Center for the History of Collecting

Inge Reist, Director of the Center for the History of Collecting at the Frick Art Reference Library, introduces the one-day symposium El Greco Comes to America: The Discovery of a Modern Old Master. This event was organized by the Center for the History of Collecting at The Frick Collection.

May 17, 2014
A conversation with collector Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, moderated by Edward Sullivan, concludes the two-day symposium The Americas Revealed, Collecting Colonial and Modern Latin American Art in the United States. This event was organized by the Center for the History of Collecting at The Frick Collection.

May 17, 2014
Mari Carmen Ramírez, Wortham Curator of Latin American Art and Director of the International Center for the Arts for the Americas at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents "Inverted Strategies: An Exhibition as Matrix for the Permanent Collection" during the two-day symposium The Americas Revealed, Collecting Colonial and Modern Latin American Art in the United States. This event was organized by the Center for the History of Collecting at The Frick Collection.

May 17, 2014
Vanessa Davidson, Shawn and Joe Lampe Curator of Latin American Art at the Phoenix Art Museum, presents "Beyond Mexico: The Evolution of the Phoenix Art Museum’s Latin American Collection" during the two-day symposium  The Americas Revealed, Collecting Colonial and Modern Latin American Art in the United States. This event was organized by the Center for the History of Collecting at The Frick Collection.

May 17, 2014
Estrellita Brodsky, independent scholar, presents "Going Global: Good or Bad" during the two-day symposium The Americas Revealed, Collecting Colonial and Modern Latin American Art in the United States. This event was organized by the Center for the History of Collecting at The Frick Collection.

May 17, 2014
Luis Pérez Oramas, The Estrellita Brodsky Curator of Latin American Art at The Museum of Modern Art presents "Collecting Latin American Art: Projecting Names on Nameless Practices, Transforming Narratives" during the two-day symposium The Americas Revealed, Collecting Colonial and Modern Latin American Art in the United States. This event was organized by the Center for the History of Collecting at The Frick Collection.

May 17, 2014
Delia Solomons, PhD candidate, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University presents "That Process of Passionate Abstraction: Collecting in the 1960s" during the two-day symposium titled The Americas Revealed, Collecting Colonial and Modern Latin American Art in the United States. This event was organized by the Center for the History of Collecting at The Frick Collection.

May 17, 2014
Mary-Anne Martin, art dealer, presents "How the Art Market Affects Collecting Decisions by Individuals and Institutions" during the two-day symposium The Americas Revealed, Collecting Colonial and Modern Latin American Art in the United States. This event was organized by the Center for the History of Collecting at The Frick Collection.

May 17, 2014
Anna Indych-López, Associate Professor of Latin American Art History at The City College of New York and The Graduate Center of The City University of New York presents "Constructing a Canon: Collecting and Exhibiting Mexican Art in the United States in the 1930s" during the two-day symposium The Americas Revealed, Collecting Colonial and Modern Latin American Art in the United States. This event was organized by the Center for the History of Collecting at The Frick Collection.

May 17, 2014
Joseph Rishel, Gisela and Dennis Alter Senior Curator of European Painting & Sculpture before 1900 at the Philadelphia Museum of Art presents "The Philadelphia Story" during the two-day symposium The Americas Revealed, Collecting Colonial and Modern Latin American Art in the United States. This event was organized by the Center for the History of Collecting at The Frick Collection.