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Next, we are refreshing The Café dining room and reviewing its services. Once it is safe to reopen—we hope, in early summer—we will be expanding the hours and menu. In the mornings, The Café will begin to serve gourmet coffee, teas, and pastries. At midday, we’ll feature light lunch favorites, such as soups, sandwiches, and salads—including carry-out for picnics on the grounds as well as some kid-friendly options. In the afternoons, an indulgent high tea, complete Dear Readers, with champagne, will return to The Café. In our last issue of this magazine, we shared On periodic evenings, guest chefs will prepare with you our commitment to become a more thematic dinners. inclusive and equitable organization, work Circumstances permitting, we expect that continues apace, and informs our current to resurface the parking lot this spring roster of exhibitions exploring a range of and add our first electric vehicle charging human experiences—from photographs of stations—updates that Henry Clay Frick and the iconic Mexican painter Frida Kahlo to an his neighbor George Westinghouse would installation of new sculpture by Homewood- surely have enjoyed. Later this year, we expect | 1 based artist Vanessa German. to improve pathway lighting across our site, As online programs continue to transform in a manner consistent with the dark-sky our work for the better, by expanding access movement—an international campaign to to our offerings and inspiring new visits to reduce light pollution we’re exploring in a our campus, we are taking steps to support series of programs. Another series, developed a “hybrid” future—including by increasing in collaboration with the National Aviary and wi-fi access across our campus, and preparing timed during spring migration, will focus on the livestreaming museum tour service birds—in art, fashion, and nature. described in the following pages. We couldn’t be more excited to share these During the quiet of recent months, our and other experiences with you in the months team has been hard at work. At Clayton, ahead. Thank you for joining us and for your for example, we installed a new wheelchair unwavering, inspiring support. lift, replaced storm windows, completed the porch restoration (illustrated on page 10), and launched projects to conserve a balcony and bathroom. Elizabeth E. Barker, Ph.D. Executive Director FRIDAMarch 6 – May KAHLO30, 2021 AN INTIMATE PORTRAIT: THE PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUMS his exhibition Frida Kahlo is most known for her exhibition. Childhood polio and provides rare and captivating self-portraits, which she injuries from the bus accident left moving insight began painting from bed while her permanently disabled. One leg into the personal recovering from a near-deadly bus was damaged by polio and the spine- life of one of the accident in 1925. The photographs in crushing bus accident left her both twentieth century’s this collection provide intriguing unable to carry a pregnancy to term most iconic artists. evidence of the way Kahlo envisioned and suffering from chronic pain. One Since her death in herself and crafted and refined what 1940 photograph by Nickolas Muray 1954, Frida Kahlo’s would become her world-famous image. depicts Kahlo in bed with her chin T(1907–1954) fame as an artist and Some photographs have been altered supported by a sling while she female role model has increased by hand to change her appearance, undergoes traction treatment in a exponentially. Though the headline of possibly as aids in painting. Frida had Mexico City hospital. The photograph her obituary in The New York Times a natural connection with the lens; is inscribed “For Diego from Frida.” read, “Frida Kahlo, Artist, Diego Rivera’s she seems always aware of the camera, Other photographs show her in bed Wife,” her work, her image, and her and was intentional in her use of it as or in a wheelchair—often recovering extraordinary life have captured the a tool to communicate with the viewer, from one of the 30 additional surgeries imagination of the art world and pop likely a sensibility learned while she had in an effort to reduce her culture, making her one of the most assisting her photographer father chronic pain. recognizable artists today, eclipsing on location and in the darkroom. Together, this collection of her dear Diego. The collection illustrates the photographs captures the flavor of Through 115 photographs selected relationship between Frida and the world that Frida Kahlo and Diego | 3 from her private albums, this exhibition Diego—her great love, and what she Rivera shared—a world where the allows us to see Frida Kahlo through called the second serious accident in intellectual, creative, and politically her own eyes, as well as the eyes of her her life. The couple married in 1929, ambitious optimistically worked to family (like her father, professional divorced in 1939, only to remarry in change the status quo, and a world photographer Guillermo Kahlo), and 1940. Kahlo kept photos of Diego as a where the twentieth century, with its her friends, many of them noted child, there are photos of Diego working globe-traveling sophisticates, met the photographic artists, including on his murals and in his studio, and traditional culture of Mexico. Tina Modotti, Manuel Álvarez Bravo, many images of the two of them Art historian and Kahlo biographer and Nickolas Muray. Like all family together. A handful of photographs Heyden Herrera attributes the immense albums, these photographs tell a story; show Diego with fashionable young popular connection to Frida’s painting they illuminate Kahlo’s turbulent women and his assistants. Many of the to its emotional force. In a press release marriage to famed muralist Diego portraits of Frida are inscribed to Diego, for the exhibition Frida Kahlo, which Rivera (1886–1957), commemorate given as tokens; two photographs are opened at the Walker Art Center in friendships and happy times, emblazoned with pink lipstick kisses. 2007, Herrera said: document love and loss, and chronicle Kahlo’s lifelong struggles with loss Looking at her self-portraits, you her pain. and injury are visible throughout the feel that she is speaking directly to

