Cocktails with a Curator:

[@robertmeadows-rogers6863]

The Frick videos over the last few months have been a source of solace and consolation. We have come to expect, not only erudition and sophistication, but also compassion and humanity from you, Xavier, and Aimee. Tonight was no exception. We appreciated your strong and tender words this evening, which are so much needed, and the silence we all shared was exceedingly powerful. Thank you..

[@francescarey1104]

Cocktails with a Curator has been a superb series that I look forward to every week. But last night's tribute, without cocktails, was the finest of the lot. Very many thanks to Xavier Salomon and to the Frick for such a reminder of the values that should transcend everything else. Frances Carey, London

[@colleenmaloney-berman2765]

Thank you, Xavier Salomon and the Frick, for your thoughts and for these moments of contemplation.

[@Leebearify]

In Northern California sharing these moments of quiet with you. Thank you ... I am just so sorry that it is even necessary.

[@bettykrulik2096]

A moving acknowledgement that we all must do more. Thank you to The Frick Collection and Xavier.

[@syscot]

Thank you Xavier. Such a terribly sad time for all right thinking Americans. Hopefully this will spark change at last. Steven and Helen, Dublin

[@sisterclara]

Thank you so much for your wisely chosen words and this meditation of solidarity . You are a true cultural leader Xavier F. Salomon. Love and Art will prevail.Bless you.

[@joycevisceglia6404]

This thoughtful kind gesture is very appreciated. May we all be moved to seek a free and open society for all . Joyce Visceglia

[@azuresea8086]

Entering into the silence with you to reach for the genuine and lasting shift that surpasses nice words. Thank you, Xavier.

[@hslev]

I have watched Cocktails with a Curator since the first episode, and it's become an important part of my locked-down life. 5 pm with Xavier, before Shabbat services at 6:30. I've loved every single episode (although I admit I've never made the cocktail myself). I settled in yesterday expecting to see Xavier Salomon discussing another work of art, but was blown away by the powerful comments he made before his 8:46 of complete silence. At first I was tempted to find something else to watch, but I took a deep breath and sat in complete silence for the entire length of his silence. I will never forget how powerful a statement he made by his silence. I have received emails from dozens of cultural organizations decrying racism and violence against minorities, but Xavier made his statement into art. After a week of non-stop news, helicopters overhead and fevered discussions, his silence was both healing and inspiring. I offer my deepest appreciation to Xavier and to those at the Frick who must have agreed with him that this was the right thing to do.

[@susanoneill6799]

I so agree with Mr. Levine! Thank you.

[@maramiller5679]

quiet, thoughtful, ..like being in the Frick, like the art itself. thank you.

[@janewells5745]

Thank you at the Frick for your respect and solidarity with Black Lives Matter. We will be joining you in silence and we are grateful for your stance and these resource links.

[@janeannesley8113]

Heartfelt thanks from Kent, England. Very thought-provoking. It made me realise that 8 minutes and 46 seconds is a cruelly long time to be fighting for breath.

[@hslev]

I was thinking the same thing. It felt like a lifetime. Such a powerful witness.

[@amylettrouse]

In Omaha, I am sharing this time in solidarity with all of you

[@antonellab.8813]

I've greatly appreciated. In the past weeks I've waited with interest and passion for art this weekly appointment (I follow you from Italy). Today I want thank MR Solomon for his tender and respectful words

[@thisweekinnewyork]

Thank you, Xavier & the Frick. That was very moving and important.

[@keyhalverson5857]

Thank you, Xavier, for leading what was for me an emotional expression of solidarity.

[@andrewsherman6610]

Thank you for your words and witness. Andrew and Anita Sherman, Boca Raton, FL

[@tineseinen5998]

I stayed with you during the silence period. Thank you

[@chayalieberman2232]

I look forward to your beautiful discussions every week. I am moved and silent with you reflecting on the horrors perpetrated now and historically against people of color

[@goodboybuddy1]

Thank god for you. Great service !

[@constantcritic]

Definitely not what I expected when I tuned in, but beautiful and perfectly appropriate. 20 minutes on Fragonard would have seemed like an obscenity this week. I used the 8:46 to think about why so many fellow citizens feel excluded from out great cultural institutions (even when, as with these lectures, their resources are free and available to anyone), and what I, personally, could do about that problem. Thanks, as always, for these memorable presentations.

