This groundbreaking exhibition presented more than forty rare objects from the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. These treasures were donated by European Catholic monarchs and Holy Roman Emperors in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries to the church in Jerusalem, the religious center of the Christian faith, and have been safeguarded and used ever since by the Franciscan friars who maintain the site.
Taking inspiration from the French Rococo, Italian Baroque, and Abstract Expressionist movements, Flora Yukhnovich (b. England, 1990) creates work that is at once modern and timeless by translating historic compositions into contemporary abstractions. Using the Frick’s Four Seasons by François Boucher as a point of departure, Yukhnovich's site-specific mural covers the walls of the museum's Cabinet.
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.
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.
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