Aimee Ng is a Canadian

art historian Art history is the study of artistic works made throughout human history. Among other topics, it studies art’s formal qualities, its impact on societies and cultures, and how artistic styles have changed throughout history. Traditionally, the ...

curator A curator (from , meaning 'to take care') is a manager or overseer. When working with cultural organizations, a curator is typically a "collections curator" or an "exhibitions curator", and has multifaceted tasks dependent on the particular ins ...

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, and podcaster. She is a specialist in

Italian Renaissance art Italian Renaissance painting is the painting of the period beginning in the late 13th century and flourishing from the early 15th to late 16th centuries, occurring in the Italian Peninsula, which was at that time divided into many political stat ...

and currently serves as a curator at

The Frick Collection The Frick Collection (colloquially known as the Frick) is an art museum on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City. It was established in 1935 to preserve the collection of the industrialist Henry Clay Frick. The collection consists ...

, in

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Education and career

Ng graduated from the

Queen's University at Kingston Queen's University at Kingston, commonly known as Queen's University or simply Queen's, is a public university, public research university in Kingston, Ontario, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Queen's holds more than of land throughout Ontario and ...

in 2005 with a BFA. She then moved to Manhattan to continue her studies, and received her

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in art history from the

Columbia University Columbia University in the City of New York, commonly referred to as Columbia University, is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Churc ...

in 2012. Prior to her curatorial career, she worked for the Morgan Library and Museum and was a lecturer on art history at Columbia University. Her curatorial debut was as a guest curator of the exhibition "The Poetry of

Parmigianino Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola (11 January 150324 August 1540), also known as Francesco Mazzola or, more commonly, as Parmigianino (, , ; "the little one from Parma"), was an Italian Mannerist painter and printmaker active in Florence, Rome, ...

's 'Schava Turca'" at the Frick Collection in 2016. She was later appointed by the museum as an associate curator and subsequently as a curator. Along with Chief Curator Xavier F. Salomon, Ng oversaw the 2021 installation of the collection at the

Frick Madison 945 Madison Avenue, also known as the Breuer Building, is a museum building on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City. Built from 1964 to 1966 as the third home of the Whitney Museum of American Art, it subsequently held a branch of ...

. She has explained that the intention with the Frick Madison was to make use of the

Brutalist Brutalist architecture is an architectural style that emerged during the 1950s in the United Kingdom, among the reconstruction projects of the post-war era. Brutalist buildings are characterised by minimalist constructions that showcase the b ...

architecture of the building, placing fewer objects on display than would be shown, at the

Henry Clay Frick House The Henry Clay Frick House (also known as the Frick Collection building or 1 East 70th Street) is a mansion and museum building on Fifth Avenue, between 70th and 71st streets, on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City. Designed by T ...

. She is a contributor to the journal ''

The Brooklyn Rail ''The Brooklyn Rail'' is an American publication and platform for the arts, culture, humanities, and politics, based in Brooklyn, New York. It features in-depth critical essays, fiction, poetry, as well as interviews with artists, critics, and ...

'', writing mainly about old master paintings.

Cocktails with a Curator

From April 2020 to July 2021, Ng co-hosted the online program "Cocktails with a Curator" with chief curator Xavier F. Salomon, which examined artwork at the Frick. In this program, they provided virtual museum tours and lectures, while drinking cocktails. ''

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'' characterized the program as "immensely popular" and "reaching an enormous audience". The program ran for 66 episodes, which are available on YouTube. In 2021, Jason Farago of ''

The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''NYT'') is an American daily newspaper based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces, investigative reports, and reviews. As one of ...

'' wrote that their show "became appointment viewing at Friday martini hour". That same year, ''Cocktails with a Curator'' was named an Honoree in the 25th Annual

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from the

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for Best Virtual & Remote Experiences: Arts & Culture and jointly awarded a Global Fine Arts Award for Best Digital Exhibition or Online Education Program. In 2022, the book ''Cocktails with a Curator'', by Salomon with Ng and assistant curator of sculpture Giulio Dalvit, was published by Rizzoli Electra.

Travels with a Curator

Ng also co-hosted "Travels with a Curator", which had 20 episodes and ran from April 2020 to September 2020. The episodes are also available on YouTube.

Publications

* Ng, Aimee (2014). ''The Poetry of

's Schiava Turca''. The Frick Collection,

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (FAMSF), comprising the de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park and the Legion of Honor in Lincoln Park, is the largest public arts institution in the city of San Francisco. FAMSF's combined attendance was 1,1 ...

. *
Catalogue accompanying exhibition at the Frick Collection
* Catalogue accompanying exhibition at the Frick Collectio

* * Salomon, Xavier, with Aimee Ng and Giulio Dalvit (2022). ''Cocktails with a Curator: The Frick Collection''. New York: Rizzoli Electa. * Aimee Ng; Xavier F. Salomon; Stephen Truax (2023). ''Living Histories: Queer Views and Old Masters''. The Frick Collection. *

Daniel Mendelsohn Daniel Adam Mendelsohn (born 1960) is an American author, essayist, critic, columnist, and translator. He is currently the Charles Ranlett Flint Professor of Humanities at Bard College, the Editor at Large of the '' New York Review of Books,'' ...

and Aimee Ng (2023). ''

Bronzino Agnolo di Cosimo (; 17 November 150323 November 1572), usually known as Bronzino ( ) or Agnolo Bronzino, was an Italians, Italian Mannerism, Mannerist painter from Florence. His sobriquet, ''Bronzino'', may refer to his relatively dark skin or r ...

’s Lodovico Capponi''. The Frick Collection. * Aimee Ng and Antwaun Sargent (2023). ''

Barkley L. Hendricks Barkley L. Hendricks (April 16, 1945 – April 18, 2017) was a contemporary American painter who made pioneering contributions to Black portraiture and conceptualism. While he worked in a variety of media and genres throughout his career (from ph ...

: Portraits at The Frick''. The Frick Collection.

References

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