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January 16, 2019

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A view into a large study room featuring round tables and skylights.
Art Historical Connections: The Hague and New York Meet Again
oil painting depicting harbor scene, showing full sky over docked ships
Letter from the Director: Winter 2017

Director Ian Wardropper looks ahead to upcoming events, including programs that celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Center for the History of Collecting.

cut and folded paper in the shape of two hands*
The Surrealists and A L'Etoile scellée
Painting of Sir Thomas More on the left and a horizontal chart on the right.
2020 in Review: The Collection from Home
The Frick expanded its digital encounters with art and art history throughout 2020. Explore how online visitors most enjoyed connecting with the Collection over the past year.
Five books with one cover showing a portrait of Frida Kahlo in white back braces, her spine visible
Reading List: Disability Pride Month
In celebration of Disability Pride Month, Michelle McCarthy-Behler, Reference Lead at the Frick Art Reference Library, presents a recommended reading list of monographs and exhibition catalogs that highlight people with disabilities throughout art history.
Clock surrounded by gilt-bronze sculptures of flowers, two babies, and doves
Reading List: Explore Frick Artists Online
While the Frick Art Research Library is closed for renovations, explore a list of e-books and other online resources from the library that offer deep dives into a wide range of artists and artworks from the Frick’s permanent collection.
Covers of three New York exhibition catalogues of work by Charles R. Hulbeck AKA Richard Huelsenbeck
A Dadaist Doctor in New York
Sketch of deer antlers.
Mind the Antlers

The story of the "overzealous" restoration of a family portrait as related by the painting's current owner illustrates how crucial this type of personal information is to the documentation of the Photoarchive.

photo of green box, with man's portrait at center
A La Vieille Russie and Peter Carl Fabergé
Library staff member scanning an archival photo at a workstation with lights and an overhead camera
"Technological Revolutions and Art History": The Ethical Challenges of Digitization
The 2020–21 symposium “Technological Revolutions and Art History” explores current topics in digital art history. For a deeper dive into the major themes of access and bias, Ellen Prokop, former Digital Art History Lead, interviews Luciano Johnson, Associate Chief Librarian for Preservation, Imaging, and Creative Services, and Dr. Stephen Bury, Andrew W. Mellon Chief Librarian.