Xavier Salomon

Xavier F. Salomon
NationalityBritish
EducationCourtauld Institute of Art (PhD)
OccupationArt curator
EmployerFrick Collection
Known forScholar of Paolo Veronese
TitleDeputy Director and Peter Jay Sharp Chief Curator
Awards
  • Cavaliere dell’Ordine della Stella d’Italia (2018)

Xavier F. Salomon (born 1979) is a British art historian, critic, curator, and museum director. He is currently the Deputy Director and Peter Jay Sharp Chief Curator at the Frick Collection in New York.[1]

Education and Career

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Salomon was born in Rome, to an English mother and Danish father. He completed his BA, MA, and his PhD in art history at the Courtauld Institute in London, writing his dissertation on the artworks commissioned by Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini.[1][2][3]

He previously served as the Curator in the Department of European Paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where he was responsible for organizing and overseeing important exhibitions that highlighted key works of European art. Prior to that, he was the Arturo and Holly Melosi Chief Curator at Dulwich Picture Gallery, where he curated several notable exhibitions.[4]

He is particularly well known for his expertise on the Italian Renaissance painter Paolo Veronese.[5]

From April 2020 through July 2021, he hosted an online program, "Cocktails with a Curator", with fellow Frick curators Aimee Ng and Giulio Dalvit.[6][7] The program examined artworks at the Frick and had 66 episodes, which are available on YouTube and are the basis of a book by Rizzoli Electra.[8]

Works

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Xavier F. Salomon". The Frick Collection. Archived from the original on 3 July 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  2. ^ "New Chief Curator for the Frick". The New York Times. 4 November 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Xavier F. Salomon". Center for Curatorial Leadership. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  4. ^ Jeromack, Paul (12 July 2010). "Met Nets Dulwich Curator". Artnet. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  5. ^ "Interview with Alain Elkann".
  6. ^ "Final YouTube Episode," 16 July 2021
  7. ^ Marius, Marley (1 May 2020). "How Art Galleries and Museums Are Bringing Their Collections to Virtual Audiences". Vogue. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  8. ^ "Bottoms Up, Bronzino! The Frick Has a New Book Pairing Classic Cocktails With Masterpieces From Its Collection", artnet.com. Accessed 15 March 2024.
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