Past

The unprecedented installation of paintings united in the exhibition Vermeer’s Love Letters pairs the Frick’s Mistress and Maid with special loans of the Rijksmuseum’s Love Letter and the National Gallery of Ireland’s Woman Writing a Letter with Her Maid. Their presentation together in a single gallery for the first time offers visitors an opportunity to consider Vermeer’s treatment of the theme of letters as well as his depiction of women of different social classes.

Coinciding with the reopening of its newly renovated and enhanced home on Fifth Avenue, The Frick Collection presented a series of commissioned works by sculptor Vladimir Kanevsky (born 1951, Ukraine).  Known for his life-like porcelain flowers, Kanevsky's sculptures have been exhibited in museums around the world, including the State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, and Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens in Washington, D.C.

A display of works on paper from the Frick's permanent collection inaugurated the new Cabinet gallery. These sheets are rarely on view due to their sensitivity to light. The selection of twelve works range from sketches to highly finished independent works of art by artists such as Pisanello, Rubens, Goya, and Degas, spanning the fifteenth through nineteenth centuries and complementing the museum's holdings of paintings, sculpture, and decorative arts.

Bellini’s St. Francis in the Desert and Giorgione’s Three Philosophers were once displayed in the same Venetian palazzo—the house of the Renaissance collector Taddeo Contarini. This exhibition brings them together for the first time in centuries, providing an unprecedented opportunity for audiences to see them in dialogue.

This presentation celebrates the remarkable figurative work of Barkley L. Hendricks (1945–2017) through a focused selection of portraiture drawn from private and public collections. This pioneering American artist, who counted the Frick among his favorite museums, continues to inspire artists and designers today.

The Frick Collection presents a site-specific installation by the Swiss-born artist Nicolas Party (b. 1980) that combines Rosalba Carriera’s Portrait of a Man in Pilgrim’s Costume with an ensemble of pastel works of Party’s own devising.

A remarkable gift of fine and decorative works of art was bequeathed to the Frick by Alexis Gregory (1936–2020) and was shown as a group for the first time in this exhibition. The eclectic assemblage includes pastels, enamels, clocks, and objects made of metal, enamel, and hardstone.

The Frick presents an installation inspired by the acclaimed Diptych publication series. In conjunction with a book focused on Claude Monet’s Vétheuil in Winter, the Frick shows a work created for the occasion by Olafur Eliasson (b. 1967, Denmark) alongside the Monet painting, one of the museum’s few Impressionist works.

This exhibition presents a remarkable promised gift of European works on paper. Along with figurative sketches, independent studies, and portraits are two vivid landscape scenes. Artists include Boucher, Caillebotte, Degas, Fragonard, Goya, Sargent, and Vigée Le Brun.

This installation by Giuseppe Penone (b. 1947), a key figure in the Arte Povera movement, marks the public debut of objects created during a collaboration with the Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory. Penone’s works can be seen in dialogue with the Frick’s rich holdings in the medium.