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  • 4.0 star rating
    3/24/2007

    the building is as interesting as its contents.   if i still spent a lot of time in the center of the human universe, i would buy a membership to this museum.  amazing concerts, but it can be tough to get tickets.  i don't like to sit still for a long period of time, so i feel guilty paying $$ to listen for 10 or 15 minutes, but that's the way it goes for us ADHD types.  people complain about the staff being snobby, but I've never had an issue with them, but I always wear the requisite black on black.  Peaceful and beautiful, the way life should be.

  • 5.0 star rating
    9/26/2005
    First to Review
    Listed in Best Museums

    This is my favorite museum in New York: the collection is exquisite, and the galleries are actually rooms in what used to be Henry Clay Frick's home, making the viewing experience intimate and historical. One hallway has two Vermeers, another an El Greco, and all arranged just as it was when the museum was a home. With twelve rooms open to the public, the entire collection can be viewed in an afternoon, which makes it an excellent alternative to the Met for a visiting art lover. Where else can you stand in someone else's living room and be three feet away from an El Greco? Also check out the downstairs gallery (free with general admission) which has rotating showcases to complement the permanent Classics collection.

  • 5.0 star rating
    12/31/2005

    I enjoy the Frick Collection almost as much as I enjoy the Met and that's saying a lot.  It's just way too cool.  The space is quiet and intimate and airy and the collection is absolutely amazing.  I can't believe I saw a real Vermeer.

  • 4.0 star rating
    8/17/2008

    i loooooove this museum because it still feels like a hidden gem. it's smaller scale, but has a wonderful (and world class) collection all at a very decent entrance price!

  • 4.0 star rating
    1/25/2007

    This place reminds me of what I'd always thought museums were like. Cold, quiet, and fancy- the kind of place where you have to whisper. The big museums here are too, well, big, and so you lose a lot of that, especially as they bring in field trips and bus tours and whatnot. And sure, that's not to say the Frick doesn't get a lot of people in, but it still feels a little more hollowed, or sacred. And every now and then, it's really, really nice to see people treat art like that. I haven't been a ton, and probably wouldn't go to just "hang out" the way you can at the Met (because while I love the Frick for all of the reasons I've pointed out, on a day to day basis I'm more likely to want to go and have a conversation with someone, or people-watch as much as I art-watch), but they get a bunch of amazing exhibitions, and it's so worth it to go and treat some masters of art and their work with a little respect every now and then.

  • 5.0 star rating
    2/12/2006

    INCREDIBLE permanent collection, hopefully they will exhibit more artists in the future, even if it's just temporary. the el greco show that passed through here a few years ago was remarkable. go now to check out goya's last works.

  • 5.0 star rating
    9/22/2007

    After finding out that the MOMA is closed on tuesdays, my uncle and I decided to go to the frick collection, as even though there ain't much there, it has so many great pieces that the quality just overmatches anything.  The rooms inside the building are amazing to walk into, as they have a lot of character and you wish that you had one of these paintings (and rooms) inside your house.  This was my first time here and it was a lot of fun.  The paintings were amazing and they were very diverse in what was there, from impressionist and realist works of the sea, which I always love, to these more Christianity-centered pieces, which are good too.  The sculptures were really cool and detailed, and it was good because my uncle and I really learned to appreciate sculpture that day.  Great collection in a beautiful townhouse.  The collection isn't too overwhelming in the least bit and is great for an hour or two stroll.