Cocktails with a Curator
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Based on the critically acclaimed video series of the same name, Cocktails with a Curator presents a lively, relaxed, and informative mini-lecture on a single work in the Frick s collection. Most of the works discussed are paintings, but sculpture, drawings, and decorative arts objects are also subjects. Each commentary is accompanied by a recipe for a cocktail that ties in with the work presented. For instance, a Jaded Countess (absinthe, vodka, lemon juice, and simple syrup) is the cocktail paired with Ingres s beautiful portrait Comtesse d Haussonville. The Bloody Mary joins the intriguing story of the painting of Sir Thomas More by Hans Holbein the Younger, and a classic Pimm s Cup accompanies Thomas Gainsborough s lovely depiction of Grace Dalrymple Elliott. The inspiring and knowledgeable personalities of the curators come out with each of the sixty-five tales, all edited with an eye toward maintaining the tone of the videos.
Xavier F. Salomon is Deputy Director and Peter Jay Sharp Chief Curator at The Frick Collection. A noted scholar of Paolo Veronese, he curated the exhibition on the artist at the National Gallery, London (2014). Among the other numerous exhibitions he has curated are those on Guido Cagnacci, Antonio Canova, Anthony Van Dyck, and Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. Before joining the Frick staff, he was Curator of Southern Baroque in the Department of European Paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Arturo and Holly Melosi Chief Curator at Dulwich Picture Gallery in London. Aimee Ng is a Curator at the Frick Collection and specialist in Italian Renaissance art. She has curated exhibitions on Parmigianino and Giovanni Battista Moroni, among others. Previously, she held curatorial and academic positions at the Morgan Library & Museum, where she was postdoctoral fellow at the Morgan's Drawing Institute in 2014, and at Columbia University. Giulio Dalvit is Assistant Curator of Sculpture at the Frick and a specialist in fifteenth-century Italian art. He has held various lecture and research positions, most recently, Associate Lecturer at the Courtauld Institute of Art, London. Dalvit's writings-on topics spanning the fifteenth through the twentieth century-have appeared in exhibition catalogues and journals. Simon Schama is an English historian specializing in art history, Dutch history, Jewish history, and French history. He is a University Professor of History and Art History at Columbia University, New York, and has hosted popular BBC series on history and art. Luis Serrano is a Spanish artist whose most recent solo exhibition, Bedding, was held at the Mario Praz Museum in Rome in 2012.