Henry Clay Frick’s venerable Old Master paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints and porcelain seem destined for a change of scene.
In an unusual game of musical chairs, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Frick Collection announced today (21 September) that the Met will vacate the Brutalist Breuer building on Madison Avenue in 2020. Its departure will make way for the Frick to move in late that year while its mansion undergoes a renovation and expansion five blocks away.
— The Art Newspaper
Click here to catch up with Archinect's coverage of the not entirely undramatic Frick Collection expansion saga.
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Old masters at the old Whitney, that will be worth a trip.
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