I am pleased to have been sent the online obituary of Marc Pachter from the Washington Post and even more pleased to be able to read it.  I knew Marc had died – totally unexpectedly – in Bangkok where he often stayed.  He was a citizen of the world, with an apartment in New York, often in London where he celebrated his eightieth birthday, sometimes in Edinburgh and sometimes Sydney.  I always found him a good and helpful critic of books.  He read and helped me with my National Gallery book and very characteristically suggested that I should visit MONA in Tasmania for my book about museums.  He also helped organise the content of a workshop on museums in about 2001 held at J. Paul Getty’s villa north of Rome, an event made worthwhile by the eclectic range of speakers he and Charles Landry had assembled. 

I will miss our breakfasts in the Wolseley.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/02/22/marc-pachter-portrait-museum-dies/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzA4ODM3MjAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzEwMjE1OTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3MDg4MzcyMDAsImp0aSI6IjQ3NWIyNmZkLTZhNzktNDBkYi05YWExLTA3ZjI1NmE1YWFhOSIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9vYml0dWFyaWVzLzIwMjQvMDIvMjIvbWFyYy1wYWNodGVyLXBvcnRyYWl0LW11c2V1bS1kaWVzLyJ9.Qyv5ljm4Y0Y9WZsHbzKPsimjTgKnlPdpvn4o4iFmurc