The Morgan Library and Museum Announces Plans for a New Public Garden
For the first time in this Gilded Age mansion's 113-year history, its grounds will be accessible to visitors.
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Art World Wins!?!? Frick Collection Puts Expansion on Fifth Avenue on Hold
A sigh of relief went out across the Upper East Side and among old museum fussbudgets everywhere. In the art world and architectural communities, this move is largely seen as a victory—and as a good thing.
The Battle for the Frick: Can Thousands of Garden-Loving Activists Stop a Museum?
On a rainy Wednesday afternoon, I went to meet a man vociferously opposed to the proposed renovations of The Frick Collection, and we met on enemy territory: The Frick Collection.
“This is an institution devoted to connoisseurship that represents the best of Western civilization,” said Charles Warren, who goes by Chip, an architect with a pleasant, fussy air about him, complete with pocket square.
