The Frick Collection from East 70th Street. Rendering courtesy of Selldorf Architects.
The Frick Collection will reopen in April 2025, following the renovation and enhancement by Selldorf Architects of its historic Fifth Avenue home.
The Museum and library will unveil revitalized historic spaces, additional galleries, and new amenities while focusing on its collections and its inaugural season of special programs.
Entrance Hall. Rendering courtesy Selldorf Architects.
Visitors will experience the museum’s permanent collection anew with its iconic masterworks reinstalled in restored spaces on the first floor. Frick will inaugurate the new Cabinet Gallery on the first floor with a display of 12 works on paper, which are rarely on view owing to their sensitivity to light, ranging from sketches to finished drawings by artists including Degas, Goya, Ingres, Rubens, and Whistler.
The mansion’s second floor will be open to the public for the first time showcasing works that are rarely exhibited, newly acquired works, and installations inspired by the personal collecting interests of the Frick family through time which include Impressionist paintings and Renaissance gold-ground panels.
The Frick Art Research Library and its refurbished Reading Room will reopen with the museum, with new entry points on multiple levels integrating a seamless transition of the institution’s two branches.
New second-floor landing, which leads to new galleries for the display of small-scale objects. Rendering courtesy Selldorf Architects.
The Frick’s inaugural season will feature special installations and exciting public programs throughout the opening months in its revitalized buildings. These include a commission, by sculptor and ceramicist Vladimir Kanevsky, of porcelain flowers paying homage to the floral arrangements made for the Frick’s original opening in 1935.
In late April, The Frick will present the Stephan A. Schwarzman Auditorium with a weeklong music festival beginning Saturday, April 26, and running through May 8, featuring classical and contemporary works. Organized by Jeremy Ney, the Frick’s Matthew Christopher Pietras Head of Music and Performance, the festival will mark the debut of the new 220-seat auditorium. Designed by Selldorf Architects, this circular space accommodates audiences better, and state-of-the-art acoustics will improve the sound quality of all programs, including lectures and symposia.
The Stephen A. Schwarzman Auditorium. Rendering courtesy the Frick Collection.
In June, the museum’s first-floor exhibition galleries will launch with Vermeer’s Love Letters, which will continue the Frick’s tradition of focused presentations that re-examine masterworks from its permanent collection. Three works by Vermeer will be presented from June 18 through September 8, 2025. The collection will offer visitors an opportunity to consider Vermeer’s depiction of women of different social classes as well as his theme of letters.