Opposite: Unknown, Frida Kahlo, 1929. Gelatin silver print, 6 7/8 x 5 1/4 in. The Vicente Wolf Collection. SPONSOR A PHOTO 4 | Please visit the exhibition page on our website or contact Jodi Golomb at [email protected] or 412-342-4089 for information on how you can sponsor one of the photos in the exhibition.

you. Whatever it was that propelled culture. She saved photos of loved ones woman and the man she loved. her to paint herself again and again to, “keep them close,” and would often They go beyond just pretty pictures: connects with the viewer on the give photos to friends with the entreaty These are the images that truly deepest level. She painted her own to, “remember me.” Frida Kahlo looks bring Diego and Frida to life. image because she wanted to know at us from these photographs with Major exhibition program herself and to make herself known. a boldly assessing expression; her support is provided by the Richard She wanted to be kept in mind... creativity and passion for life are clear, King Mellon Foundation. Additional For Kahlo, photography worked in and we not only remember her but support is provided by members ■ much the same way. Photographs were want to know her better. like you. intensely important evidence of her The exhibition is organized and existence as well as companionship designed by Vicente Wolf Associates —Melanie Groves, Manager during times of convalescence. She from the collection of Vicente Wolf, of Exhibitions & Registrar amassed a vast photo archive of over who says: 6,000 images that reflect her greatest This collection shows a very interests—Diego, friends and family, personal view and exposes [Frida’s] lovers, her body, medicine, and Mexican vulnerable side…They show the MEMBER PREVIEW DAY

Friday, March 5, 2021, 11 a.m. – 5 p. m. Be among the ﬁrst to experience this exhibition during a daylong, members-only preview at The Frick Art Museum. Space is limited and advance reservation is required. RSVP at TheFrickPittsburgh.org or call 412-371-0600.

VIRTUAL GALLERY TALKS

Monday, March 8, 2021 at 10 a.m., 12 p. m., 2 p. m., and 4 p. m. Join us from home for members-only virtual gallery talks. Visit TheFrickPittsburgh.org for details.

Far left: Unknown, Frida at the staircase behind Diego’s studio in the San Angel compound, after 1932. Photograph, 10 x 7 3/4 in. The Vicente Wolf Collection. Photographed by Peter Riesett, courtesy of Pointed Leaf Press.

Center: Unknown, Frida Kahlo sitting on her bed at the Blue House, Coyoacán, Mexico City, c. 1949. Gelatin silver print, | 5 5 3/8 x 4 1/8 in. The Vicente Wolf Collection. Photographed by Peter Riesett, courtesy of Pointed Leaf Press.

Above: Tina Modotti (b. Italy, d. Mexico, 1896–1942). Diego Rivera, c. 1929. Gelatin silver print, 5 x 5 5/8 in. The Vicente Wolf Collection. Photographed by Peter Riesett, courtesy of Pointed Leaf Press.

Near left: Unknown, Frida Kahlo, Blue House, Coyoacán, Mexico City, no date. Gelatin silver print, 5 1/8 x 4 3/8 in. The Vicente Wolf Collection. Photographed by Peter Riesett, courtesy of Pointed Leaf Press. April 24– October 31, 2021 Car and Carriage Museum

