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Thomas Hoving held many jobs, but in all of them he played the same role: tireless showman. Over the years, Hoving was a city parks commissioner, a magazine editor, an author and a television correspondent - and to each of those tasks, he brought his superabundant energies, look-at-me narcissism...
Hoving immediately conceived his first blockbuster, an exhibition of works connected to royal courts, which he gave the unofficial but catchy name Things for Kings. Very soon he negotiated both the acquisition of the ancient Temple of Dendur from Egypt - over the opposition of Jacqueline Kennedy, who wanted it installed...
Hoving loved expanding the museum's collections, and he loved the chase. He didn't mind spending lavishly for major works like the Met's great Velázquez portrait of Juan de Pareja, which cost $5.5 million in 1971, a sum that qualified it then as the most expensive...
When he’s not powering through p-sets, Brito is putting 25 hours a week into his long jump. The star athlete at Malden High School walked on to Harvard’s track and field team freshman year. An impressive list of injuries has accumulated over his...
In addition to theater, Johnson has been executive producer for Eleganza, fundraising over $60,000 for the show and even donating $10,000 from her own pocket. Working on the show fueled her interest in fashion even more, and Johnson is currently working on establishing her own fashion line. ?...