The Frick Collection will close its temporary space in the historic Breuer building in March, before reopening in the renovated Henry Clay Frick House in late 2024.
The art museum relocated to its temporary home, Frick Madison, in 2021. The Frick will close this space on 3 March 2024.
Ian Wardropper, the Frick’s director, said the residency at the Marcel Breuer-designed building “has been rewarding and productive”.
“We have been especially gratified to welcome new audiences to Frick Madison, as well as inspiring longstanding supporters through thought-provoking installations, new publications, and innovative programming,” he added.
Ahead of its closure, the Frick is putting on a number of exhibitions. These include a special collection of portraits by Barkley L. Hendricks from 21 September through 7 January.
Prior to that, the New York museum will debut a site-specific mural by Swiss artist Nicolas Party in its Italian galleries. This is on view from 1 June through 3 March.
On loan from 9 November until 4 February from Vienna’s Kunsthistorisches Museum is Giorgione’s ‘Three Philosophers’, which joins the Frick’s Bellini panel ‘St. Francis in the Desert’.
Final exhibitions at Frick Madison
“This winter, following two contemporary installations in our galleries, we look forward to a very special focus on the painting that is perhaps most identified with our collection – Bellini’s ‘St. Francis in the Desert’,” said Xavier F. Salomon, the Frick’s deputy director and chief curator.
“Presented in dialogue with Giorgione’s ‘Three Philosophers’ in a chapel-like gallery at Frick Madison, the installation will pair the beloved paintings together again for the first time in more than 400 years,” he added.
“I can’t think of a better coda for what has been a remarkable temporary home for our collection and staff during the critical renovation of our buildings.”
Images: The Frick Collection / Joe Coscia
