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On Feb. 11, 2026, in the Stephen A. Schwarzman Auditorium, Aimee Ng delivered her lecture, "Fashion and Art in Gainsborough's World." Ng, the Peter Jay Sharp Chief Curator and organizer of the special exhibition Gainsborough: The Fashion of Portraiture, explored the rich and complex world of fashion in eighteenth-century Britain.

Explore the world of Gainsborough: The Fashion of Portraiture, The Frick Collection’s first special exhibition dedicated to the period-defining English artist, and the first devoted to Gainsborough’s portraiture ever held in New York.

Aimee Ng, Peter Jay Sharp Chief Curator, discusses Thomas Gainsborough’s ascent, as well as the popularity of portraiture and the concept of fashion in eighteenth-century Britain.