Thomas Hoving, Eleanor Lambert, Diana Vreeland... you recognize them? It all glamorous started when Thomas Hoving was the Met's director. Well... The appointment of Hoving as the director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art is shown as the most obvious example of the transition to the audience-centered museum. Hoving's view of the museum as a place of mass entertainment made The Met one of the most arrogant and commercial museums of its time during his tenure between 1967 and 1977. He has often stated that instead of thinking about the exhibitions he has chosen, he focuses on the sensation and interest they will bring as a result. The important thing for him was to be flamboyant, to be remarkable and to create a bombshell. That's what happened. It was quite important to him that the display of works of art was a show, as he wanted to exhibit them in galleries with bright fabrics, bright colors (turquoises, reds, purples...) and giant banners with gold inscriptions also ...