Victoire, René Lalique, 1928. Image courtesy the Musée Lalique, Private collection. Photo Y. Langlois. Known for his Art Nouveau jewelry Like Victoire, many of Lalique’s and glass perfume bottles, Lalique pieces could stand on their own as began creating Art Deco style hood works of art. He commissioned ornaments in the 1920s. pedestals from the Breves Gallery If you’ve read the latest issues of He introduced his first ornament in London for his client’s ornaments The Frick Pittsburgh magazine, in 1925, the Cinq-Chevaux (five to be prominently displayed in their you’re probably well aware that horses) for Citroën’s 5CV—his only homes when not mounted to a an exhibition of hood ornaments design made for a specific marque. vehicle. Although we often think of is coming to the Car and Carriage Lalique chose uncolored glass for cars as primarily functional objects, Museum. The exhibition, titled most of his works and incorporated during the automobile’s golden age Cast in Chrome: The Art of Hood satin and frosted finishes. On the these ornaments, as well as the Ornaments, was scheduled to rare occasion he chose colored glass, vehicles they adorned, were works open in April 2020, but due to he selected shades of pinks, purples, of art created by some of the best the pandemic, it, along with life and blues. In Vitesse (right), Lalique artisans and industrial designers. itself, it seemed, was postponed. used opalescent glass, which gave You can learn more about René Now, the exhibition is finally the object a milky appearance. From Lalique and the numerous other upon us. Previous articles have the 1920s until his death in 1945, artists who created these decorative talked about the show’s overall Lalique created 29 hood ornaments. embellishments in Cast in Chrome themes; this time, we’ll discuss Due to their high cost—approximately on view at the Car and Carriage one of these sculptures’ featured $600–900 today—Lalique’s creations Museum April 24 through artists, René Lalique. graced only the most coveted luxury October 31, 2021. ■ models such as Bentley, Hispano- hile various hood Suiza, Bugatti, Isotta-Fraschini, and —Kim Cady, Assistant Curator, Car and Carriage Museum ornaments were available other similar marques. Lalique’s W to all car owners in the top-selling ornament and probably early 20th century, luxury brand his most recognizable is Victoire owners wanted their cars to stand (left)—which epitomizes Art Deco out among their peers. To accomplish styling. | 7 this, wealthy owners adorned their Created to commemorate the vehicles with glass ornaments. With 10th anniversary of the end of WWI, its inherent fragility, the use of glass Lalique introduced Victoire on a increased the object’s prestige as a Minerva automobile at the 1928 rare and decadent purchase. These Paris Motor Salon. The ornament stylish ornaments became a symbol embodies energy, speed, and motion. of affluence and status, and owners Victoire denotes a female figure who had several options for suppliers. seems to be facing into the wind, Vitesse (speed), In Britain, there was Red-Ashay. rendered in a way that expresses René Lalique, c. 1929. French motorists purchased Sabino. both the structural interest of Art Photo courtesy the In the United States, owners bought Deco and aerodynamism—with her Corning Museum of Glass. from Persons Majestic. Those owners hair protruding behind like a sharp who wanted the most opulent wing. Although only her head is ornaments, however, sought the visible, one can imagine her body designs of French artist René Lalique. bracing against the force of the wind. The piece stands on its own as a sculpture but doubles as an added elegant touch to the automobile it adorns.

SPONSOR A HOOD ORNAMENT Please visit the exhibition page on our website or contact Jodi Golomb at [email protected] or 412-342-4089 for information on how you can sponsor a hood ornament in the exhibition. COMING SOON VIRTUAL TOURS

Imagine purchasing a timed ticket for a guided

exhibition tour. At the appointed hour, you open your Ana Rodriquez smartphone, power on your computer, illuminate Castillo

your classroom projector, or switch on your community

center’s flat screen. A knowledgeable, friendly person

walks you through the show, pausing to allow you to

see the artworks and answering your questions in real

time. Maps, photographs, and even music enhance the

presentation. The sound and video quality are excellent,

and you complete the tour feeling excited to return.

The Frick Pittsburgh is preparing to launch

just such a touring and storytelling tool, developed

specifically for us over the past several months by Marissa Doerger I-Tung Chiang

graduate student teams from Carnegie Mellon

University’s Entertainment Technology Center as

part of a collaboration with the August Wilson African

American Cultural Center, Fallingwater, the Mattress

Factory, and The Westmoreland Museum of American Annie Hsiao-Ching Huang 8 | Art, generously supported by the Richard King Mellon

Foundation.