[@tahiragibson6407]

David Schlapbach - oh, does the obscenely pleasurable Fragonard deserve to be cancelled now? Let us know when we can again contemplate beauty without guilt. Until then, feel free to keep shaming us.

[@gillianpeebles9519]

Thank you for your heartfelt and effective contribution.

[@louannelasdon1949]

Thank you. As you well demonstrated, words and images are never enough in this critical time in our history.

[@frickcollection]

We offer these links both for information and as resources: ACLU www.aclu.org/ Black Lives Matter blacklivesmatter.com/ Color of Change colorofchange.org/ For Freedoms forfreedoms.org/ Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture www.nypl.org/locations/schomburg We invite you to share your thoughts in the comments section below.

[@thisweekinnewyork]

Thank you, Xavier & the Frick, for this moving and emotional posting.

[@XX-gy7ue]

ART = CIVILIZATION , but sometimes the paint bush needs to be put down , without a heart everything is worthless ! BRAVO BABY BOY !

[@carolabruzzo4935]

Respectfully well done

[@joanrderosa]

Thank you, Xavier.

[@oce1601]

I've watched every week. I missed my reminder this Friday. Xavier, your time spent with us during this worldwide episode has been a solace is so many ways. This week has been particularly heavy, painful and gut wrenching. Your patient yet strong and silent tribute was powerful. My hope is that the world find a way to start healing. Thank you Xavier

[@swimmerindc]

Thank you, Xavier Salomon. Taking a break from Cocktails with a Curator is understood by me. I welcome another opportunity to be still and reflect.

[@johntuffin3262]

Thank you for doing this, You spoke very well, obviously from your heart, and I agree completely.

[@peggychristensen4819]

Well done. Thank you.

[@KatiefromKatiesNestingSpot]

Thank you for your thoughtful and well measured words. I have really appreciated this series and thank you for the time you've put into them.

[@tedlevey5932]

In Lancaster England. Thank you Xavier and the Frick. We can change and will if we believe in each other.

[@Susan-mw2mq]

Thank you for leading us into an experience of compassion for the eight minutes and forty-six seconds endured by George Floyd. It was, among other things, a startling object lesson in how long that period of time can be.

[@michaelmccormick1608]

Much appreciated. I just wish more people had tuned in.

[@Susan-mw2mq]

I'm sure many more will, through out the week.

[@pamelahulland8439]

Beautifully said, beautifully done.

[@maomaoj]

I am proud to be one of your audience. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and silence.

[@conniemiller4352]

Thank you. You are a weekly gift to us. I already loved the Frick as my favorite art museum; getting to know you has made it that much more special.

[@LutheranLiarNYC]

This is amazing. You are amazing. Thank you.

[@fritzmasten7675]

I didnt see this until now. Thank you for your frankness. really moving

[@denisedenis2907]

Thank you for such clarity and compassion in these very sad days. Those 8.46 minutes gave us the time reflect on the continuing injustices of today, and the suffering of George Floyd in those last tragic minutes of his life.

[@helengraben5906]

Thank you. I have loved each episode of Cocktails with a Curator, but this is the most important. We cannot change the world alone, but together-each of us doing a little-we can move mountains. Thank you again.

[@louisedewhirst6107]

Thank you for this.

[@pchabanowich]

Your erudition and creative sharing of your work and your love of art are now a part of my days. But, I most value your magnificent heart, so evident in your style, attentions and intentions. I wish for you a joy which can encompass all this world sorrow and transmute these terrible passages we all now face as you continue your so very needed work

[@sarab6415]

Thank you♥️

[@noelknille158]

Phenomenal statement. Thank you to the Frick and Xavier for for reinforcing the understanding and power of art.....and silent contemplation.

[@katejohnson3340]

Thank you for your words on this tragic matter . Our country needs change so that we are truly equal. Now is the time for us all to all work to make change occur . Thank you for your Friday cocktail hour talks about artworks in the Frick collection. Your cheer us each week with the gift of words and viewing are that lift our spirits in this difficult time.

[@catherinekelly3101]

well done I have enjoyed all your tallks and Iam with you in your protest .

[@teddyofparis]

Deeply moving. Very much appreciated.

[@alecmoore7664]

Thank you Xavier - this means a lot.

[@ceciliabaschieri8940]

Well done and thank you!

[@robertlarkin5956]

Thank you.

