Aimee Ng, the museum’s new chief curator, broke out of the academic mold with a video series called “Cocktails With a Curator.” Here’s how she’s drawing new audiences.
Over her decade as a curator at the Frick Collection, Aimee Ng found herself drawn to a painting of an English aristocrat, Selina, Lady Skipwith. Sir Joshua Reynolds had depicted her in 1787 wearing a constricting white dress. Scholarship focused on ... [2323 chars]