Happily, the work is deft and elegantmore than worthy of a museum so beloved by so many.
We genuinely hope that you should probably pause and ask yourself whats new and whats old.
The West Gallery
Well, allow us to spoil the experience just alittle.
Photo: Nicholas Venezia
Read on for what you’re able to expect from the Fricks grand reopening this spring.
When will the Frick reopen to the public?
Is the Frick Art Research Library finally reopening, too?
The West Gallery
The FARLs Reading Room
Yes!
It reopens the same day as the main building, on April 17.
Whatgulpare some of the biggest changes to the building?
The Entrance Hall
(Gone is the slightly cramped but charming space for temporary exhibitions in the basement.)
The Fricks education department also has a sunlit new room for its programming abutting the 70th Street Garden.
The Ian Wardropper Education Room
Also: The second floor.
The FARL’s Reading Room
This is a big one, people!
With their plush carpeting and views of the Fifth Avenue Garden, these rooms are wonderfully tranquil and cozy.
Theyve also increased the museums gallery space by some 30%.
The Stephen A. Schwartzman Auditorium
The Walnut Room on the second floor
But thats not all!
These works appear throughout the galleries on both the main and second floors.
Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675),Mistress and Maid, ca.
The Ian Wardropper Education Room
35 1/2 31 inches.
The Frick Collection, New York.
Frick fans, we aresoback.
The Walnut Room on the second floor
The new second-floor museum shop, a gift of the Selz Foundation
Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675),Mistress and Maid, ca. 1664 -67. Oil on canvas. 35 1/2 × 31 inches. The Frick Collection, New York.