We thank all who have contributed to the project,

including our incomparable project coordinator Ana

Rodriquez Castillo; our CMU student producers and Eunhye Grace Kang Derek Chan designers, I-Tung Chiang, Marissa Doerger, Annie

Hsiao-Ching Huang, Eunhye Grace Kang, Derek Chan,

Angela Chen, Kathryn Eliand, and Ningshan Ouyang;

our wonderful colleagues at the Frick’s partner

museums; and dozens of volunteer playtesters. Angela Chen We can’t wait to welcome you to a virtual tour

soon! ■

Kathryn Eliand Ningshan Ouyang THE FRICK ART MUSEUM, 2021 VISITING ARTIST VANESSA GERMAN

The Frick Pittsburgh is honored three altarpieces, nothing can to embark on a partnership with separate you from the language our celebrated neighbor you cry in, created as a reckoning Vanessa German. A self-described with the deaths of Elijah McClain, “citizen artist,” German is a poet, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, performer, sculptor, and activist. In and the countless other Black her Homewood studio, just blocks citizens killed at the hands of from the Frick, she creates work police. Installed among Italian that explores the transformative Renaissance devotional paintings, healing power of art and German’s works offer love. German’s intricate a powerful meditation mixed-media sculptures on grief, reckoning, incorporate found objects and social healing. from her Pittsburgh The installation, neighborhood and further accompanied by a series afield, including doll parts, of programs, will be the antique tins, cowrie shells, first phase of a visiting household objects, and artist residency with African beads, as well as the ultimate goal of presenting a hand-crafted glass objects made by retrospective of German’s work to the artisans of the Pittsburgh Glass date and creating a community- Center. The contemporary power centered body of art in response to figures evoke religious icons, the Frick’s collection. German will Congolese minkisi sculpture, and be the first Black contemporary folk art traditions. With her three- artist featured in an installation at dimensional assemblages, poetry, the Frick. Created as an intentional and performance, German reclaims response to the current national objects and words that symbolize and global crises, German’s the oppression of African Americans intervention engages with the for generations, confronting the inherent tension of a museum presence of racism, violence, and collection built on privilege and brutality. Gilded Age ideals. The project For an upcoming installation, continues our commitment to German will be curating a selection engaging contemporary artists who of her own artworks to install can bring new perspectives and throughout the permanent collection stories to The Frick Pittsburgh. ■ galleries at The Frick Art Museum —Dawn R. Brean, Associate in direct dialogue with the collection Curator of Decorative Arts formed by Helen Clay Frick. The first iteration includes a series of

nothing can separate you from the language you cry in (detail), in progress January 2020. Left: Terrazzo restoration completed at the entrance of Clayton. Background: Detail of conserved terrazzo fragments prior to reinstallation.

When the porch was disassembled in 2018, McKay Lodge Conservation Laboratory carefully removed the salvaged terrazzo fragments and completed the initial conservation. A desalination bath removed harmful chlorides from the surface of the terrazzo. Conservators replaced the backing material, stabilized small cracks, and prepared the fragments to be reinstalled by a terrazzo contractor. Once the structural repairs at the northwest corner of Clayton had been completed and the porch was rebuilt, O.A. Bertin Company set the conserved pieces within a new terrazzo pour that refabricated the solid yellow background and maroon border. Particularly difficult was the task of matching the seven different colors represented in the design. Bertin’s artisans had to get the recipes just right, matching not only the hues but the size and appearance of the chips in 10 | each specimen. Once the colors had been properly matched, Bertin filled the lost areas, replaced missing zinc HAPPENINGS AT CLAYTON original marble mosaic tile design. borders, then ground , polished, and A GRAND Whereas the mosaic tile consists of sealed the terrazzo panel in place. individual pieces of marble placed “Our company truly enjoyed ENTRANCE: to form a design (as seen in the working on this restoration project TERRAZZO enclosed porch at Clayton), terrazzo is with its detail and hand-crafted work a composite material poured in place, that went into the original piece,” said RESTORED consisting of chips of marble or granite Michael B. Moreal of O.A. Bertin. “Most set in cement and polished to give modern designs are achieved by using hen Clayton reopened a smooth appearance. Due to freeze- computer-controlled machines, but this its front door last fall thaw cycles and underlying structural job gave us the unique opportunity to after a two-year issues, the terrazzo panel had use our creative and artistic skills that restoration project deteriorated substantially over the we’ve honed over the years. We were W years. In consultation with a contractor involving structural excited to recreate this historical piece repairs on the north façade of the and conservators, Frick staff decided that will serve the Frick and its patrons house, there was one item still on the to remove only the most significant for many years to come.” to-do list—the reinstallation of the design elements from the original The conservation of the Clayton terrazzo panel at the landing of the panel—the central medallion and porch was supported in part by a grant exterior porch stairs. The Frick is scrolling borders—and reproduce the from the Allegheny Regional Asset excited to share that the final phase solid color fields with a new terrazzo District. ■ is now complete. pour. This required the work of two The terrazzo at Clayton’s entrance skilled firms. —Dawn R. Brean, was added in 1932, replicating the Associate Curator of Decorative Arts ON VIEW NOW BEAUTIFULLY BLACK IN RED AND GREEN

