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Frick Madison Installation Plan Revealed

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Frick MadisonThe Frick Collection has announced details of its two-year installation plan for Frick Madison, the institution’s temporary home while its historic buildings at 1 East 70th Street undergo renovation.

Anticipated to open in early 2021 and remain operating for the duration of construction, Frick Madison will occupy the Marcel Breuer designed building on Madison Avenue, formerly home to the Whitney Museum of American Art and most recently The Met Breuer. [Read more…] about Frick Madison Installation Plan Revealed

Frick Collection Reopening in 2021 at ‘Frick Madison’

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New Frick Collection design by Selldorf ArchitectsThe Frick Collection has announced that it is set to reopen to the public in early 2021 in the former site of the Whitney Museum of American Art at 945 Madison Avenue.

The temporary location, called Frick Madison, will house the Frick’s collections, programs, and staff during the renovation and expansion of its historic buildings at 1 East 70th Street. [Read more…] about Frick Collection Reopening in 2021 at ‘Frick Madison’

Frick Publications on Spanish and Latin American Art

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The americas revealedOn Thursday, March 29, at 6 pm, the Frick’s Center for the History of Collecting is set to host an event to celebrate the recent publication of several books and exhibits on Spanish and Latin American topics.

Among them are two books that evolved from symposia organized by the Center: El Greco Comes to America: The Discovery of a Modern Old Master and The Americas Revealed: Collecting Colonial and Modern Latin American Art in the United States. [Read more…] about Frick Publications on Spanish and Latin American Art

Architects Selected to Design Frick Upgrade and Expansion

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annabelle-selldorf-photo-by-brigitte-lacombeThe Frick Collection announced that Selldorf Architects has been selected to design a major upgrade, enhancement, and expansion of the institution’s facilities.

Originally housed primarily in the residence of Henry Clay Frick, the institution today encompasses a constellation of buildings, wings, and gardens that have been built over the course of the past century. [Read more…] about Architects Selected to Design Frick Upgrade and Expansion

Frick Receives Major Gift of 18th-Century Porcelain

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porcelain elephant wine dispenserThe Frick Collection has announced a gift from Paul Sullivan and Trustee Melinda Martin Sullivan of porcelain produced by the Du Paquier Porcelain Manufactory in Vienna.

The Sullivans permitted the Frick to choose fourteen examples from their collection, dating from 1720 to 1740, considered to be one of finest private collections in the world from this important early Western manufactory. [Read more…] about Frick Receives Major Gift of 18th-Century Porcelain

Frick Collection Withdraws Controversial Expansion Plan

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unnamed(2)A controversial plan to expand the landmark Frick Collection in New York City was withdrawn by its Board of Trustees on Wednesday. Historic preservationists, including New York City’s Historic Districts Council, opposed the plan, in part on the grounds that the new construction would have destroyed a gated pocket park. [Read more…] about Frick Collection Withdraws Controversial Expansion Plan

NYC Historic Districts Council Opposes Frick Expansion

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Frick Expansion planAfter many thoughtful meetings and two site visits to The Frick over several months, the Historic Districts Council has determined that we cannot support the proposed institutional expansion at the individually landmarked Frick. Our thoughts are outlined in our statement below:

In a city of superlatives, The Frick is unique. One of the last remaining Millionaire’s Row mansions of the Gilded Age, The Frick residence was designed from the beginning to become a museum. Henry Clay Frick stipulated in his will that his home become “a public gallery of art to which the entire public shall forever have access…”and to this end, a separate Board of Directors for his art collection was established after his death in 1920. After the death of Mr. Frick’s wife Adelaide in 1931, architect John Russell Pope was commissioned to architecturally guide the mansion’s transition to a museum (described in its 1973 designation report as “sensitive architectural blendings of alterations and additions with the original mansion”).  From its beginnings, The Frick has been a thoughtful, considered place. [Read more…] about NYC Historic Districts Council Opposes Frick Expansion

Digital Art Resources Preservation Project Announced

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hopeless_404_sm_0The New York Art Resources Consortium (NYARC), consisting of the libraries and archives of The Frick Collection (Frick Art Reference Library), the Brooklyn Museum, and The Museum of Modern Art, has been awarded a grant of $340,000 from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to initiate a program of web archiving for specialist art historical resources.

The two-year program will follow a 2012 pilot study, Reframing Collections for the Digital Age, also funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. That study demonstrated that the types of materials the NYARC libraries had been collecting in printed form were increasingly migrating to online versions available exclusively on the web. [Read more…] about Digital Art Resources Preservation Project Announced

Frick Collection Celebrates 75th Anniversary Concert Series

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Frick Collection ConcertsThe Frick Collection presents its seventy-fifth anniversary season of classical music concerts in the elegant setting of the museum’s Music Room.

Debuting in 1938, just three years after The Frick Collection opened to the public; the concert series is one of the most celebrated in New York City and has delighted thousands of visitors over the years with world-class performances ranging from solo recitals to chamber music groups to early music ensembles. [Read more…] about Frick Collection Celebrates 75th Anniversary Concert Series