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oil painting depicting two men standing, one man seated on ground
Bellini and Giorgione in the House of Taddeo Contarini
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Bellini’s St. Francis in the Desert and Giorgione’s Three Philosophers were once displayed in the same Venetian palazzo—the house of the Renaissance collector Taddeo Contarini.
oil painting of woman with one arm crossed against gold background
Barkley L. Hendricks: Portraits at the Frick
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This presentation celebrates the remarkable figurative work of Barkley L. Hendricks (1945–2017) through a focused selection of portraiture drawn from private and public collections. This pioneering American artist, who counted the Frick among his favorite museums, continues to inspire artists and designers today.
pencil drawing of seated man with leg crossed atop his knee
The Eveillard Gift
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This exhibition presents a remarkable promised gift of European works on paper. Along with figurative sketches, independent studies, and portraits are two vivid landscape scenes. Artists include Boucher, Caillebotte, Degas, Fragonard, Goya, Sargent, and Vigée Le Brun.

white ceramic disk painted with thin, gray concentric circles and a gray fingerprint
Propagazioni: Giuseppe Penone at Sèvres
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This installation by Giuseppe Penone (b. 1947), a key figure in the Arte Povera movement, marks the public debut of objects created during a collaboration with the Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory. Penone’s works can be seen in dialogue with the Frick’s rich holdings in the medium.
bronze statue of young man bearing shield and club
Bertoldo di Giovanni: The Renaissance of Sculpture in Medici Florence
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The Frick Collection presented the first-ever exhibition on the Florentine sculptor Bertoldo di Giovanni (ca. 1440–1491), a renowned student of Donatello, a teacher of Michelangelo, and a great favorite of Lorenzo “il Magnifico” de’ Medici, his principal patron.

oil painting of Perseus and Andromeda riding Pegasus through the sky
Tiepolo in Milan: The Lost Frescoes of Palazzo Archinto
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The Frick Collection presented a selection of paintings, drawings, prints, and photographs related to Giambattista Tiepolo’s first significant project outside of Venice, a series of ceiling frescoes for Palazzo Archinto in Milan that were destroyed during World War II.

photo of white sculpture piece in front of oil painting of standing young woman in the Frick Collection gallery
Elective Affinities: Edmund de Waal at The Frick Collection
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The Frick Collection presented a temporary installation of the work of sculptor Edmund de Waal — a rich juxtaposition of site-specific objects displayed in the main galleries of the museum, alongside works from the permanent collection.
alabaster and glazed bronze sculpture of standing woman, with headdress of vines
Luigi Valadier: Splendor in Eighteenth-Century Rome
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Of the many artists who flourished in Rome during the eighteenth century, the silversmith Luigi Valadier (1726–1785) was particularly admired by popes, royalty, and aristocrats across Europe. Luigi Valadier: Splendor in Eighteenth-Century Rome, curated by Alvar González-Palacios, brought togethe

Round medal by Pisanello showing portrait bust of Leonello d'Este
The Pursuit of Immortality: Masterpieces from the Scher Collection of Portrait Medals
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Celebrating the largest acquisition in the Frick’s history, a gift of approximately 450 portrait medals from the incomparable collection of Stephen K. and Janie Woo Scher, the exhibition explored one of the most important artistic inventions of the Renaissance.

oil painting of group, including men and angels, seated on earthen floor
Divine Encounter: Rembrandt’s Abraham and the Angels
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On loan from a private collection, Rembrandt's Abraham Entertaining the Angels of 1646 was the centerpiece of a small exhibition dedicated to the artist's depictions of Abraham and his various encounters with God and his angels, as recounted in the book of Genesis.