he Frick Learning & Visitor The project itself began with many The amazing result is a triptych Experience department, conversations about how the Frick can of canvases each measuring 72 by through the help of acknowledge and address our role in the 36 inches. The artwork is on display T creative and cultural current cultural climate, and how this on the Frick grounds near the corner educator Luqmon Abdus- museum can give local artists and others of Homewood Avenue and Reynolds Salaam, partnered with the nonprofit a place for expression. We were introduced Street. We are grateful to the talented organization Voices Against Violence to Voices Against Violence through and creative campers who were willing in August 2020 for a powerful project. Mr. Abdus-Salaam, who has an ongoing to share their ideas and artwork Together, the student campers relationship with the organization. To with us! ■ from Voices Against Violence’s summer create the installation, campers ranging program, Mr. Abdus-Salaam, Voices in age from 8–14 years old visited the —Molly Kilbridge, Manager of Community & Family Learning Against Violence artist and educator Frick for a safe outdoor field trip in Ernest Bey, and educators from the Frick August. During this visit the campers, conceived and created the outdoor art under Mr. Abdus-Salaam’s guidance, installation Beautifully Black in Red and explored positive words they associate Green. This artwork is the product of an with being Black. These words became introspective reflection on the positive the foundation for their artwork. Back at association the campers have with being their Voices Against Violence camp, the Black. The images and words on the campers worked with the artist Ernest triptych panels came from each of the Bey and Frick educator Stacey McSorley to campers involved in the project. The bring these words to life on the canvases. artwork tells the cultural story of how they view themselves as Black Americans within the context of their history. || 1111 victorian radicals: from the pre-raphaelites to the arts & crafts movement November 6, 2021 – January 30, 2022 The Frick Art Museum A sweeping and immersive exhibition UPCOMING that examines the impact of the industrial revolution on all facets of EXHIBITIONS art production in England from 1850– All dates subject to change. 1900, Victorian Radicals includes major works by William Holman Hunt, William Morris, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and other celebrated British artists in context with examples of clothing, jewelry, stained glass, and decorative arts. Formed in 1848, the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood sought to create art with relevance to modern life by returning

sporting fashion: outdoor girls, 1800–1960 July 3 – September 26, 2021 The Frick Art Museum An exhibition that simultaneously explores fashion, feminism, and sport, Sporting Fashion: 12 | Outdoor Girls features 65 ensembles from the collection of the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising Museum in Los Angeles—from 19th-century croquet and bicycling garments to tennis, mountain Above: Croquet ensemble, 1860s. climbing, archery, swimming, ice-skating, Photo: Brian Sanderson © FIDM and skiing outfits to 20th-century apparel for Museum. Courtesy American Federation of Arts. motorcycle riding and in-line skating. Nearly

