The Frick Collection reopens to the public in NYC

The Frick Collection reopens to the public in NYC

UPPER EAST SIDE, Manhattan (PIX11) -- After almost five years art masterpieces are back on display at The Frick Collection on the Upper East Side. The art museum and library is unveiling its revitalized spaces after a $330 million renovation that has made way for renewed viewing areas of its iconic collection, as well as, a new suite of recently acquired works. Things To Do Around NYC (Credit: Joseph Coscia Jr.) "Following this long-awaite…

The Frick Collection reopens after $220M renovation: See inside the revitalized Gilded Age museum

The Frick Collection is back and more accessible than ever. Following a five-year, $220 million renovation, the Gilded Age house museum reopened on Thursday with more gallery space, an auditorium, improved accessibility, a new cafe, and access to the second floor for the first time. Designed by Selldorf Architects with Beyer Blinder Belle, the project marks the first upgrade and expansion of the 1914 mansion since the home became a museum 90 yea…

The New Frick is the Best of the Old School

As the old master art world has shrunk in prominence in recent years, the trend has been countered by the creative vitality of an institution that may have seemed least likely to harbor new initiatives: New York’s Frick Collection. The beloved mansion with its palmy garden court and collection of European masterpieces by the likes of Vermeer, Rembrandt, and Fragonard has always been an oasis of beauty within the city’s frenetic art scene, a plac…