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Eclectic art museum treasures prompt critic Gayford (Man with a Blue Scarf) and de Montebello, emeritus director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, to engage their future readers with pleasant, unapologetically scholarly, nostalgic conversation in a dialog format. Gayford's short narrative smoothly connects the visits. Topics shift with careful editing as the men stroll through museums across continents, over a two-year span, stopping to ponder some 70 pieces (alas, no women artists). Severa...Log In or Sign Up to Read More