Right:John Everett Millais, The 50 different outdoor activities—from Blind Girl, 1856. Oil on canvas, traveling to calisthenics to motorcycling to 31 13/16 x 21 in. Presented by the promenading—will be represented through Rt. Hon. William Kendrick, 1892 © Birmingham Museums Trust. products from long-established sportswear Courtesy American Federation brands such as Keds, Pendleton, and Spalding of Arts. and garments by key designers such as Opposite, top: Family moving Chanel, Claire McCardell, and Jean Patou. north from Florida during the to a meticulous study of nature, even while Organized into eight themes, Sporting Fashion Great Depression. Illinois State portraying scenes from Shakespeare, Historical Society. will explore how clothing met the needs of Tennyson, mythology, and medieval legend. Opposite, bottom: Romare women, while at the same time maintained Bearden (1911–1988), The Family The later Arts and Crafts movement built accepted codes of social propriety. Organized (detail), 1975. Etching and upon these anti-industrial ideals by 1/2 3/4 by the Fashion Institute of Design Museum aquatint, 19 x 25 in. Image championing the beauty and character courtesy of the Romare Bearden and the American Federation of Arts. Major Foundation. of the handmade object. The exhibition exhibition program support for the Pittsburgh positions these artists as radicals, intent on presentation is provided by the Richard King reinventing society through their art. Mellon Foundation. Additional support is Victorian Radicals is organized by the provided by members like you. romare bearden: artist as activist and visionary April 30 – September 18, 2022 The Frick Art Museum This exhibition explores Romare Bearden as an artist of social conscience and action. Drawing on his own experiences, Romare Bearden (1911–1988) created narratives that reflect both the nostalgic rural North Carolina of his childhood, and the vibrant urban life in places like Pittsburgh and Harlem. His work layers themes from art, history, and literature with religion and everyday rituals like family dinners, to create visual stories that depict and celebrate African American subjects. A graduate of Peabody High School, Bearden spent much of his teen years in Pittsburgh, and his 1984 mural Pittsburgh Recollections, installed at the Gateway Center T station, honors the city’s history. Featuring a diverse collection of original collage, watercolors, American Federation of Arts and Birmingham Museums Trust. This limited edition prints, reproductions, and exhibition is supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. rare archival material, the exhibition examines Additional funding provided by Clare McKeon and the Dr. Lee MacCormick how Bearden agitated for social change Edwards Charitable Foundation. Major exhibition program support for the through the visual arts and writing. The Pittsburgh presentation is provided by the Richard King Mellon Foundation. exhibition was organized by the Romare Additional support is provided by members like you. Bearden Foundation, New York, NY. Exhibition | 13 driving while black: the first wave of Tour Management by Landau Traveling the great migration (1916–1940) Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA. ■ April 1 – October 23, 2022 Car and Carriage Museum Purchasing a car was one of the first things African Americans did as they moved into the middle class. Automobile ownership provided a real sense of freedom. It was freedom from the restraints of slavery, freedom from timetables of trains and buses, and, most importantly, was the freedom of unrestricted mobility, the ability to come and go as one pleases. Driving While Black will examine the effect automobile ownership has had on African Americans’ lives and its role in the Great Migration—the period from the end of the Civil War through the early 1970s, when six million African Americans migrated to the north and west, seeking better employment opportunities in the budding steel and automobile industries while escaping discriminatory laws in the South. MEET A MEMBER: a planned gift to the Frick, knowing to make a planned gift to the Frick, DR. SOUMYO that his gift would make it possible for have an impact on everything we future generations of students to visit, do here. We are so very thankful for MOITRA as he had. his support! ■ 14 | “I appreciate that the permanent Dr. Moitra understands the impact art, collection is free, and I can enjoy it over INVEST IN THE history, and nature can have on someone. and over again,” says Moitra. The Frick’s FUTURE OF THE As a graduate student at Carnegie collection of British, Italian, and French Mellon University (CMU) in the 1980s, paintings are standouts—“we’re lucky FRICK Moitra appreciated the ability to come to see them in Pittsburgh.” An admirer and visit the The Frick Art Museum of antique cars, Moitra also enjoys Helen Clay Frick’s exceptional planned for free when he didn’t have many visiting the Car and Carriage Museum, gift—creating The Frick Pittsburgh— resources. At that time, the Frick was seeing how the history of Pittsburgh allows us to provide the unique one of the few cultural institutions is told through transportation. museum experience that so many in our region that was accessible to Moitra appreciates the quality of enjoy each year. You, too, can create a students. “I think it’s so important to the Frick’s special exhibitions—most meaningful legacy, and help ensure have this opportunity, especially if recently Maker & Muse, which he called that the Frick remains accessible well you’re interested in art but can’t “outstanding.” Having lived in Germany into the future. This tax-planning afford to pay the price of admission,” in the past, he had a particular interest season, we invite you to consider Moitra says. in the Jugendstil (“youth style”) artworks. naming the Frick in your will, making Moitra lived in many cities around Another favorite was the special a qualified charitable distribution the world after finishing his studies exhibition Fabergé: The Hodges Family from your retirement plan, or in physics and art, but he came back Collection from 2011. otherwise including us in your to Pittsburgh in 2008 to teach at The Frick has been a key part of estate plans. For more information, CMU’s Software Engineering Institute. Dr. Moitra’s life for many years, and please contact Maddy Fisher, Manager He retained his love of art and was he feels it is important to give back, of Individual Support, at 412-342-4098 compelled to join the Frick as a member, support the future of the institution, and or [email protected] ■ remembering the effect it had on him ensure that anyone can find sanctuary in his younger years. Thinking about on our campus. His membership, his own legacy, he also decided to make as well as his generous decision VIRTUAL EVENTS All programs will be held online. Visit TheFrickPittsburgh.org or call 412-371-0600 to register.

