The Frick offers an exciting schedule of special exhibitions featuring art and artists from the Renaissance to the present.
Through August 31, 2024
Duquesne SoundWalk at the Frick
Duquesne SoundWalk at the Frick is a new collaboration with students of Duquesne University's Mary Pappert School of Music. The sounds of Frick past come to life through soundscapes, adding a new layer of dimensionality to the museum-going experience!
From Stage to Page: 400 Years of Shakespeare in Print
In partnership with Carnegie Mellon University Libraries, From Stage to Page: 400 Years of Shakespeare in Print celebrates the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare's First Folio. Free and open to all.
Back by popular demand! A multisensory installation of sculpture by Artist-in-Residence Vanessa German explores the capacity of museums to function as spaces of public reckoning. Immerse yourself in this meditation on grief, love, and social healing -- a visual elegy to George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Elijah McClain, and other lives lost at the hands of police, accompanied by symphonic music inspired by the history of Africans enslaved on rice plantations.
Pittsburgh and the Great Migration: Black Mobility and the Automobile
Pittsburgh neighborhoods like the Hill District became a haven for Black communities to thrive during the Great Migration (1916-1945). Explore automobile ownership and its effect on the lives of Black Americans in the mid-20th century.
Through My Lens: What It's Like to be a Child in My Neighborhood
Through My Lens amplifies the voices of 4th and 5th graders in The Maker's Clubhouse's after-school program as they show what it's like to be a child through the lens of their own cameras.
American Perspectives: Stories from the American Folk Art Museum Collection
This exhibition looks at the continuum of self-taught art across time and place from the earliest days of the founding of the United States to the present. Including an extraordinary selection of paintings, sculpture, and other objects as powerful vehicles for storytelling, this exhibition reveals the vital role folk art plays as a witness to history, marker of cultural heritage, and a reflection of the world at large.
From Stage to Page: 400 Years of Shakespeare in Print
In partnership with Carnegie Mellon University Libraries, From Stage to Page: 400 Years of Shakespeare in Print celebrates the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare's First Folio. Free and open to all.
Pittsburgh and the Great Migration: Black Mobility and the Automobile
Pittsburgh neighborhoods like the Hill District became a haven for Black communities to thrive during the Great Migration (1916-1945). Explore automobile ownership and its effect on the lives of Black Americans in the mid-20th century.
This exhibition considers Romare Bearden (1911–1988) as an artist of social conscience and action. Layered with themes from literature and religion, Bearden created narratives that reflect both the nostalgic rural North Carolina of his childhood and the vibrant urban life of places like Pittsburgh and Harlem.
Victorian Radicals: From the Pre-Raphaelites to the Arts & Crafts Movement
In the second half of the 19th century, three generations of rebellious artists and designers revolutionized the visual arts in Britain by challenging the new industrial world around them, offering a radical artistic and social vision inspired by the pre-industrial past.
Two monumental paintings of the biblical Judith and Holofernes, created 400 years apart, one by the most successful female painter of the 17th century, and the second by a contemporary artist recasting the Old Masters. Visceral, fierce, and completely arresting, these paintings together explore notions of identity, power, inequality, and triumph over oppression.
American Perspectives: Stories from the American Folk Art Museum Collection
This exhibition looks at the continuum of self-taught art across time and place from the earliest days of the founding of the United States to the present. Including an extraordinary selection of paintings, sculpture, and other objects as powerful vehicles for storytelling, this exhibition reveals the vital role folk art plays as a witness to history, marker of cultural heritage, and a reflection of the world at large.
Frida Kahlo—An Intimate Portrait: The Photographic Albums
This exhibition provides rare and moving insight into the personal life of one of the 20th century's most iconic artists. Through 115 photographs selected from her private albums, this exhibition allows us to see Kahlo through the eyes of friends, family, and other noted photographic artists.
A special installation at The Frick Art Museum presents Dutch contemporary artist Bouke de Vries' interpretation of an 18th-century tablescape with a sprawling assemblage of porcelain fragments resembling a nuclear wasteland. A former conservator of art objects, de Vries resurrects broken porcelain shards that would otherwise have been discarded and uses them to create new artworks that tackle both contemporary and historic issues.
Over the history of motoring, hood ornaments evolved from the practical (externally mounted radiator caps) to the purely decorative. Today, only a few luxury brands continue the tradition. Why were hood ornaments so popular and what led to their near demise?
The first exhibition to explore the evolution of women's sporting attire in Western fashion, Sporting Fashion will look at the impact of new technologies and evolving social mores on women's clothing for sport, charting the cultural and material developments that allowed women to make their way outdoors.
