Also: The second floor. This is a big one, people! Once cordoned off by an actual velvet rope, the Frick family’s former private quarters—later used as offices for Frick staff—are now open to visitors as intimate, nested galleries for smaller works (the Boucher Room is up here now, in Mrs. Adelaide Childs Frick’s former boudoir) as well as a few bigger ones (like Ingres’s great Louise, Princesse de Broglie, Later the Comtesse d’Haussonville, in the Walnut Room—what was once Henry Clay Frick’s bedroom). With their plush carpeting and views of the Fifth Avenue Garden, these rooms are wonderfully tranquil and cozy. They’ve also increased the museum’s gallery space by some 30%.
But that’s not all! The second floor also features, above the reception hall (via the incredible Breccia Aurora marble staircase that you’ve likely seen by now), a new gift shop and—get this—the Frick’s first permanent public café.
Will there be any temporary exhibitions on?
While the Frick won’t inaugurate its Ronald S. Lauder Exhibition Galleries until June, there is plenty to discover and explore around the building until then. Below, an overview of its current and forthcoming exhibitions:
“Porcelain Garden: Vladimir Kanevsky at The Frick Collection,” April 17 through October 6, 2025
In homage to the arrangements of flowers that filled the Frick when it first opened to the public in 1935, Ukrainian artist Vladimir Kanevsky has created an impressive series of porcelain plants and flowers. These works appear throughout the galleries on both the main and second floors.
“Highlights of Drawings,” April 17 through August 11, 2025
In the new Cabinet Gallery—what was once the Boucher Room—on the first floor, curator Aimee Ng has organized a suite of works on paper by Degas, Goya, Ingres, Rubens, and Whistler, dating from the 15th through the 19th centuries.
“Vermeer’s Love Letters,” June 18 through September 8, 2025
