Category: European Art
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I’m So Delighted by the Newly Renovated Frick Collection
I attended a preview of the renovated Frick Collection in New York and was delighted by every aspect of it. Get all the details ahead of the Apr 17 opening.
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Van Gogh’s Cypresses: 2023’s Summer Blockbuster
This summer, everyone is talking about the Van Gogh’s Cypresses exhibition at the Met in NYC. I recently saw the exhibition and had a really nice time.
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What is Attribution?
Understand attribution, the process by which art historians make educated suppositions about who made an artwork when they don’t know the artist for sure.
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Cocktails with a Curator, the Book
Cocktails with a Curator (2022) is the book version of the Frick Collection’s wildly-popular 2020-21 video series of the same title.
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Have a Sublime Halloween
Enjoy a few of my favorite Sublime landscape paintings, which are definitely frightening enough for Halloween.
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Rembrandt Lost and Gained: Portrait of a Young Woman at the Allentown Art Museum
The Allentown Art Museum recently celebrated the addition of a Rembrandt painting to its collection. The catch? The museum has owned it for sixty years!
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Frick Madison Shines New Light on Old Friends
I was one of the first people to enjoy Frick Madison, whose combination of old art and modern architecture literally shines new light on beloved artworks.
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The Sleeve Should Be Illegal – A Unique New Book from the Frick
The Sleeve Should Be Illegal is a book of essays responding to works in the Frick’s collection. I received an early copy and really enjoyed it.
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The Churches of Netflix’s Warrior Nun, Season One
Learn about the beautiful Spanish churches used in the filming of the Netflix series Warrior Nun, season one.
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Michelangelo Comes to Life in Irving Stone’s The Agony and the Ecstasy
The Agony and the Ecstasy is a 1961 biographical novel about Michelangelo. Here’s why I’m glad that people kept pushing me to read this book.
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Medieval Knights in Art
In this brief selection of knights in art from the 11th to 19th centuries, notice how images of medieval knights have changed throughout that time period.
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The Hyde Collection – Masterpieces in the Adirondacks
The Hyde Collection is the most delightful little surprise – a world-class art collection in the unassuming Adirondack town of Glens Falls, NY.
