The Frick Collection (1 E 70th St, New York, NY 10021) has released a new publication chronicling its sweeping 2021–25 renovation, the institution’s first comprehensive upgrade since opening to the public in 1935.

Titled A Design for Continuity and Change: The Frick Collection, the 152-page, richly illustrated hardcover documents the planning, preservation and architectural strategies behind the multiyear project. The book examines the selection of New York–based firms Selldorf Architects and Beyer Blinder Belle, and details how the renovation expanded and modernized the museum while maintaining its historic character.

Authored by Ian Wardropper, the Frick’s director emeritus, and Annabelle Selldorf, founding principal of Selldorf Architects, the volume also features contributions from Barry Bergdoll, Meyer Schapiro Professor of Art History and Archaeology at Columbia University and former chief curator of architecture and design at the Museum of Modern Art, and Richard Southwick, partner emeritus at Beyer Blinder Belle and executive architect of the renovation.

The book sheds light on the infrastructural and operational challenges addressed during the project and highlights preservation strategies employed throughout the Frick’s museum and library buildings. It includes architectural plans and drawings of the refurbished spaces, along with a photographic essay by acclaimed photographer Hélène Binet.

In a joint statement, Wardropper and Selldorf said the renovation successfully added space and modern upgrades while retaining the intimacy and scale for which the Frick is known. They noted that Binet’s photographs, taken just before the building reopened to the public, capture a transitional moment “of suspended anticipation” that will not occur again.

Published by the Frick in association with Paul Holberton Publishing, the book features approximately 175 illustrations. It is priced at $55 and is available at the museum’s shop, online and by phone. Members receive a discount on purchases made in-store and online.

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