All of New York, and the arts community in particular, was agog recently with the re-opening of the Henry Clay Frick Art Museum. After a closure of five years, and at a cost of $220 million, the ...

“Consider that, in the beginning, I thought the whole collection would have to go into storage for three years,” said Frick CEO and director Ian Wardropper in a recent interview with Artnet News. He ...

Before the chill of winter settles in, take the family out for a day in the park – Frick Park. The largest of Pittsburgh's regional parks at 561 acres, the beautiful scenery and open space provides ...

Jean-Antoine Houdon's six-foot-tall sculpture Diana the Huntress (1776–95) spent much of the past five years in a box while construction workers hammered away nearby. One of the many treasures owned ...

A gentleman wrapped in a cloak, who appears to have just arrived on the scene, brings a letter to the young woman of the painting’s title, who turns to gaze directly out of the picture at the viewer.

Inge Reist’s father was not interested in the subject of money. A medievalist in the comp lit department at Columbia, Inge Reist’s father was not interested in the subject of money. A medievalist in ...

Celebrity art collectors are hardly a new phenomenon. One of America’s earliest and foremost collectors may have been Napoleon’s older brother, Giuseppe (Joseph) Bonaparte. The dethroned King of ...

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780−1867), 'Comtesse d'Haussonville' (circa 1845) oil on canvas, 51 7/8 × 36 1/4 in. (131.8 × 92.1 cm) Literature and visual art have always been in dialogue, with ...

On a rainy Wednesday afternoon, I went to meet a man vociferously opposed to the proposed renovations of The Frick Collection, and we met on enemy territory: The Frick Collection. “This is an ...

The museum sent its treasures to its temporary Madison Avenue home—but 'Diana' had to stay behind. Still from “Unboxing Diana” an episode from the Frick’s "Renovation Stories" YouTube series. Photo ...