THE AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MUSÉE DE MONTMARTRE WERE HONORED TO PARTICIPATE IN A PRIVATE VIRTUAL SALON WITH FIN DE SIÈCLE EXPERT, PHILLIP DENNIS CATE
e Siècle: d in F e h t re at Montmart th of Modern Art The Bir C AT E D EN N I S
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2022 AY 11 , M , Y A SD WEDNE ST 12 P M E
Attendees learned about the hidden world of Montmartre’s artists: the cafés and cabarets they frequented, the story behind the Chat Noir, and how their world became the turn of the century center of Western art and culture. Phillip Dennis Cate is a widely published specialist of 19th century French art whose expertise covers Montmartre, sculpture, and Japonism. He has organized programs for international institutions such as The Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris; The Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg; The Russian National Library, St. Petersburg; The Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; The National Museum of Japanese Art, Tokyo; and The Imperial Household, Tokyo. Previously the Director of the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum in New Jersey and a Curator of Special Exhibitions and Consultant for the Collection and Renovation of the Musée de Montmartre in Paris. Cate now works as an independent curator and critic. N U M B ER 1 2 R U E C O R TOT 5