Nearly 40 Renaissance bronzes from Siena, many of which have never been shown outside Tuscany, are now on view at the Frick Collection at 1 East 70th Street. The exhibition, Siena: The Art of Bronze, 1450 to 1500, opened on October 15, 2026, and runs through January 18, 2027, in the museum's Ronald S. Lauder Exhibition Galleries.

The Frick describes it as the first exhibition to focus on Siena as a center of artistic excellence and technical innovation in Renaissance bronze sculpture. The show covers the second half of the 15th century, when the Tuscan city's sculptors and bronzeworkers produced statues, reliefs, candelabra and medals.

What is in the galleries

The roughly 40 works on view span the forms that Sienese bronzeworkers produced: full statues, relief panels, church candelabra and portrait medals. Artists represented include Donatello, Vecchietta and Francesco di Giorgio.

One work the museum is using to introduce the show is Francesco di Giorgio's Deposition of Christ from the Cross with a Group of Donors, a bronze relief made in 1473 and 1474. It comes from the Church of Santa Maria del Carmelo, known as the Carmini, in Venice.

The exhibition also looks at how these objects were made and what it took to make them. Wall texts and groupings address the technical problems Sienese bronzeworkers had to solve and the political challenges they faced while doing it, alongside the range of what the medium could do in their hands.

Who organized it

The show was organized by Giulio Dalvit, Associate Curator at the Frick. Dalvit is also writing an accompanying catalog with a group of international contributors. The exhibition builds on a run of bronze sculpture shows the Frick has staged over the years.

Louis Vuitton is the principal cultural sponsor. Leadership support comes from an anonymous donor in honor of Ian Wardropper, along with Margot and Jeremiah M. Bogert, Elizabeth M. and Jean-Marie R. Eveillard, and the Christian Humann Foundation. Major support comes from several foundations, among them Fondazione Bracco, the Robert Lehman Foundation and the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation.

What comes next at the Frick

The Siena show is the museum's main fall exhibition. Next on the calendar is Kent Monkman: Officer and Laughing Girl, scheduled for November 12, 2026, through February 22, 2027. The spring 2027 slot goes to Painting with Fire: Susanne de Court and the Art of Enamel, from April 8 to July 12, 2027.

Hours and tickets

The Frick is open Monday and Wednesday through Sunday from 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. It is closed on Tuesdays. Last entry to the galleries is 30 minutes before closing, and the last tickets are sold one hour before closing.

General admission is $30 for adults, $22 for seniors 65 and older, $22 for visitors with disabilities and $17 for students with ID. Visitors ages 10 to 18 get in free, and members are free. Children under 10 are not admitted. Timed tickets are recommended.

Wednesday afternoons from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. are pay-what-you-wish, with a $5 minimum when reserving online. Walk-up pay-what-you-wish tickets are available onsite, though not guaranteed. On the first Friday of most months, the museum stays open for Louis Vuitton First Fridays from 5:30 to 9 p.m.

Getting there

The main entrance is at 1 East 70th Street at Fifth Avenue. Take the 6 train to 68th Street and Lexington Avenue and walk west, or take the N, R or W to Fifth Avenue and 59th Street and walk north. From the Q at 72nd Street and Second Avenue, the crosstown M72 bus stops at Fifth Avenue and 69th Street.

Siena: The Art of Bronze, 1450 to 1500 is on view through January 18, 2027. Tickets and the full schedule of related programs are on the Frick's website.

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