“The Frick Collection presents its first special exhibition dedicated to the English artist Thomas Gainsborough, and the first devoted to his portraiture ever held in New York. Displaying more than two dozen paintings, the show explores the richly interwoven relationship between Gainsborough’s portraits and fashion… Read More
“In the first show to be held in The Frick Collection’s new Ronald S. Lauder Exhibition Galleries, three works by Johannes Vermeer will be presented from June 18 through August 31, 2025. The unprecedented installation Vermeer’s Love Letters unites the Frick’s iconic Mistress and Maid with two special loans: The… Read More
I wasn’t part of any “school.” The association I had with artists in Philadelphia didn’i inspire me in any direction other than my own. I spent time looking at the Old Masters. — Barkley L. Hendricks “Since opening in 1935, The Frick Collection has inspired… Read More
“The major fall exhibition at Frick Madison (the temporary home of The Frick Collection during renovation of its historic buildings) presents the largest and most significant promised gift of drawings and pastels in the institution’s history. Assembled by Elizabeth ‘Betty’ and Jean-Marie Eveillard, avid collectors… Read More
“The Frick Collection presents the first exhibition devoted to the Renaissance sculptor Bertoldo di Giovanni (ca. 1440–1491). It shines a long-overdue light on the ingenuity and prominence of the Florentine artist, who was a student of Donatello, a teacher of Michelangelo, a favorite of Lorenzo… Read More
“In Renaissance Italy, one of the aims of portraiture was to make the absent seem present through naturalistic representation of the sitter. This notion—that art can capture an individual exactly as he or she appears—is exemplified in the work of Giovanni Battista Moroni. The artist… Read More
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