人物| 大都会博物馆“空降”新馆长

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纽约大都会博物馆（Metropolitan Museum of Art）是美国最大的博物馆，始建于1870年，占地面积为13万平方米，与英国伦敦的大英博物馆、法国巴黎的卢浮宫和俄罗斯圣彼得堡的艾尔米塔什博物馆（冬宫）并称为世界四大艺术殿堂，又有着“美国卢浮宫”的美誉。而在去年，因为其前博物馆馆长托马斯·坎贝尔（Thomas Campbell）的突然辞职，他们不得不去寻找下一任馆长的接班人选。经过长达一年的搜索，目前选定了曾任旧金山艺术博物馆馆长和 CEO 一职的马克思·霍莱恩（Max Hollein）。根据大都会博物馆方面的消息，Hollein 将于今年8月正式走马上任。这位出生于维也纳的博物馆领导者经验丰富，打破了大都会博物馆只在内部成员中选择下一任馆长的传统，他的上任也许预示着大都会博物馆进入了新的方向。

本篇课程首发于2018年4月20日

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▍英文原文

Max to the Met: museum leadership

max /maks/: n./adv. 最大化/程度（地）
leadership /ˈliːdəʃɪp/: n. 领导才能/力；领导层/班子

① The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York ended 14 months of speculation this week when it appointed a new director, following the sudden resignation of Thomas Campbell in February 2017.

gala /ˈɡɑːlə/: n. 盛会；晚会
metropolitan /ˌmɛtrəˈpɒlɪt(ə)n/: adj. 大都会的
metropolis /mɪˈtrɒp(ə)lɪs/: n. 大都会
speculation /ˌspɛkjʊˈleɪʃn/: n. 揣测；投机
speculate /ˈspɛkjʊleɪt/: vt. 揣测；投机
resignation /rɛzɪɡˈneɪʃ(ə)n/: n. 辞职
resign /rɪˈzʌɪn/: vi. 辞职（from the job/post/company）

② For the first time in over half a century, the Met's new head, who starts work in August, will be an outsider: a 48-year-old Austrian named Max Hollein.

head /hɛd/: n. 领导 vt. 担任领导；执掌
outsider /aʊtˈsʌɪdə/: n. 外人；空降人员

③ Son of a Viennese postmodernist architect, Hans Hollein, and a museum director since he was 31, Mr Hollein has headed several institutions, including the Städel Museum in Frankfurt, home to a significant collection of Old Masters.

Viennese /vɪəˈniːz/: n./adj. 维也纳/维也纳人（的）
Vienna /vɪˈɛnə/: n. 维也纳
postmodernist /ˌpəʊstˈmɒdənɪst/: adj. 后现代主义的
architect /ˈɑːkɪtɛkt/: n. 建筑师

④ For the past two years he has run the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, where he advanced his reputation for energetic fundraising and digital innovation.

run /rʌn/: vt. 运营；管理
advance /ədˈvɑːns/: vt. 推进；提升
fundraising /ˈfʌndˌreɪzɪŋ/: n. 筹款；筹资
raise fund/money: 筹款；筹资

⑤ Still, New York will be a challenge.

⑥ In San Francisco Mr Hollein oversaw a staff of 500 and an operating budget of $60m.

oversee /əʊvəˈsiː/: vt. 管理；监督（supervise）
staff /stɑːf/: n. 员工；职员
operate /ˈɒpəreɪt/: vt. 运营；操作

⑦ The Met has $305m and 2,200 employees at its disposal.

at one's disposal /dɪˈspəʊz(ə)l/: 供……使用/支配

▍相关背景介绍

1. 世界四大博物馆
   大英博物馆 British museum、大都会艺术博物馆 Metropolitan Museum of Art、卢浮宫 Louvre Museum / Musée du Louvre 和艾尔米塔什博物馆 State Hermitage Museum

2. Metropolitan Museum of Art
   The Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York, colloquially "the Met", is the largest art museum in the United States. Its permanent collection contains over two million works, divided among seventeen curatorial departments. The main building, on the eastern edge of Central Park along Manhattan's Museum Mile, is by area one of the world's largest art galleries. A much smaller second location, The Cloisters at Fort Tryon Park in Upper Manhattan, contains an extensive collection of art, architecture, and artifacts from Medieval Europe. On March 18, 2016, the museum opened the Met Breuer museum at Madison Avenue in the Upper East Side; it extends the museum's modern and contemporary art program.

3. Städel Museum
   The Städel Museum, officially the Städelsches Kunstinstitut und Städtische Galerie, is an art museum in Frankfurt, with one of the most important collections in Germany. The Städel Museum owns 2,700 paintings (of which 600 are displayed) and a collection of 100,000 drawings and prints as well as 600 sculptures. It has around 4,000 m² of display and a library of 100,000 books and 400 periodicals.

4. Old Masters
   In art history, "Old Master" (or "old master") refers to any painter of skill who worked in Europe before about 1800, or a painting by such an artist. An "old master print" is an original print (for example an engraving or etching) made by an artist in the same period. The term "old master drawing" is used in the same way.

5. Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
   The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, comprising the de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park and the Legion of Honor in Lincoln Park, is the largest public arts institution in the city of San Francisco and one of the largest art museums in California, United States. The permanent collection of the Fine Arts Museums is organized into nine areas, each with a curatorial staff. There are 150,000 objects in the permanent collection.