An exhibit of European and Asian porcelain from 1500 to 1900 at the Frick Collection's new museum location on Madison Avenue in New York. Photo: Bloomberg
For the last 100 years, stepping into the exquisitely preserved rooms of the Frick Collection’s mansion on New York’s Fifth Avenue was like entering a gilded time capsule.
It was both the draw of the museum, which is largely unchanged since it opened in 1935, and a flaw: Taken all at once, many of the spectacular bronzes, delicate Sèvres porcelain, and even masterpieces by Goya and Rembrandt drifted uncomfortably close to decoration, the collection’s many superlative parts subsumed into a larger, sumptuous whole.
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An exhibit of European and Asian porcelain from 1500 to 1900 at the Frick Collection's new museum location on Madison Avenue in New York. Photo: Bloomberg
The Frick's permanent collection features old Master paintings and European fine and decorative arts, including works by Bellini, Fragonard, Goya, Rembrandt, Turner, Velazquez and Vermeer. Photo: AFP
The Frick's permanent collection features old Master paintings and European fine and decorative arts, including works by Bellini, Fragonard, Goya, Rembrandt, Turner, Velazquez and Vermeer. Photo: AFP
A person looks at her phone next to Jean Barbet's 'Angel' during the Frick Collection opening preview at Frick Madison, the Marcel Breuer building in New York. Photo: AFP
A visitor looks at a painting during the Frick Collection opening preview at Frick Madison, the Marcel Breuer building, New York. Photo: AFP
Jean-Honore Fragonard's 'Progress Of Love' paintings at the Frick Collection's new museum location. Photo: Bloomberg
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