by Andrew Ayers
You’ve had to move the Frick Collection out of its historic home for renovation. What does that involve?
Xavier Salomon: It’s both a renovation and an enhancement project, which will take a couple of years. While doing the renovation, we’re going to make some discreet new additions that will allow us to have a proper temporary-exhibition space, as well as a new lecture theater and offices. Our current offices will move out of the second floor of the mansion to make way for ten extra galleries where we can display a lot more of the collection. Our initial idea was to keep the house open and do the renovation and expansion in phases, but that proved impossible.... Read more...
Xavier Salomon: It’s both a renovation and an enhancement project, which will take a couple of years. While doing the renovation, we’re going to make some discreet new additions that will allow us to have a proper temporary-exhibition space, as well as a new lecture theater and offices. Our current offices will move out of the second floor of the mansion to make way for ten extra galleries where we can display a lot more of the collection. Our initial idea was to keep the house open and do the renovation and expansion in phases, but that proved impossible.... Read more...
