The Frick Pittsburgh Museums and Gardens

The wait is over! 🎉 After being closed for a five-year renovation and expansion project, The Frick Collection is reopening today in New York City! We couldn’t be happier for our sister organization. Did you know by being a member of The Frick Pittsburgh you may be eligible to see The Frick Collection for free? Frick Pittsburgh members at the Fellow ($125) level and above can experience more than 1,400 museums across North America with reciprocal museum benefits. That includes 2 free admission tickets to The Frick Collection! SEE IT ALL WITH A FRICK MEMBERSHIP ➡️ bit.ly/46DtkBF ---------- Photos: 1) The West Gallery at The Frick Collection 2) The Garden Court at The Frick Collection 3) Magnolia trees in bloom at The Frick Collection All photos by Joseph Coscia Jr., courtesy of The Frick Collection

“But the Frick’s Walker exhibit is not expressly a response to just this moment. Kara Walker has been critiquing history-making since the 1990s, and ‘Harper’s Pictorial History’ dates to 2005. Brean says the Frick began working to book the show in 2021. But that doesn’t mean it’s not timely. As Brean says, ‘It feels more relevant and more urgent than ever.’” Wow! We love Bill O'Driscoll’s coverage of our Kara Walker exhibition. Thank you 90.5 WESA! 📰 Read the full article: https://lnkd.in/e_4igmpD

"The exhibition aligns with the series’ 20-year anniversary, and it packs a gut punch that urgently rings through to our current sociopolitical era. This resonance is not surprising, but what I did not expect was just how fresh these works would feel, as if they were made today. When viewing the work of Kara Walker, you are bearing witness to history and time compounded." Thanks, Zach Hunley and Petrichor for writing about Kara Walker: Haper's Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated). 📰 Read the full review: https://lnkd.in/eB6qWvBc

🎉 After an extensive, multi-month national search, The Frick Pittsburgh is proud to announce Amanda Dunyak Gillen as the new Executive Director! Amanda started her career at the Frick as an intern in the curatorial department. It was then that her dedication to the Frick took root, and she decided to stay at the organization for the next 20 years! She has served as the organization's Interim Executive Director since November 2024. Before that, Amanda was the Frick’s Director of Learning and Visitor Experience since 2013 where she oversaw all adult, student and family programs related to the museum’s collection. The Frick Pittsburgh’s Board of Trustees concluded after its search that the best person for the job was already at the organization. Amanda has kept the Frick on course while serving as Interim Executive Director, and the board has the utmost confidence in her ability to continue to steer the Frick forward. Please join us in congratulating Amanda!

☀️ I'm Gonna Block Out The Sun 🚫 Last week, our curatorial department welcomed Duquesne University's Dr. Michael McMaster and two of his physics students, Nia Nicholson and Tyler Williams, to the Frick to lend us their optical expertise! Clayton currently uses UV-blocking film on its windows to prevent damage to the interior of the home and the objects within it. The existing film, however, is reaching the end of its lifetime and effectiveness. During their visit, the team of Duquesne experts used custom-made equipment to measure UV levels in various spaces around our site. They will also be analyzing a sample of the existing film in Duquesne's Civil and Environmental Engineering Lab. All of that research will lead to a final recommendation for what cutting-edge UV-blocking technology can best protect Clayton for years to come. Their advice will be particularly helpful during the final stages of our ongoing preservation project at Clayton, when the windows of the house will receive a full overhaul. This curatorial department collaboration, a first with the Duquesne University School of Science and Engineering, is the latest milestone in the Frick's ongoing relationship with Duquesne and other local universities. A big thank you to Dr. McMaster, Nia and Tyler for helping us preserve Clayton and our collection for generations to come!

Thanks to KDKA-TV’s Director of Community Impact Lisa Smith for having Interim Executive Director Amanda Gillen and Chief Curator Dawn R. Brean on her show “Intersections” to talk about our Kara Walker exhibition. 🎥 Check out the KDKA-TV segment: https://lnkd.in/eS97yPmT

🥣 This Sunday, April 6 is the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank's annual Empty Bowls fundraiser, and The Café at the Frick is donating 6 gallons of delicious potato leek soup (vegan and gluten free 👀) for attendees to sample! Not only will you get to savor mouth-watering soups and support the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank's critical work, but each ticket purchase also comes with a beautiful handmade bowl made by local potters. RAINY WEEKEND, COZY SOUP ➡️ bit.ly/447tIL6

Hi there from the opening gala of The Frick Collection! Interim Executive Director Amanda Dunyak Gillen traveled with Frick Trustee Laura N.K. Miller to celebrate this exciting time for our sister organization. All the art they loaned us for last year's smash success "Vermeer, Monet, Rembrandt: Forging the Frick Collections in Pittsburgh & New York" is now on view in NY after their five-year major renovation and expansion project. Amanda and Laura are seen with Frick NY Head of Education April Kim Tonin in front if an absolutely incredible cake and Amanda stands with our Frick PGH japanned secretaire on long-term loan to NY. We couldn't be happier for The Frick Collection team! Want to see the soon-to-be opened NY mansion? If you're a The Frick Pittsburgh member with reciprocal benefits, you can visit for free with your membership card!

Enjoy free admission to Kara Walker: Harper’s Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated) this Wednesday, April 2 during Highmark Bright Blue Futures Free Admission Day sponsored by Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield. Registration is required for entry ➡️ bit.ly/4cdZE2y Thanks to Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield for their generous support! #highmarkbrightbluefutures // Highmark Inc. // Highmark Health

If you have passed Clayton on Penn Avenue or have visited our campus in the last few months, you have probably seen scaffolding encasing it. The Frick is undergoing a multi-year effort to preserve the mansion for decades to come. This includes stripping the bricks of their current yellow paint in favor of a more historically accurate color: a rich gray with mossy undertones. Tours of the house are still happening even as the preservation of the exterior continues. We think right now is an extra special time to come so you can see both paint colors — the former yellow and new gray — side by side. It won’t be like this for long though, so book your visit soon! Also, a special thanks to Perspectus Architecture, Barber & Hoffman, Inc., and Heritage Conservation Collective for helping us select the color and making other preservation recommendations.