Suz Massen

Two books on a wooden table with covers featuring British portraits of a man and a boy
Reading List: British Portraiture

Discover the multifaceted world of British portraits in this list of recommended reads from the Frick Art Research Library, complementing the Frick’s current exhibition Gainsborough: The Fashion of Portraiture.

Book on a wooden table open to a spread with an image of a mansion on Fifth Avenue
Reading List: The Frick Buildings Through Time

In celebration of the museum and library’s recent reopening, explore a recommended reading list of books and resources from the Frick Art Research Library showcasing the evolution of the Frick’s historic buildings—from a private mansion to the public institution visitors enjoy today.

Auction catalog detail listing paintings by Rembrandt with handwritten annotations
One Hundred Years at the Library: Going Once, Going Twice, Sold!
Celebrating one hundred years of the Frick Art Reference Library, Suz Massen, Associate Chief Librarian for Access, explores a selection from the library’s over 100,000 auction catalogs. These materials are invaluable for researchers piecing together the history of an object or collection.
Two book covers on a shelf, one featuring a painting of a dog and the other a sculpture of a cat
Reading List: National Pet Day
The Frick Art Reference Library celebrates all our furry friends this National Pet Day! Discover recommended reads about cats and dogs, plus images of unexpected domestic animals from our digital collections and archival photos of the Frick family’s pets.
Seven books about sports in art stacked
Reading List: The Olympics and Sports in Art
In conjunction with the Olympic Winter Games and Super Bowl LVI, the Library tackles the world of sports in its latest recommended reading list. 
Gallery view of a woman looking at an oil painting of King Philip IV of Spain
Reading List: Frick Madison
Celebrate the recent opening of Frick Madison by exploring works on view at our temporary new home through past staff-written articles from the Members’ Magazine. Learn about the frames in the collection, conservation discoveries about a rare bronze, Frick’s first Vermeer acquisition, and much more. Past issues of the magazine—published three times a year as a benefit for members—can be browsed online in their entirety.
video thumbnail of woman looking at open book in library
One Hundred Years at the Library: The Scull Auction

In this episode of “One Hundred Years at the Library,” Suz Massen, Associate Chief Librarian for Access, transports us back to the 1970s to explore the sensational sale of Robert C. and Ethel Scull’s contemporary art collection. Major works by Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns, Willem de Kooning, and others fetched record-breaking prices, and the event became a public spectacle. The Frick Art Reference Library holds a catalog from the important sale, one of more than 100,000 auction catalogs in our collection that are made available to researchers.