Aimee Ng

Aimee Ng is a specialist in Italian Renaissance art, curator at The Frick Collection, writer and podcaster.

Aimee Ng
Alma mater	Queen's University (BFA) Columbia University (MA, MPhil, PhD)
Occupation	Art curator
Employer	Frick Collection

Career

Ng is a curator at The Frick Collection specializing in Italian Renaissance art.^[1][2] She graduated from the Queen's University at Kingston, and received her PhD in art history from the Columbia University.^[3] Prior to her curatorial career, she worked for the Morgan Library and Museum and was a lecturer on art history at Columbia University.^[4][5] Her curatorial debut was as a guest curator of the exhibition "The Poetry of Parmigianino'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.^[6] Along with Chief Curator Xavier F. Salomon, Ng oversaw the 2021 installation of the collection at the Frick Madison.^[7][8][9]

She is a contributor to The Brooklyn Rail, writing mainly about old master paintings.^[10]

Cocktails with a Curator and Travels with a Curator

From April 2020 to July 2021,^[11] Ng co-hosted the online program "Cocktails with a Curator" with chief curator Xavier F. Salomon, which examined artwork at the Frick.^[12][13][14] In this program, they provided virtual museum tours and lectures, while drinking cocktails.^{[14][13][15][16][17]} The Wall Street Journal characterized the program as "immensely popular" and "reaching an enormous audience".^[18] The program had 66 episodes, which are available on YouTube.^[19] Jason Farago of The New York Times wrote that their show "became appointment viewing at Friday martini hour".^[14] In 2021, Cocktails with a Curator was named an Honoree in the 25th Annual Webby Awards from the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences for Best Virtual & Remote Experiences: Arts & Culture and jointly awarded a Global Fine Arts Award for Best Digital Exhibition or Online Education Program.^[20]

Ng also co-hosted "Travels with a Curator",^[12][13] which had 20 episodes and ran from April 2020 to September 2020. They are also available on YouTube.^[21]

In 2022, the book Cocktails with a Curator, by Salomon with Ng and assistant curator of sculpture Giulio Dalvit, was published by Rizzoli Electra.^[22]

Publications

• Ng, Aimee (2014). The Poetry of Parmigianino's Schiava Turca. The Frick Collection, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
• Ng, Aimee (2017). The Pursuit of Immortality: Masterpieces from the Scher Collection of Portrait Medals. New York: The Frick Collection in association with D Giles Limited. ISBN 978-1911282068.
• Ng, Aimee; Galansino, Arturo; Facchinetti, Simone (2019). Moroni: The Riches of Renaissance Portraiture (Hardcover). New York, NY: Frick Collection in association with Scala Arts Publishers, Inc. ISBN 978-1785511851. Catalogue accompanying exhibition at the Frick Collection
• Ng, Aimee; Noelle, Alexander J.; Salomon, Xavier F. (2019). Bertoldo di Giovanni: The Renaissance of Sculpture in Medici Florence (Hardcover). London, United Kingdom: The Frick Collection in association with D Giles Limited. ISBN 9781911282433. Catalogue accompanying exhibition at the Frick Collection.[2]
• Kentridge, William; Ng, Aimee (2020). John Constable's White Horse (Frick Diptych). GILES. ISBN 9781911282709.^[23][24]
• Salomon, Xavier, with Aimee Ng and Giulio Dalvit (2022). Cocktails with a Curator: The Frick Collection. New York: Rizzoli Electa. ISBN 9780847872466^[25]
• Aimee Ng; Xavier F. Salomon; Stephen Truax (2023). Living Histories: Queer Views and Old Masters. The Frick Collection.
• Daniel Mendelsohn and Aimee Ng (2023). Bronzino’s Lodovico Capponi. The Frick Collection.
• Aimee Ng and Antwaun Sargent (2023). Barkley L. Hendricks: Portraits at The Frick. The Frick Collection.

References

1. "Aimee Ng". The Frick Collection. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
2. Libbey, Peter (July 25, 2018). "Unheralded Renaissance Painter to Have Major Exhibition at the Frick". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
3. Stein, Sadie (2014-05-16). "From Her Palace". The Paris Review. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
4. "Aimee Ng (BFA '05) | Fine Art (Visual Art) Program". Queen's University. Retrieved 2021-10-01.
5. "Weekly Shuffle: Changes at Frieze and More". artnet News. 2014-09-30. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
6. Miller, M.H. (2014-09-16). "Frick Names Aimee Ng Associate Curator". ARTnews.com. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
7. Yablonsky, Linda (March 17, 2021). "Beauty in the Brutalist beast: a critic's view of the Frick Madison". The Art Newspaper. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
8. "The Frick to Reopen in Early 2021 at 'Frick Madison'". ArtfixDaily. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
9. "Frick Collection opens in Marcel Breuer-designed temporary new home, Frick Madison" [1] Archinect News. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
10. Ng, Aimee (2020-10-06). "Embarrassment of Edges". The Brooklyn Rail. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
11. "Final YouTube Episode," July 16, 2021
12. Wilkin, Karen (July 4, 2020). "The Staying Inside Guide: Raise a Glass to Art History". The Wall Street Journal.
13. Marius, Marley (May 1, 2020). "How Art Galleries and Museums Are Bringing Their Collections to Virtual Audiences". Vogue. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
14. Farago, Jason (February 25, 2021). "The Frick Savors the Opulence of Emptiness". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
15. Smee, Sebastian (May 6, 2020). "4 portals to creative greatness — all from the comfort of your couch". The Washington Post. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
16. "Keep calm during Covid, Museums and meditation at home". Artblog. 2020-05-20. Retrieved 2021-02-11.
17. Litt, Steven (January 17, 2021). "Leery about visiting galleries, museums, in a pandemic? Check out online possibilities recommended by local arts leaders". Cleveland.com. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
18. Wilkin, Karen (2020-12-13). "How Art Lovers Weathered the Coronavirus Pandemic in 2020". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
19. "Cocktails with a Curator". YouTube. The Frick Collection. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
20. "Frick's Cocktails with a Curator Honored by the Webby Awards and Global Fine Arts Awards". Arts & Architecture Quarterly. May 21, 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
21. "Travels with a Curator". The Frick Collection. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
22. Ajudua, Christine (October 14, 2022). "Bottoms Up, Bronzino! The Frick Has a New Book Pairing Classic Cocktails With Masterpieces From Its Collection". ArtNet. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
23. Editorial Staff (January 28, 2021). "Constable's 'White Horse' Subject of Latest Frick Book". New York Almanack. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
24. Bailey, Colin B. (May 13, 2021). "Masterpieces Unmediated". The New York Review of Books. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
25. Schaap, Rosie (December 2, 2022). "Excuse Me, What Cocktail Would You Suggest With This Monet?". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 December 2022.