Jordan Roth, Ivy Getty, and Laurence Milstein cracking into the “special delivery” chocolate boxes. Matteo Prandoni/BFA.com

The Frick Collection came back with a bang on Monday (March 31) with $3.7 million in new funds to show for it. Ahead of the institution’s much-awaited April 17 reopening, the Fifth Avenue mansion hosted its first black-tie gala since closing for renovations five years ago—a ‘welcome back’ celebration that doubled as a farewell to outgoing director Ian Wardropper, who retired this year. He helmed the Frick for an eventful fourteen years that included a $290 million capital campaign and the museum’s temporary residency at the Frick Madison.

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The soiree, attended by art world........

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