Artnet

Frick Director Ian Wardropper on How the Museum’s Temporary Move to a Modern Building Sparked a Rethink of Its Iconic Old Master Collection

“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 ...
Artnet

New Collectors and Museum Interest Help Drive New York’s Old Master Auctions to $150 Million—a High Not Seen in Years

The latest round of Old Master sales at Christie’s and Sotheby’s marked the most robust in recent seasons, bolstered by top-notch private collection offerings (each house could boast a “white glove” ...
The New Yorker

The Frick Returns, Richer Than Ever

The Frick Collection, on East Seventieth Street, is, by so many miles, the finest small city museum—less self-consciously eccentric than London’s Sir John Soane museum, broader in scope and more ...
Observer

Backed by an Expanding Collector Base, Old Masters Make a Quiet Comeback

Christie’s closed their London Classic week with a combined total of £60,844,240 ($83,660,83) between the Old Masters Evening Sale and The Exceptional Sale. Guy Bell Throughout history, in times of ...
The New York Times

At the Frick, a Young Painter Spars With an Old Master

The “too muchness” of Rococo painting has met its match with Flora Yukhnovich’s immersive “Four Seasons.” The “too muchness” of Rococo painting has met its match with Flora Yukhnovich’s immersive ...
National Review

Dresden’s Zwinger: Raphael, Rembrandt, and Rubens Romp

New Year’s Wants, with a Nod to William Blake Saxony’s dukes certainly had good taste. The Zwinger Palace in Dresden is a triumph of German court architecture. It also displays one of the world’s most ...