‘So unique’: Frick Collection set to reopen in New York

‘So unique’: Frick Collection set to reopen in New York

New York’s storied Frick Collection will reopen its doors on April 17 after five years closed to the public for a major renovation which curators hope will future-proof the collection of former coal and steel magnate Henry Clay Frick.“The Frick is back!” proclaimed Axel Rueger, director of the museum – a 20th century mansion filled...

'So unique': Frick Collection set to reopen in New York

New York's storied Frick Collection will reopen its doors on April 17 after five years closed to the public for a major renovation which curators hope will future-proof the collection of former coal and steel magnate Henry Clay Frick.

The Frick Collection opens its first-ever education centre

The Ian Wardropper Education Room, named after the museum’s outgoing director, welcomes everyone in the community

The iconic New York Museum unveils its new face, mixing modernity and respect for its historical heritage, with enlarged spaces and reinvented artistic treasures. After a prolonged closure for ambitious works, the prestigious Frick Collection is preparing to welcome visitors again. This cultural gem, nestled in an architectural setting inspired by Parisian mansions, is [...] Article The Frick Collection reborn in New York after a five-year metam…

Justin Davidson: Recreating The Frick Museum

“I worried that all the tinkering would leave the grande dame of mansion museums like a movie star whose cosmetic procedures had gone awry: recognizable and rejuvenated but somehow horribly off. Instead, the architect has performed a therapeutic intervention, helping the museum to grow, mature, and adapt without rejecting its past. – New York Magazine (MSN)

After a $220 M. Renovation, the New Frick Is Still the Old Frick

Jean-Antoine Houdon’s six-foot-tall sculpture Diana the Huntress (1776–95) spent much of the past five years in a box while construction workers hammered away nearby. One of the many treasures owned by the Frick Collection in New York, she stood, lonely and enveloped in wood, in a corner of the vacant museum. Many of her longtime neighbors, mostly Old Master paintings, had been packed away and shipped to the nearby Breuer building, formerly the …