Xavier Salomon
Appearance
Xavier F. Salomon (born 1979) is a British art critic and both Deputy Director and Peter Jay Sharp Chief Curator at the Frick Collection in New York.[1]
Life
Born in Rome to an English mother and Danish father, he has British citizenship and is most notable for his expertise on Paolo Veronese.[2] From April 2020 through July 2021,[3] Salomon hosted an online program "Cocktails with a Curator"[4] with Frick curators Aimee Ng and Giulio Dalvit. The program examined artworks at the Frick and had 66 episodes, which are available on YouTube[5] and are the basis of a book.[6][7]
Works
- 2009 – Paolo Veronese: The Petrobelli Altarpiece
- 2010 – Masterpieces of European Painting from Dulwich Picture Gallery
- 2012 – Van Dyck in Sicily: 1624–1625 Painting and the Plague
- 2014 – Goya and the Altamira Family
- 2014 – Veronese (catalogue of an exhibition at the National Gallery, London)
- 2016 – Van Dyck: The Anatomy of Portraiture
- 2016 – The Art of Guido Cagnacci
- 2017 – Veronese in Murano: Two Venetian Renaissance Masterpieces Restored
- 2017 – Murillo: The Self-Portraits (with Letizia Treves)
- 2018 – Holbein's Sir Thomas More (with Hilary Mantel)
- 2019 – Rembrandt's Polish Rider (with Maira Kalman)
- 2020 – Titian's Pietro Aretino (with Francine Prose)
- 2022 – Fragonard's Progress of Love (with Alan Hollinghurst)
- 2022 – Paolo Veneziano’s Coronation of the Virgin (with Nico Muhly)
- 2022 – Cocktails with a Curator: The Frick Collection (with Aimee Ng and Giulio Dalvit)
References
- ^ "Biography". Frick Collection.
- ^ "Interview with Alain Elkann".
- ^ "Final YouTube Episode," July 16, 2021
- ^ Marius, Marley (1 May 2020). "How Art Galleries and Museums Are Bringing Their Collections to Virtual Audiences". Vogue. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
- ^ Cocktails with a Curator
- ^ Cocktails with a Curator
- ^ "Bottoms Up, Bronzino! The Frick Has a New Book Pairing Classic Cocktails With Masterpieces From Its Collection"
External links
- Salomon, Xavier F. (30 November 2016). "Travels with Cagnacci". The Frick Collection. Retrieved 25 June 2023.