Frick Collection

Description: 1 East 70th Street, at Fifth Avenue. Tel: +1 (212) 288 0700. Admission $5 adults and $3 students, senior ... more

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Newest Review: ... a difference. Firstly, the layout. The Frick is housed in a residential setting (that’s a house to you and me) and among the pieces of artwork there are bits and pieces of furniture that Henry Clay Frick himself owned when he lived there before he died jut after the end of the second world war. Now Mr Frick was slightly wealthy to say the least, and this is reflected in the art (all ... more

... his own) and other items on display. Because of its location, the collection is not surrounded by minimalist walls and floors like the MOMA or Met. Nope, this one has carpets and bookshelves (housing real books) and even, wait for it, wallpaper. Most are...more

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Frick Collection: Fancy A Frick? (846 words)
by - written on 08/11/01 (Very useful, 56 readings)
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The Frick was not top of my list for things to do in NYC (if you must know, the list started off with Barnes and Noble and the Strand, closely followed by Lindt and Godiva) but things changed on my flight out. I was sitting next to an elderly (think 70 +) gentleman and we got talking, as you do when you’re sitting next to someone for 6+ hours and the film on offer is Tomb Raider…. It turned out we had the strangest things in common, from both having taken ballet lessons for years (he still does) to both having worked for Siemens in Austria…. He spoke numerous foreign language (not just Spanish - almost unheard of for Americans) and we actually started ... Read the complete review

Superb collection of art (176 words)
by - written on 18/07/00 (Very useful, 51 readings)
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The Frick Collection is housed on Museum Mile in New York City, on the corner of 5th Avenue and East 70th Street. It houses the priceless art collection of steel magnate Henry Clay Frick, in his former residence. As well as offering an insight into the life of a wealthy New Yorker at the turn of the last century, this opulent mansion houses a superb collection of old master paintings, French furniture, Limoges enamels and Oriental rugs. There are two of the world's remaining 36 paintings by Vermeer here, as well as works by Constable, Turner, Holbein (his excellent painting of Sir Thomas More is here), Renoir, El Greco, and many others. It ... Read the complete review