The Frick Collection opens a new gallery

Visitors to The Frick Collection (New York, USA) will be able to enjoy a new gallery-the first major addition to the museum’s display spaces in nearly thirty-five years. The inspiration for this initiative, which involves the enclosure of the portico in the Fifth Avenue Garden, comes from the intention of museum founder Henry Clay Frick (1849-1919) to build an addition to his 1914 mansion for his growing collection of sculpture. The project was postponed in 1917 following the United States entry into World War I.

The Portico Gallery for Decorative Arts and Sculpture with an inaugural exhibition of works drawn from Henry Arnhold’s promised gift of 131 examples of Meissen porcelain from the early years of this Royal Manufactory’s production. On view 2  through April 29, 2012, White Gold: Highlights from the Arnhold Collection of Meissen Porcelain will feature approximately seventy of these objects, presented along with a group of eighteenth-century sculptures by Jean-Antoine Houdon (1740-1828).

Location: The Frick Collection. 1 East 70th Street. New York, NY. 10021, USA.
Opening hours: from Tuesday to Saturday from 10am to 6pm. Sundays from 11am to 5pm..