Black artist replaces European masters in NY museum
A dozen years ago, Barkley L. Hendricks, the pioneering portrait artist known for vivid, stylish paintings of Black men and women, stood outside the Frick Collection in New York, known
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A dozen years ago, Barkley L. Hendricks, the pioneering portrait artist known for vivid, stylish paintings of Black men and women, stood outside the Frick Collection in New York, known
An underground virtuoso, always being discovered in bits and pieces, the portraitist solidifies his place in the canon with a solo show at the Frick — its first ever for a Black artist.
The show is the first that the Frick has ever dedicated to a Black artist and it will be one of the last to take place in the Breuer building.
A 16th-century painting, by the Italian Renaissance master Giovanni Battista Moroni, will go on display at the Frick Madison on Thursday.
During the pandemic, curators at the Frick Gallery paired drinks with art in a YouTube series. Now they’ve done the same in a book.