Frick Madison

Past

statuette situated between two larger paintings in gallery
Frick Madison
March 18, 2021 to March 3, 2024
From March 2021 through March 3, 2024, highlights from the Frick’s permanent collection were shown in an unprecedented display at Frick Madison, the Marcel Breuer–designed building that was once the home of the Whitney Museum of American Art. 

PAST EXHIBITION

oil painting depicting two men standing, one man seated on ground
Bellini and Giorgione in the House of Taddeo Contarini
November 9, 2023 to February 4, 2024
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. This exhibition brings them together for the first time in centuries, providing an unprecedented opportunity for audiences to see them in dialogue.

Past

detail of portrait of a man wearing a black hat on his head, shown with colorful drapery
Nicolas Party and Rosalba Carriera
June 1, 2023 to March 3, 2024

The Frick Collection presents a site-specific installation by the Swiss-born artist Nicolas Party (b. 1980) that combines Rosalba Carriera’s Portrait of a Man in Pilgrim’s Costume with an ensemble of pastel works of Party’s own devising.

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text reads Living Histories Queer Views and Old Masters
Living Histories: Queer Views and Old Masters
September 30, 2021 to September 11, 2022
Living Histories: Queer Views and Old Masters is an exciting year-long project featuring the work of four New York–based artists: Doron Langberg, Salman Toor, Jenna Gribbon, and Toyin Ojih Odutola. Each presents a single new work in conversation with iconic paintings in the Frick’s collection, with particular emphasis on issues of gender and queer identity typically excluded from narratives of early modern European art.

PAST EXHIBITION

oil painting of woman with one arm crossed against gold background
Barkley L. Hendricks: Portraits at the Frick
September 21, 2023 to January 7, 2024
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.

Past Exhibition

round canvas with hole at center displaying some color spectrum
Olafur Eliasson and Claude Monet
October 20, 2022 to January 22, 2023

The Frick presents an installation inspired by the acclaimed Diptych publication series. In conjunction with a book focused on Claude Monet’s Vétheuil in Winter, the Frick shows a work created for the occasion by Olafur Eliasson (b. 1967, Denmark) alongside the Monet painting, one of the museum’s few Impressionist works.

Past Exhibition

gilt bronze rhinoceros on stand with clock on top of its back
The Gregory Gift
February 16, 2023 to July 9, 2023

A remarkable gift of fine and decorative works of art was bequeathed to the Frick by Alexis Gregory (1936–2020) and was shown as a group for the first time in this exhibition. The eclectic assemblage includes pastels, enamels, clocks, and objects made of metal, enamel, and hardstone.

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pencil drawing of seated man with leg crossed atop his knee
The Eveillard Gift
October 13, 2022 to February 26, 2023

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.

Past Exhibition

white ceramic disk painted with thin, gray concentric circles and a gray fingerprint
Propagazioni: Giuseppe Penone at Sèvres
March 17, 2022 to August 28, 2022
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.