MARCH APRIL •• 13 Saturday •• 23 Tuesday •• 6 Tuesday Frida (Online) Family Fun Day Writing with Frida, Session 1: Writing with Frida, Session 2: 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. Literary Diaries Love Letters Please join us from home for a 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. OR 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. OR 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. morning of art and insight as we 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. celebrate the artist Frida Kahlo. Join Lisa Viscusi, Manager of Adult Join Lisa Viscusi, Manager of Adult Inspired by the visiting exhibition Learning, for one of a series of online Learning, for one of a series of online writing workshops using the words writing workshops using the words Frida Kahlo—An Intimate Portrait, we will learn about the artist and of Frida Kahlo as inspiration to write of Frida Kahlo as inspiration to write your own pieces. Frida Kahlo was your own pieces. Each session can explore different ways of expression using color and portraits. Most committed to paper as much as she stand alone and no experience is appropriate for children ages 5 and up. was committed to canvas. Long required. Free for members; before she started expressing her Free; advance registration required. $10 students; $15 non-members; thoughts by paint brush, she advance registration required.

• 15 Monday expressed them through the written Common Reads word. Even before becoming a poet, • 8 Thursday The House on Mango Street Kahlo was known for her mastery In Conversation: The Art and History of the Night Sky by Sandra Cisneros of the art of letter writing—to 7:00 p.m. 6:30 p.m. friends, family, and lovers. Each | 15 The night sky, whether lit with Please join Frick staff members and session can stand alone and no stars or forebodingly dark, has been fellow readers and literature lovers experience is required. an inspiration for artists and writers for a virtual book club. Free; advance Free for members; $10 students; for centuries. At the same time, registration required. $15 non-members; advance illuminating the darkness has been registration required. 16 Tuesday a challenge taken on by humans

• In Conversation: Murderous Millinery as part of our attempt to master 31 Wednesday 7:00 p.m. •• Author Talk: Frida in America the environment and create a new At the height of the “plume boom” in with Celia Stahr one. In this program, we will explore the late 19th century, feathers, wings, 7:00 p.m. the historical and inspirational and even entire stuffed birds were Join us online for a special talk with facets of the night sky through used to trim women’s hats. This Frida in America author and scholar paintings, stories, and the history mass slaughter brought many birds Celia Stahr. Learn more about Kahlo’s of Pittsburgh’s illumination in the to the brink of extinction and sparked time in the States and the impact it 19th century. This program is offered conservation efforts, including the made on her personal and artistic free to all participants through the creation of the Audubon Society. Join journey. Dive into Stahr’s book, Frida support of Frick Societies donors; Dawn R. Brean and Rebecca Kelly, in America: The Creative Awakening advance registration required. textile conservator at the University of a Great Artist prior to this of Rhode Island and visiting curator program. Books may be purchased FRIDA KAHLO at Newport Historical Society, for a through the Frick Museum Store. lively online discussion on the topic. This program is offered free to all