Victorian Radicals: From the Pre-Raphaelites to the Arts & Crafts Movement
In the second half of the 19th century, three generations of rebellious artists and designers revolutionized the visual arts in Britain by challenging the new industrial world around them, offering a radical artistic and social vision inspired by the pre-industrial past.
Photographic portraits dating from 1937 to 1946 explore Muray's unique perspective as Kahlo's friend, lover, and confidant, while highlighting Kahlo's deep interest in her Mexican heritage, her life and travels, and the family and friends around her.
Back by popular demand! A multisensory installation of sculpture by Artist-in-Residence Vanessa German explores the capacity of museums to function as spaces of public reckoning. Immerse yourself in this meditation on grief, love, and social healing -- a visual elegy to George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Elijah McClain, and other lives lost at the hands of police, accompanied by symphonic music inspired by the history of Africans enslaved on rice plantations.
A critical look at The Frick Pittsburgh's permanent collection and institutional origin story, inspired by the 50th anniversary of the founding of The Frick Art Museum and 30th anniversary of Clayton's restoration and public opening, this exhibition examines the social context in which the Frick family lived, the perspective with which Helen Clay Frick founded the organization, and the values and viewpoints the collection reveals, sometimes unwittingly.
A special installation at The Frick Art Museum presents Dutch contemporary artist Bouke de Vries' interpretation of an 18th-century tablescape with a sprawling assemblage of porcelain fragments resembling a nuclear wasteland. A former conservator of art objects, de Vries resurrects broken porcelain shards that would otherwise have been discarded and uses them to create new artworks that tackle both contemporary and historic issues.
Maker and Muse: Women and Early Twentieth Century Art Jewelry
Featuring exquisite examples of beauty and craftsmanship by makers such as Louis Comfort Tiffany and Charlotte Newman, Maker & Muse celebrates the impact of women on the innovative and imaginative jewelry of the early 1900s.
This exhibition, drawn from the collection at the Kent State University Museum, features a range of costumes and fashions instrumental in shaping some of the most memorable characters portrayed on stage or screen by acclaimed actress Katharine Hepburn (1907-2003), one of the most iconic stars of the 20th century.
A Sporting Vision: The Paul Mellon Collection of British Sporting Art from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Beginning in around 1700 and spanning more than 200 years, the enduring appeal and beauty of English country life is reflected in more than 80 paintings, including a special section devoted to the incomparable work of famed horse and animal painter George Stubbs (1724-1806).
The Hunt for a Seat: Sporting Carriages in the Early Twentieth Century
The Hunt for a Seat: Sporting Carriages in the Early Twentieth Century explores the unique characteristics, design and history of sporting-class vehicles. Planned to coincide with A Sporting Vision: The Mellon Collection of British Sporting Art from the Virginia Museum of Fine Art at The Frick Art Museum, this special installation includes four loaned carriages to supplement three in the Frick's collection and create a broader picture of the use of carriages for sport and recreation.
Street Photography to Surrealism: The Golden Age of Photography in France, 1900-1945
Visit the streets, flea markets, shops, dance halls, and after-hours demi-monde of Paris in this exhibition that explores one of the most fascinating and creative periods in photography.
Belgian artist Isabelle de Borchgrave's marvelous paper costumes were on view at the Frick during the fall of 2018 as part of the artist's first touring retrospective exhibition.
This exhibition, drawn from the collection at the Kent State University Museum, features a range of costumes and fashions instrumental in shaping some of the most memorable characters portrayed on stage or screen by acclaimed actress Katharine Hepburn (1907-2003), one of the most iconic stars of the 20th century.
Van Gogh, Monet, Degas: The Mellon Collection of French Art from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
The Frick Pittsburgh presented Van Gogh, Monet, Degas: The Mellon Collection of French Art from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, an exhibition featuring more than 70 masterpieces collected by Pittsburgh-born collector and philanthropist, Paul Mellon (1907-1999), beginning in spring 2018.
Belgian artist Isabelle de Borchgrave's marvelous paper costumes were on view at the Frick during the fall of 2018 as part of the artist's first touring retrospective exhibition.
Nationally recognized contemporary artist Elise Adibi worked with the innate characteristics of the greenhouse, making use of the natural light, seasonal changes, and elevated humidity to both display and transform her artwork. A series of paintings installed to surround the viewer and coexist with the plants, Respiration Paintings explored the interconnection and intimate relationship between art, nature, and people.
In a career that spanned seven decades, iconic American photographer Irving Penn (1917-2009) created an enormous body of work. This retrospective featured the full range of his accomplishment in more than 140 photographs including early social realist images, glamorous fashion photographs, insightful portraits, still lifes, nudes, and his late work with found objects.
