Challenge: Choose 300 Works That Say ‘De Montebello’

“If the Mad Hatter suddenly acquired taste and culture, he might hang a Jackson Pollock drip painting with a watercolor of a fruit bat and call the match inspired instead of weird. Such bizarre couplings rule ‘The Philippe de Montebello Years: Curators Celebrate Three Decades of Acquisitions,’ the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s effusive hats-off tribute to its retiring director of 31 years.”