Wednesday, October 31st, 2012

Christie’s January sale “The Art of France” celebrates 18th century French paintings

January 6, 2012 by  
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NEW YORK, N.Y.- Following the sale of Old Master Paintings on January 25, 2012 at 2pm, Christie’s will hold a specialized sale, The Art of France, dedicated to 18th century French paintings including a rich selection of works by Jean-Honoré Fragonard, among others. That same afternoon, at 5pm, Christie’s will present a sale of Wines of France. Leading the sale is one of the most beautiful of Jean-Honoré Fragonard’s (Grasse 1732–1806 Paris) small-scale domestic scenes, The Good Mother (estimate: $5-7 million). This oval-shaped [...]

The Frick Collection presents New Portico Gallery, first addition in 35 years

December 19, 2011 by  
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NEW YORK, N.Y.- Visitors to The Frick Collection will be able to enjoy a new gallery—the first major addition to the museum’s display spaces in nearly thirty-five years. The inspiration for this initiative, which involves the enclosure of the portico in the Fifth Avenue Garden, comes from the intention of museum founder Henry Clay Frick (1849–1919) to build an addition to his 1914 mansion for his growing collection of sculpture. The project was postponed in 1917 following the United States entry into World [...]

“Picasso’s Drawings, 1890-1921: Reinventing Tradition” traveling exhibition at The Frick Collection

October 5, 2011 by  
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NEW YORK, N.Y.- Pablo Picasso was one of the world’s greatest draftsmen. Drawing was his primary medium for thinking, problem solving, invention, and personal expression. It was the link that connected his work in a variety of media, including painting, sculpture, printmaking, theater design, and ceramics, and was a direct tie to his predecessors. Picasso’s diverse body of original work on paper broke new ground, while also consciously incorporating aspects of the tradition from which it sprang. This autumn, The Frick Collection presents [...]

Museo de Arte de Ponce appoints Pablo Pérez d’Ors as Assistant Curator of European Art

September 28, 2011 by  
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PONCE, PR.- Museo de Arte de Ponce announces the appointment of a new member to its curatorial staff, Pablo Pérez d’Ors, whose title is Assistant Curator of European Art. Pérez d’Ors, an art historian, was born in Pamplona, Spain. He did his undergraduate work at the University of Navarra and his Ph.D. at Oxford University in England, where he specialized in Spanish Baroque painting. His doctoral thesis was titled “Devotional Painting and Preaching in 17th-Century Spain.” In 2003, Pérez d’Ors joined the [...]

Frick Collection Announces an Exhibition of Developments in Picasso’s Drawings

December 19, 2010 by  
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NEW YORK, NY.- Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) is generally acknowledged to be the greatest draftsman of the twentieth century. The Frick Collection, New York, and the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., have co-organized an exhibition for 2011–12 that will look at the dazzling development of Picasso’s drawings, from the precocious academic exercises of his youth in the 1890s to the virtuoso classical works of the early 1920s. Through a selection of more than fifty works at each venue, the presentation [...]

New York’s Frick Museum Director, Anne L. Poulet, to Retire Next Year

September 23, 2010 by  
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NEW YORK, NY.- Margot Bogert, Chairman of The The Frick Collection, announces that Director Anne L. Poulet will retire in the fall of 2011, following a remarkable tenure. “The Board of Trustees is deeply indebted to Anne Poulet for her leadership of The Frick Collection and accepts her retirement with enormous regret. Having served the institution with great distinction, commitment, and wisdom, Anne leaves the Frick—both the museum and the library—with a brilliant and multi-faceted legacy and a glowing and [...]

Frick Collection on Fifth Avenue Celebrates 75th Anniversary

June 17, 2010 by  
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NEW YORK (AP).- New York’s incomparable Frick Collection is throwing itself a birthday party this year to mark the 75 years since the museum opened its doors to the public. As might be expected from an institution established by steel magnate Henry Clay Frick as a “public gallery of art to which the entire public shall forever have access,” the public will reap the benefits. Curators have mounted a small show, complete with architectural drawings, that explores the transformation of [...]

Frick Announces Intention to Enclose Portico to Create Gallery for Sculpture and Decorative Arts

June 12, 2010 by  
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NEW YORK, NY.- Visitors at The Frick Collection find it difficult to believe that the Garden Court—a signature gallery considered by many to be the heart of the former mansion—was never enjoyed by its original resident, industrialist Henry Clay Frick (1849–1919). Indeed, it was created by enclosing a former carriage-way roughly fifteen years after his death, when in the 1930s architect John Russell Pope undertook the conversion of the Frick family home into a public museum, nearly doubling its size. [...]

Everett Fahy Appointed Senior Consultant at Christie’s

June 8, 2010 by  
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NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s announced the appointment of Mr. Everett Fahy, former chairman of European Paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and former Director of the Frick Collection, as senior consultant to Christie’s Old Masters & 19th Century Art department. Mr. Fahy is widely recognized as one of most distinguished scholars of Italian Renaissance Art, with extensive publications to his credit. In his new role, Mr. Fahy will support the firm’s client relations goals and lend his expertise to [...]

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Awards the Frick Collection a $1 Million Grant

December 2, 2009 by  
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NEW YORK, NY.- The Frick Collection announced that it has been awarded a Joseph Godla, Chief Conservator of The Frick Collection; photo: Michael Bodycomb $1 million challenge grant by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. When matched over the next four years with $3 million in contributions from other sources, the grant will create a $4 million endowment for the position of Chief Conservator, also providing, in perpetuity, funds for research, professional development, and related expenses. Comments Frick Collection Board Chairman [...]