Frick Collection
Art museum in New York City
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| 2024 | The library is renamed to Frick Art Research Library to reflect its expanded mission and digital resources, and completes its renovation period. |
| September 2024 | Axel Rüger, previously head of the Royal Academy of Arts in London, was hired to serve as the museum's director beginning in 2025. |
| March 3 2024 | Frick Madison closed its temporary location. |
| January 2024 | Director Xavier Wardropper announced his resignation, planned for the following year after the Frick House renovation is complete. |
| 2023 | The Frick obtained Giovanni Battista Moroni's 'Portrait of a Lady', the first Renaissance-era portrait of a woman in the collection. |
| December 2023 | The museum completed its capital campaign, raising $242 million by the end of the year. |
| 2021 | The Frick Museum underwent a renovation, reducing the number of artwork display galleries from 15 to an unspecified number. |
| March 2021 | The museum reopened as Frick Madison at 945 Madison Avenue, displaying 300 artworks from its collection of 1,500 pieces, including 104 paintings, sculptures, vases, and clocks. |
| 2020 | The library, along with the Frick Collection, relocates to Frick Madison at 945 Madison Avenue during renovation of its original locations. |
| 2020 | The director's position was renamed to the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Director, indicating a potential donor or sponsorship change. |
| 2020 | At the new Madison Avenue location, the Frick Collection displayed a pair of paintings by Giovanni Bellini and Giorgio da Castelfranco. |
| 2020 | The Frick finalized a two-year lease for the Whitney Museum's space at 945 Madison Avenue to temporarily relocate during renovations. |
| 2020 | After moving to 945 Madison Avenue, the Frick hosted its first exhibit of a black artist's work, showcasing paintings by Barkley Hendricks. |
| March 2020 | The Frick museum closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City, delaying the opening of its temporary location. |
| 2019 | The Frick Collection discontinued selling the Connoisseur Pass, which previously provided admission to multiple museums. |
| June 2018 | The Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) approved Selldorf's expansion plans. |
| April 2018 | Annabelle Selldorf was hired to design a revised expansion plan for the museum. |
| 2017 | Launch of the Frick's Diptych series, consisting of short books with essays related to paintings from the museum's collection. |
| 2016 | The Frick introduced First Fridays, offering free museum entry on the first Friday of each month, including gallery talks and visitor activities. |
| 2016 | The museum's trustees establish a dedicated acquisitions fund to support purchasing new art. |
| 2015 | The Frick lent paintings to the Mauritshuis, marking the first time the museum loaned artwork to a European museum. |
| June 2015 | The Frick announced it would draw up new expansion designs after opposition to the original annex plan. |
| 2014 | A Daily Telegraph critic described the Frick as the best small museum in New York, praising its intimate atmosphere compared to larger museums like MoMA and the Met. |
| 2014 | The Frick Collection launched a mobile app that allows visitors to bookmark artworks in the museum's collection. |
| 2014 | The museum announced plans for a six-story annex on 70th Street designed by Davis Brody Bond. |
| 2013 | The museum recorded its highest annual attendance of 420,000 visitors due to a particularly popular exhibit. |
| 2013 | Colin Bailey resigned as chief curator, and Xavier F. Salomon was hired as the new chief curator. |
| 2013 | The Frick displayed works from the Mauritshuis museum in The Hague. |
| 2011 | The Frick and BNP Paribas Foundation jointly published a guidebook covering the collection's history and the Frick House. |
| 2011 | Ian Wardropper was hired as the museum's director. In December, a new sculpture gallery designed by Davis Brody Bond opened at the Frick House, the first new gallery in three decades. |
| December 2011 | A new sculpture gallery designed by Davis Brody Bond opened at the Frick House, the first new gallery in three decades. |
| 2010 | Former director Ryskamp passed away and bequeathed part of his collection to the Frick. |
| 2010 | Docents began hosting lectures in the museum's galleries. |
| 2010 | The Frick hosted multiple exhibitions in honor of its 75th anniversary, including an exhibition about its own founding. |
| 2010 | Docents began hosting lectures in galleries at the Frick Collection. |
| September 2010 | Anne L. Poulet announced her retirement as director. |
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