, April 11, 1999, 4:00 a.m.

  For more information on the individual galleries, go to: Greek Art of the Sixth through Fourth Centuries B.C.: Mary and Michael Jaharis Gallery;
  Greek Art of the Sixth Century B.C.: Judy and Michael H. Steinhardt Gallery;
  Greek Art of the Sixth Century B.C.: The Bothmer Gallery I;
  Greek Art of the Fifth Century B.C.: The Bothmer Gallery II;
  Greek Art of the Fifth Century B.C.: The Wiener Gallery;
  Greek Art of the Fifth and Early Fourth Centuries B.C.: Stavros and Danaë Costopoulos Gallery;
  Greek Art of the Fourth Century B.C.: Spyros and Eurydice Costopoulos Gallery
  
  
  The Metropolitan Museum of Art's extensive collection of ancient Greek art — preeminent in the Western Hemisphere and among the finest in the world — returns to view on April 20, 1999, in a dramatic new presentation in seven large galleries refurbished to their original neoclassical grandeur.

• FRANK E. RICHARDSON ELECTED TRUSTEE

  Monday, March 22, 1999, 5:00 a.m.

  (March 23, 1999) — Frank E. Richardson has been elected a Trustee of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, it was announced today by James R. Houghton, Chairman of the Board of the Museum. The election took place at the March 9 meeting of the Board of Trustees.

• TWO WORKS BY VINCENT VAN GOGH BEQUEATHED

  Sunday, January 31, 1999, 5:00 a.m.

  Two important works on paper by Vincent van Gogh entered the permanant collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 8, 1998, under the terms of an unusual bequest of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller. Left to the Metropolitan by Ms. Rockefeller upon her death in 1948, her bequest allowed that the Museum of Modern Art, of which she was a founder, was able to borrow the works for a period of up to 50 years. When the 50 years elapsed, the drawings were transferred to the Metropolitan.

• ANNA WINTOUR ELECTED HONORARY TRUSTEE

  Monday, January 11, 1999, 5:00 a.m.

  (New York, January 12, 1999) — Anna Wintour has been elected an Honorary Trustee of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, it was announced today by James R. Houghton, Chairman of the Board of the Museum. The election took place at today's meeting of the Board of Trustees.

• METROPOLITAN MUSEUM ANNOUNCES THAT, WITH RETIREMENT OF WILLIAM H. LUERS IN 1999, MUSEUM WILL RETAIN OFFICES OF BOTH PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR, DESIGNATING DIRECTOR PHILIPPE DE MONTEBELLO AS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

  Tuesday, January 13, 1998, 5:00 a.m.

  (January 14, 1998) — Noting that President William H. Luers plans to retire in the spring of 1999, Arthur Ochs Sulzburger, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, today announced that at yesterday's meeting of the Trustees, the Board adopted a Report on Governance which reaffirms that the positions of both Director and President will remain essential to the effective leadership of the Museum.