Max Hollein

“Hello.  I’m Max Hollein, Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and I want to congratulate Community Jameel on their 75th birthday.  The Jameel family and Community Jameel have been tremendous supports of The Met and we’re happy to collaborate on several initiatives.

Most importantly in recent times the Jameel fund created a special endowment, here at The Met, to foster initiatives in the area of Middle Eastern culture and art: a) acquisitions, b) supporting programing and c) supporting the translation of educational materials of The Met into Arabic.

I have to say that I was privileged to visit the Jameel Art Center in Dubai, most recently just before the pandemic, and I was simply blown away by the ambition of the center; by the excellence of its’ programing; the beauty of its’ architecture and the important position that it takes in the Middle East as a regional hub for the exchange of art and culture.

And that’s also what our relationship – between The Met and the Jameel family – is all about: fostering the exchange; fostering the understanding; fostering the ability to have art flourish, especially art from the Middle East, and we’ll continue to do so.

So, we’re happy to collaborate and I want to congratulate again Community Jameel [and Art Jameel] for their 75th birthday.”

 

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