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•• 12 Monday •• 20 Tuesday • 12 Wednesday Author Talk: The Feather Thief Writing with Frida, Session 3: Poems Curating Chrome: with Kirk Wallace Johnson 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. OR A Tour with the Curator 7:00 p.m. 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. Join us online for a special live Join Lisa Viscusi, Manager of Adult • 20th-century automobile hood conversation with Kirk Wallace Learning, for one of a series of online ornaments were defining symbols and Johnson, author of The Feather Thief. writing workshops using the words spectacular works of art, and our new In this remarkable book, Johnson of Frida Kahlo as inspiration to write exhibition, Cast in Chrome, looks at the tells the stunning true story of your own pieces. Each session can evolution of these fascinating decorative the 2009 heist of hundreds of rare stand alone and no experience is elements. Join Kim Cady, Assistant bird specimens from an outpost of required. Free for members; $10 students; Curator, Car and Carriage Museum, the British Museum of Natural $15 non-members; advance registration and creator of the exhibition, online as History. Free for members; $5 students; required. she explores the stories behind these $10 non-members; advance registration ornaments and the themes they required. MAY represent. Free for members; $5 students; $10 non-members; advance registration 1 Saturday 14 Wednesday required. •• Poetry and Art Workshop, Part 1: • The Latina Creative Community Poetry with Veronica Corpuz Roundtable 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. 17 Monday 7:00 p.m. • Common Reads In this two-part online workshop we Drawing from the power and influence The Care and Feeding of Ravenously will focus on Frida Kahlo’s inspiration of Frida Kahlo on the art world, activism, Hungry Girls by Anissa Gray of family and place to write and create and deeply intimate practices, the 6:30 p.m. visual art. In part one, led by poet Frick invites an incredible group of Please join Frick staff members and Veronica Corpuz, we will use your Pittsburgh-based Latina artists and fellow readers and literature lovers personal/family photos or related changemakers for an online for a virtual book club. Free; advance images and symbols to investigate conversation. These formidable registration required. the poem as response to heritage and creative women will discuss their family history. Each session can stand process and practices, the arts ecosystem alone and no experience is required. 16 | for Latina women in our city, and the Free for members; $10 students; realities of being underrepresented. $15 non-members; advance registration Q&A will follow. Featuring: Gisele FRIDA KAHLO required. Fetterman, Maritza Mosquera, Tara

Sherry-Torres, Maria Manautou-Matos, KEY CAST IN CHROME 4 Tuesday and Alison Zapata. Free for members; • Collector’s Talk with Vicente Wolf $5 students; $10 non-members; advance NATURE 7:00 p.m.

registration required. Free for members; $5 students; LITERARY $10 non-members; advance registration 19 Monday required. • Common Reads FAMILY

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 8 Saturday 6:30 p.m. •• Poetry and Art Workshop, Part 2: Please join Frick staff members and Visual Art with Alison Zapata fellow readers and literature lovers 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. for a virtual book club. Free; advance In part two of this online workshop, registration required. artist Alison Zapata will guide us in creating collages that explore themes of family and place. Each session can stand alone and no experience is required. Free for members; $10 students; $15 non-members; advance registration required. general information

Admission and reservations: The Frick Pittsburgh receives support from its generous members Timed tickets are required for entry to The Frick Art Museum and donors as well as the Allegheny Regional Asset District and the Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission. and the Car and Carriage Museum. Reserve online at

TheFrickPittsburgh.org or call 412-371-0600. To minimize interactions between staff and visitors, the reservation process is digital; no paper tickets are required. Clayton, The Café at the Frick, and the Greenhouse are closed due to social distancing. Major exhibition program support is provided Parking: Free parking is available in the museum’s by the Richard King Mellon Foundation. private lot just off Reynolds Street. Reservations for exhibitions, programs, and Public transportation: PAT Transit buses 67, 69, and rental events may be made by calling 412-371-0600, 71C provide service from downtown Pittsburgh. Monday – Sunday, 9:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. To schedule school visits, call 412-342-4087. Accessibility: The Frick Art Museum, Car and Carriage Museum, Grable Visitor Center, Frick Museum Store, and Visit us online at TheFrickPittsburgh.org estate grounds are accessible. See our website for more Check out The Frick Pittsburgh’s blog, Frick Stories, information. at TheFrickPittsburgh.org/Stories School visits: Bring the Frick's museums and collections Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, straight to your students—wherever they are! The Frick's Pinterest, and YouTube. new digital learning experiences are live online programs facilitated by Frick educators. Programs are available Monday through Friday, and all digital student programming is FREE for the rest of the 2020–2021 school year. Visit TheFrickPittsburgh.org/learn for more information and to request a digital program for your students. Above: Unknown, Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, and unidentified group 1 3 (detail), 1931. Gelatin silver print, 3 /2 x 5 /4 in. The Vicente Wolf Collection. Photographed by Peter Riesett, courtesy of Pointed Leaf Press.

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Cover: Guillermo Kahlo (German, active Mexico, 1872-1941). Frida Kahlo, 1932. Gelatin silver print, 6 3/4 x 4 3/4 in. The Vicente Wolf Collection.

THE FRICK MUSEUM STORE Find Frida Kahlo-inspired jewelry, accessories, books, and more at the Frick Museum Store, located inside the Grable Visitor Center. Hours: Wednesday – Sunday 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. Online shopping, shipping, and curbside pickup are available. Visit TheFrickPittsburgh.org/Store