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Since its acquisition by Henry Clay Frick in February 1911, Velázquez's portrait ofPhilip IV of Spain has been a centerpiece of the collection and the standard by which other portraits by this artist are measured.

Since its acquisition by Henry Clay Frick in February 1911, Velázquez's portrait ofPhilip IV of Spain has been a centerpiece of the collection and the standard by which other portraits by this artist are measured.

SPECIAL PERFORMANCE AT THE FRICK COLLECTION Tickets are $50 each. For tickets and information, please visit www.frick.org or call 212-547-0696.

The Frick Collection, celebrating its seventy-fifth anniversary this year, presents a new season of classical music concerts in the elegant setting of the Music Room.

Advance press materials for this late October presentation will be available at the press preview for The Spanish Manner: Drawings from Ribera to Goya on Monday, October 4, 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Velázquez's portrait of Philip IV will be on view briefly that morning after 11:30am. The Frick Collection, 1 East 70th Street, New York, NY 10021; RSVP: (212) 547-6844

Margot Bogert, Chairman of The Frick Collection, announces that Director Anne L. Poulet will retire in the fall of 2011, following a remarkable tenure.

Advance press materials for this late October presentation will be available at the press preview for The Spanish Manner: Drawings from Ribera to Goya on Monday, October 4, 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Velázquez's portrait of Philip IV will be on view briefly that morning after 11:30am. The Frick Collection, 1 East 70th Street, New York, NY 10021; RSVP: (212) 547-6844

SPECIAL PERFORMANCE AT THE FRICK COLLECTION Tickets are $50 each. For tickets and information, please visit www.frick.org or call 212-547-0696.

With Henry Clay Frick's death in 1919, his will was made public and the destiny of his collection and mansion as a museum was formalized, but not yet set into motion. After the death of his wife, Adelaide, in 1931, the Board of Trustees established by Mr. Frick's will became engaged in discussions about how to create a museum from this legacy.

The Frick Collection, celebrating its seventy-fifth anniversary this year, presents a new season of classical music concerts in the elegant setting of the Music Room.

Visitors at The Frick Collection find it difficult to believe that the Garden Court-a signature gallery considered by many to be the heart of the former mansion-was never enjoyed by its original resident, industrialist Henry Clay Frick (1849-1919).

With Henry Clay Frick's death in 1919, his will was made public and the destiny of his collection and mansion as a museum was formalized, but not yet set into motion. After the death of his wife, Adelaide, in 1931, the Board of Trustees established by Mr. Frick's will became engaged in discussions about how to create a museum from this legacy.

With Henry Clay Frick's death in 1919, his will was made public and the destiny of his collection and mansion as a museum was formalized, but not yet set into motion. After the death of his wife, Adelaide, in 1931, the Board of Trustees established by Mr. Frick's will became engaged in discussions about how to create a museum from this legacy.

Pandora Productions presents the satire of beauty contests, Pageant: The Musical, Thursday, May 6 through Sunday, May 16 at the Henry Clay (604 South Third Street). Tickets are $15-$17 and are available by phone (502) 216-5502 or online www.PandoraProds.org. Showtimes are 7:30 PM with matinees Sunday May 9 and Saturday, May 15 at 2 PM.

Pandora Productions presents the satire of beauty contests, Pageant: The Musical, Thursday, May 6 through Sunday, May 16 at the Henry Clay (604 South Third Street). Tickets are $15-$17 and are available by phone (502) 216-5502 or online www.PandoraProds.org. Showtimes are 7:30 PM with matinees Sunday May 9 and Saturday, May 15 at 2 PM.

When Henry Clay Frick (1849-1919) was asked whose talents he would most like to possess, he declared: 'Rembrandt's.' And as the largest individual railway stockholder in the world, Frick is reported to have said that 'railways are the Rembrandts of investment.' Like Frick, the Dutch art historian Frederik Johannes Lugt (1884-1970) was a great admirer and collector of works by the Dutch artist Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669); as a teenager he wrote a biography of the artist, illustrated with his own copies after Rembrandt's most famous works.

The suspense is building . . . who will be chosen as 'Miss Glamouresse'? Miss Bible Belt; Miss Deep South; Miss West Coast; Miss Industrial Northeast; Miss Great Plains; or Miss Texas? Find out as Pandora presents Pageant: The Musical, premiering Thursday, May 6.

Pandora Productions presents the satire of beauty contests, Pageant: The Musical, Thursday, May 6 through Sunday, May 16 at the Henry Clay (604 South Third Street). Tickets are $15-$17 and are available by phone (502) 216-5502 or online www.PandoraProds.org. Showtimes are 7:30 PM with matinees Sunday May 9 and Saturday, May 15 at 2 PM.

Seventy-five years ago, the intention of Henry Clay Frick (1849-1919) to present to New York City his extraordinary art collection and magnificent mansion at 1 East 70th Street was realized with the opening of The Frick Collection.

March comes in like a lion as Pandora Productions' presents As Bees In Honey Drown, a satirical comedy about the pitfalls of the unquenchable hunger for fame, by Douglas Carter Beane, the same playwright who brought us last season's The Little Dog Laughed.