Talk Title:

Looking Anew at The Frick Collection: History, Treasures, and Transformation

 Talk Description:

Since reopening earlier this year, after a lengthy $220 million dollar renovation, The Frick Collection Museum (established in 1935) has become the hottest ticket in New York City! Our talk will dive into the story of this unique New York City institution, which grew out of the personal art collection of American industrialist Henry Clay Frick (1849-1919) and the Gilded Age Beaux-Arts style mansion he had purpose-built in 1914 to display it. In addition to discussing The Frick’s most recent refresh and expansion, we will look closely at some of its most iconic and treasured works, spanning European art from the 14^th–19th centuries and including masterpieces by Bellini, Titian, Vermeer, Holbein, Fragonard, Gainsborough, Turner, Goya, and Whistler.

Larissa Bailiff

Larissa Bailiff is a New York-based art historian, educator, and writer with an extensive background in museums and the arts. She has over twenty years of experience as a museum educator and program facilitator at New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), The Morgan Library & Museum, and the Brooklyn Museum. In addition to teaching college courses at Pratt Institute and F.I.T., she has also lectured widely at numerous libraries, galleries, museums, and other cultural institutions throughout the Tri-State area. Raised in Northern California, she received a B.A. in art history from U.C. Berkeley and her M.A. from New York University’s Institute of Fine Arts.