Philippe de Montebello Talks Hispanic Society Museum, NFTs and Fashion as Art
Philippe de Montebello doesn’t think the Hispanic Society Museum & Library is one of the unsung museums — he knows it is.
As chairman of the board at the HSM&L, he is unquestionably emphatic and understandably partial about the subject. In an interview Tuesday, de Montebello said the museum “is unequivocally the most important institution under one roof with the most comprehensive collection with a very high level of quality of just about every aspect of Spanish art and culture that includes books, manuscripts and so forth, including of course a huge component of the huge legacy in Latin America, the Philippines and all areas of the world where Spanish [people] have had an impact.”
On Thursday, the museum will unveil “Nuestra Casa: Rediscovering the Treasures of the Hispanic Society.” Curated by Madeleine Haddon, a London-based curator and art historian for the Museum of Modern Art, the show highlights pieces
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