From Henry Clay Frick's early purchases, to his daughter Helen's collecting interests, through to the acquisitions that have been made by the museum in recent years, this exhibition told the story of The Frick Pittsburgh through its collection.
Deadly sharp stilettos, architecturally inspired wedges and platforms, and a number of artfully crafted shoes that defy categorization were featured among the selection of nearly 160 historical and contemporary heels on loan from designers, the renowned Brooklyn Museum costume collection housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Bata Shoe Museum, and others.
The Frick presented Antemann's major works for Meissen, The Love Temple, and The Pleasure Garden (inspired by Fragonard's famous Progress of Love series) as well as a selection of smaller works, in the context of our permanent collection of 18th-century French art.
Fast Cars and Femmes Fatales: The Photographs of Jacques Henri Lartigue
The exhibition spans the years from 1907 to 1958 and reproductions of pages of his photo albums give insight into Lartigue's creative process and his acute observations of life.
From Henry Clay Frick's early purchases, to his daughter Helen's collecting interests, through to the acquisitions that have been made by the museum in recent years, this exhibition told the story of The Frick Pittsburgh through its collection.
Rolling Hills, Satanic Mills: The British Passion for Landscape
Drawn from the remarkable collections of the National Museum Wales, more than 60 works of art in this exhibition trace the development of landscape painting in Britain through the Industrial Revolution and the eras of Romanticism, Impressionism, and Modernism, to the postmodern and post-industrial imagery of today.
Impressionist to Modernist: Masterworks of Early Photography
Featuring an international group of artists,this exhibition captured, through more than 70 works, a pivotal time in the history of the development of the medium. Rare, hand-crafted-vintage prints made through a variety of processes illustrate some of the artistic choices open to the late-19th and early-20th century photographer, and chart the shift to prominence of the classic black and white (gelatin silver) print, which came to dominate photography in the 20th century.
The Frick presented Antemann's major works for Meissen, The Love Temple, and The Pleasure Garden (inspired by Fragonard's famous Progress of Love series) as well as a selection of smaller works, in the context of our permanent collection of 18th-century French art.
Fast Cars and Femmes Fatales: The Photographs of Jacques Henri Lartigue
The exhibition spans the years from 1907 to 1958 and reproductions of pages of his photo albums give insight into Lartigue's creative process and his acute observations of life.
Henry Clay Frick purchased Curran's 1890 painting Woman with a Horse and Carriage, which typically hangs in the Clayton library. For this exhibition, our painting will join about 60 others as Curran's work travels to three North American venues (including The Frick Art Museum) in this first critical retrospective of his career since his death in 1942. The exhibition is organized by the Dixon Gallery & Gardens, Memphis, and will be accompanied by a full-color catalogue.
Edgar Degas: The Private Impressionist: Works on Paper by the Artist and His Circle
This exhibition of more than 100 works on paper is built around a core group of 55 works by Degas, known as one of the strongest draftsmen of the Impressionist circle. From early drawings to late experiments in photography, the exhibition will illuminate the artist's personal life, his creative restlessness and experimentation, and his wider artistic circle.
This exciting exhibition features American artists from the nation's early years of independence through the dawn of the 20th century and includes major artists and movements from the Peale family and Gilbert Stuart to American Impressionists like Childe Hassam and Theodore Robinson, with beautiful Hudson River School works falling in between.
In 1999 the Frick collaborated with contemporary artist Vik Muniz on a project that resulted in an exhibition of 65 photographs made on site and in the nearby environs of Pittsburgh. This exhibition marked the Frick's first venture into working with a living artist, and resulted in a significant body of work.
Henry Clay Frick purchased Curran's 1890 painting Woman with a Horse and Carriage, which typically hangs in the Clayton library. For this exhibition, our painting will join about 60 others as Curran's work travels to three North American venues (including The Frick Art Museum) in this first critical retrospective of his career since his death in 1942. The exhibition is organized by the Dixon Gallery & Gardens, Memphis, and will be accompanied by a full-color catalogue.
Impressions of Interiors: Gilded Age Paintings by Walter Gay
American artist Walter Gay (1856-1937) specialized in painting views of opulent residential interiors in late-19th and early-20th-century America and Europe. John Singer Sargent, Gay's nearly exact contemporary, is well known for painting the sumptuous clothing and jewels of American society in his fashionable portraits.
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.
Impressions of Interiors: Gilded Age Paintings by Walter Gay
American artist Walter Gay (1856-1937) specialized in painting views of opulent residential interiors in late-19th and early-20th-century America and Europe. John Singer Sargent, Gay's nearly exact contemporary, is well known for painting the sumptuous clothing and jewels of American society in his fashionable portraits.