Heat Advisory
Due to the sustained heat, temperatures inside Clayton are currently very warm and the temperature fluctuates in each room. Please plan accordingly when considering your visit.
Café Closed on 7/10
The Café at the Frick will be closed for regular business on Thursday, July 10 because of a Summer Tea Series event. Carry out beverages and pastries will be available from 9:30 - 3:00.
THE FRICK PITTSBURGH UPDATE
While the majority of our site remains open, The Frick Art Museum is temporarily closed while we replace the fire alarm system. You can still explore Clayton, the Catching Sunbeams greenhouse exhibition, the Car and Carriage Museum, the Café at the Frick, and the grounds during regular hours, Tuesday – Sunday. The museum will reopen on August 1, 2025.
Overview

A Kind of Alchemy: Medieval Persian Ceramics

This exhibition offers a beautiful and fascinating look at the diversity of ceramics made in ancient Persia (what is now present-day Iraq, Iran, and Afghanistan). 

Produced for both the luxury and middle-class markets, these vessels, bowls, pitchers, and bottles reflect numerous cultural and artistic influences and an aesthetic sensibility that seems startlingly modern.

From 10th-century splashware, buffware and slip-painted ware to lusterware and 14th-century fritware, the objects illustrate the influence of Chinese porcelains, as well as typical Islamic abstraction, calligraphy, and imagery inspired by forms in nature. The works exemplify the sophistication of an urban culture that prospered from the Silk Road trade between the far and near east, and beyond to Europe.

Program Information

A Kind of Alchemy: Medieval Persian Ceramics

Dates: February 23, 2013 - June 16, 2013
Location: The Frick Art Museum

It's free to visit The Frick Pittsburgh.