Okay, all you newshounds who are clicking on CultureGrrl today because of this post on mediabistro‘s blog, UnBeige. I didn’t (as suggested by Steve Delahoyde) “predict” that Maxwell Anderson, Michael Conforti or Timothy Potts WILL become the next director of the Metropolitan Museum. What I did say in Who Should Succeed Philippe at the Met? is that they are MY OWN picks of who would be best for the job. (Don’t you just love it when journalists get a taste of their own misquote medicine?)
If anything, I’d predict that the first two are unlikely to get the Met. They are my “dark horses,” as previously described. I was just throwing my considered suggestions into the mix, in case any Met trustees actually view my blog, which tends towards the scarlet (rather than “unbeige”) part of the spectrum.
Maybe mediabistro should stick to what it knows best: Who should replace Tim Russert? They even have a readers’ poll. Hey, now THAT’S an idea!
On second thought, Met Museumologists, let’s not even go there.