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To celebrate Black History Month, the Frick Art Research Library presents a reading list from our collections that highlights the work of a variety of Black artists, gallerists, arts workers, scholars, and collectors.

The Frick Art Research Library’s vast collections continue to grow, even as the renovation of our historic reading room nears completion behind the scenes. This list represents outstanding examples of a variety of materials published in 2024 and acquired by the library for public use—just a taste of some of the wonderful publications we’re excited for you to discover when we reopen in April.

Meet Emily Stein, Photoarchivist at the Frick Art Research Library! In this post, Emily shares a bit about herself along with eight selections from the library’s collections. Explore fascinating exhibition catalogues and some of Emily’s favorite artists, paintings, and sculptures in this reading list.

Eat, drink, and be merry! In celebration of National Cookbook Month this October, sink your teeth into a selection of recommended reads from the Frick Art Research Library focused on food and drink represented throughout the history of art.

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.

Discover more staff picks from the Frick Art Reference Library! In this post, Joey Vincennie, Reference Lead, presents some of his favorite books from the collection—from catalogues related to formative professional experiences to favorite artists like Ellsworth Kelly and Louise Nevelson.

As a look back on the final special exhibition at Frick Madison, Bellini and Giorgione in the House of Taddeo Contarini, Photoarchivist Emily Stein explores some of the other works of art in Contarini’s collection that are documented in the Frick Photoarchive.

In this installment of our series looking back at the past century of the Frick Art Reference Library through significant objects in its collections, Stephen J. Bury, Andrew W. Mellon Chief Librarian, explores three items connected to the career of the Futurist poet and artist Vladimir Mayakovsky and his involvement in the turbulent politics of early twentieth-century Russia.

We’re celebrating AAPI Heritage Month with a recommended reading list from the Frick Art Reference Library! Discover the work of a variety of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander American artists and scholars through books from our collection.

Happy Arab American Heritage Month! Celebrate with a recommended reading list from the Frick Art Reference Library honoring the work and research of a variety of Arab American artists and scholars.