Xavier F. Salomon is the Peter Jay Sharp Chief Curator of The Frick Collection
These great tapestries have a turbulent history that has seen them held by Russia and in Canada – but now they’re back in the rooms where they first hung
Long thought lost by scholars, a spectacular silver gilt monstrance by Luigi Valadier has now been tracked down to a Central American basilica
A lost portrait of the 16th-century writer Pietro Aretino may have been at the Kunstmuseum Basel for the last hundred years
The Ferrarese painter spent his career capturing the whims of fashion – but the results are far from superficial
Four reliquaries by Fra Angelico have been reunited for the first time since the 19th century
The chief curator of the Frick Collection picks out his highlights for the year ahead
The Oxford museum’s lavish new publication is a triumph of scholarship
Is D.H. Lawrence’s account of the archaeological sites of Etruria still relevant today?
An ambitious exhibition at the National Gallery traces the productive overlaps between these two Renaissance masters
There are some excellent in-focus exhibitions opening around the world in 2017, including a chance to see Guercino’s frescoes up-close, and a revealing look at the school of Rimini
This superb exhibition makes us look at terra invetriata – a prodigious combination of earth, glass, and fire – through the eyes of 15th-century Tuscans
Xavier F. Salomon explains why he is so keen to show one of Guido Cagnacci’s most important paintings at the Frick
Xavier Salomon’s highlights include Old Masters in Italy, the Le Nain brothers in the US, and a celebration of Hieronymus Bosch in Madrid
‘Goya and the Altamira Family’ reunites five family portraits by Goya and his collaborator Agustín Esteve
December 2024
Emma Crichton-Miller
Apollo
Christina Makris
Christina Riggs
Rakewell
This episode explores an ancient funeral stele, Marie Antoinette’s breast bowl, and how digital technologies are helping to preserve Egyptian heritage sites
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A masterpiece of Roman design, rediscovered in Nicaragua
Long thought lost by scholars, a spectacular silver gilt monstrance by Luigi Valadier has now been tracked down to a Central American basilica