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It was the intention of the coal and steel tycoon Henry Clay Frick (1849–1919) that ‘the entire public shall forever have access’ to the art-filled mansion in Manhattan where he spent his final years. Its neoclassical limestone exterior is so austere that Mary Berenson called it ‘the Frick mausoleum’. The block-long building that houses the Frick Collection opened to the public in 1935 and has undergone few changes over the years. Minimal labels have done little to disturb the illusion that the robber baron and his dutiful daughter Helen, who administered the museum for decades, have just stepped out to buy a Vermeer or another of Marie Antoinette’s sideboards. It is currently closed for renovation and expansion, the latter partly underground.
Identity, experience on canvas
Guggenheim award recognizes Peter Williamsâ acclaimed artistic career
Peter Williams has been exploring issues of African American identity and experiences in his paintings for the half-century he has spent as an artist.
Now, as the University of Delaware professor of art prepares to retire from the faculty in August, he says his artistic journey will only continue and develop as it gains additional support from a newly awarded Guggenheim Fellowship in Fine Arts. Williams is one of 184 American and Canadian scientists, scholars, artists and writers to receive a 2021 award from the Guggenheim Foundation.
âMine isnât for a particular project; itâs for whatever I want to do with it,â Williams said of the prestigious fellowship. âI want to explore the medium in different ways â to try to make sense of what Iâve learned in my 69 years of life.â
Demonstrators take part in a rally to raise awareness of anti-Asian violence at the Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo in Los Angeles, California, on 13 March Photo: Ringo Chiu/AFP via Getty Images
A global movement against the radical rise in hate crimes against Asian people is now gathering momentum in the art world. Since the 18 March killing of eight people including six Asian-American women in Atlanta, Georgia, artists have been taking to the streets and the internet to spotlight the recent proliferation of physical and verbal attacks on ethnic Asians in the US as well as the long-standing hypersexualisation of Asian women.
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