[@tineseinen5998]

I also want to thank you for the all your cocktails. I send them through to family and friends. You help us to stay "alive" with all those beautiful paintings and stories. Greetings from The Netherlands

[@grainnegowen5758]

Thank you from Cork in Ireland

[@johnhockenberry7422]

thank you

[@peterfowler8424]

Thank you! Thoughtful and powerful. All must be part of the change!

[@huahindan]

Thank you for this

[@martin812ful]

Thank you for all your commentary on art and our present life but particularly for this, the most eloquent of all.

[@reneschaller]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts and using the chanel for such an important topic! I like to follow you because of the art you shared during the last videos, and much more after this one!

[@4sstg]

This made me weep. For George, for America, and it made me angry. I sat with your respectful silence.

[@evabauerlein5635]

Thank you, Xavier, for those corageous words. They give me hope that instead of "Make America great again" we can say : "Make America a better place for all:.

[@michaelbaenen2388]

Thank you. It is vitally important that mainstream institutions demonstrate their solidarity with authentic acts of witness.

[@jessiecurtis4422]

Thank you for standing in solidarity with Black Lives Matter. Let's keep working for change.

[@XX-gy7ue]

I LOVE YOU

[@Peezypriscilla]

Thank you for doing this.

[@sandraeugeni7606]

Well said and done Xavier.....

[@MShamiri]

Than you Xavier from Tel Aviv

[@penelopevita-finzi660]

Thank you for a moving tribute.

[@donaldmangel4732]

Thank you Xavier!

[@marybeaty9845]

Grazie mille. In solidarity from Canada.

[@andrewmckenzie2277]

Solidarity

[@salassian3162]

Yours was a very powerful and moving statement, Mr Solomon. Thank you for it. I hope our "leaders" are listening.

[@debrapincus7267]

Thank you Xavier. DP

[@evamaria6720]

Thank you. Eva-maria, vienna, austria

[@victoriavsouthwell2787]

very good

[@jenniferkimball2178]

I really appreciate your remarks (and apologize for the man below who suggests that you leave the country and denies that ours is a racist country). The pandemic was such a strange time. While your curated videos were quite a comfort (and continue to be now) and a learning experience, I find this video very appropriate to remind us we can't in conscience escape to beauty in the midst of violence and suffering. PS You might read Louise Erdrich's The Sentence, the best novel written about the pandemic IMO. it takes place in Minneapolis.

[@lucanardecchia2859]

Sharing these moments from Italy with you...All lives matter. Thank you

ACAB!

[@LL-ye5tz]

thank you!

[@pieterwolt1245]

very appropriate and moving

[@christinanorton6]

Thank you so much for this.

[@wendyshomeschooling811]

Thank you,.

[@donaldsteckler5667]

David Dorn. Enough said.

[@margaretkaczorowski2215]

Thank you for this. RIP Mr. Floyd.

[@billnickels6667]

Thank you Xavier

[@louistullo7829]

Awesome! Good idea!

[@miguelvelasco8173]

Well done, Xavier.

[@TheSapphire51]

Maybe more focus on the works of black artists would go some way to redressing the imbalance. Love your talks.

[@juliab4019]

I agree. I appreciate the links attached. But more African American artist programs if you don't have the art maybe coordinate with the schomburg. I was so moved. Thank you.

[@mojochi100]

🙏💖🌍

[@amatteroflogic]

Do you have an account we can follow you on? I like your narrations and sense of humanity

[@twodogstudio2]

You are the best, we are finishing up our Sake Highballs right now. I forbade anyone in my kitchen to begin drinking until we heard the sip from Salomon.

[@cheryldodd-marko9787]

🕊🇺🇸💕

[@roniquebreauxjordan1302]

👃

[@ritabiro5105]

Pax

[@ekrenz5268]

Does the Frick possess any works of art from artists of color?

[@mmk421]

Rofl

[@dianebresee5222]

I tune in for relief from the stress and anxiety of 24/7 news about current events. Stay in your own lane.

[@tallskinnywhitelady]

but you did the cocktail thingy last week, 5 days after the murder

[@mmk421]

I think Mr. Flick would ask you to look for greener pastures, if he was alive.

[@kirkhuxhold2617]

Thank you.

[@catalinaquijano6477]

Thank you 🙏🏽

[@stuartbee5716]

Thank you