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Type:
Sound Recording
Date:
2011 November 2
Place of publication, production, or execution:
No place, unknown, or undetermined
Physical Description:
1 sound cassette ; 1 hr., 35 min., 24 sec.
Summary:
All recordings are done over the phone. Side 01 and Side 02 instances of buzz; electronic interference; high-pitched hum throughout recording; portions of content are unintelligible. Side 01 recording 00:00:00-00:11:31 is with Philippe de Montebello. Side 01 recordings 00:11:34-00:33:30 and 00:36:37-00:39:43 and Side 02 00:07:50-00:13:47 are with Navina Haidar. Side 01 recording 00:33:40-00:36:36:29 is with an unnamed man whose title is Director of Education, possibly Kent Lydecker. Side 01 recordings end at 00:39:49. Side 02 recording runs 00:07:50-00:13:47. Dodie Kazanjian interviews Philippe de Montebello, Navina Haidar and an unnamed man on the openinig of the New Islamic Galleries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Discussion centers on building the galleries, their opening, the reviews and public reaction about them, and Navina Haidar's role in the project. People mentioned include Sheila Canby, Thomas Campbell, Ann Stock, Salman Rushdie, Benjamin Netanjahu, Azam Farahi, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Citation:
Navina Najat Haidar and Dodie Kazanjian. Interviews with Philippe de Montebello, Navina Haidar and an unnamed man, 2011 November 2. Dodie Kazanjian papers, 1949-2017. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
This item has been digitally reformatted. It is available by requesting an appointment in the Archives of American Art's reading rooms, or in certain situations as a Reproduction Request.
Use Note:
Current copyright status is undetermined
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 20560
