Letter from the Director: Summer 2016
July 14, 2016
Director Ian Wardropper discusses the evolution of the collection, including recent acquisitions.
Meissen Porcelain
Past Exhibition
Porcelain, No Simple Matter: Arlene Shechet and the Arnhold Collection
May 24, 2016 to April 2, 2017
A collaboration with New York−based sculptor Arlene Shechet, this exhibition explored the complex history of making, collecting, and displaying porcelain. About one hundred eighteenth-century pieces produced by the Royal Meissen Manufactory, many from the promised gift of Henry H. Arnhold, were juxtaposed with sixteen of Shechet’s own works.
Past Exhibition
White Gold: Highlights from the Arnhold Collection of Meissen Porcelain
December 13, 2011 to January 6, 2013
New Portico Gallery Opened with Presentation of Sculpture and Selections from an Important Promised Gift of Meissen Porcelain from Henry H. Arnhold
Past Exhibition: The Arnhold Collection
The Arnhold Collection of Meissen Porcelain, 1710–50
March 25, 2008 to June 29, 2008
The Frick Collection exhibited a selection of Meissen porcelain from the collection of Henry Arnhold. One of the greatest private holdings of early Meissen assembled in the twentieth century, the collection was formed in two phases, the first in Dresden between 1926 and 1935 by Henry’s parents, Lisa (née Mattersdorff; 1890–1972) and Heinrich (1885–1935) Arnhold ; the second, by Henry in New York between 1972 and 2006.
Henry Arnhold’s Meissen Palace: Celebrating a Collector
On View Beginning November 7, 2019
Henry Arnhold’s Meissen Palace: Celebrating a Collector
On View Beginning November 7, 2019
Porcelain, No Simple Matter: Arlene Shechet and the Arnhold Collection
May 24, 2016, through April 2, 2017
Next Portico Gallery Show to take a Fresh Look at Meissen Porcelain
May 24, 2016, through April 2, 2017
