Catch the last days of the Vladimir Kanevsky “Porcelain Garden” while it blooms at The Frick. Now until Nov 17, 2025

Photo courtesy of The Frick 

Photo courtesy of The Frick 

By CLAUDIA November 6th, 2025

Commissioned by The Frick for their reopening to celebrate the $220m renovation and expansion, and honor the tradition of fresh flower arrangements at The Frick that began at its opening in 1935. In that spirit, rather than piled together and sequestered in a space of their own, the over 30 porcelain arraignments are treated as ‘real’ flowers and sprinkled through the rooms of The Frick, making the discovery of each a thrilling endeavor and allowing visitors to experience and appreciate each one on its own, with the sumptuous interiors of The Frick multiplying their realism, and their opulence.

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The tradition of floral arrangements at The Frick began with the founder’s daughter Helen Clay Frick who 10 days before the museum officially to the public on December 16, 1935, sent detailed plans to the director for the exact flowers and where they would be placed in the main ground-floor spaces. With the expansion the flowers are now on the second floor as well and I truly imagine Helen would have loved that. My only issue is that I believe they should be a permanent part of the collection.

But if they do go and even if they somehow do stay, there is  a wonderful hardcover book of the exhibition with 64 exquisite color photographs available for the amazingly low price of $35 https://shop.frick.org/porcelain-garden-vladimir-kanevsky-at-the-frick-collection

28 smaller works by Kanevsky were also created to be sold in the museum shop. Priced between $3,000-$15,000, they sold out prior to the public opening. 

Photo courtesy of The Frick 

Photo courtesy of The Frick 

Photo courtesy of The Frick 

Photo courtesy of The Frick