On March 18, 2021, Frick Madison opened to the public, temporarily relocating the Frick Collection from its Gilded Age mansion to the former Met Breuer building while the Frick House underwent renovation. The New Yorker preview identified the new home and date, and Vogue's review confirmed the public opening and described the altered display: Old Master paintings, sculpture, decorative arts, clocks, porcelains, and carpets were organized more strictly by region and chronology against the spare gray interiors of Breuer's building. The move was historically unusual for the Frick, whose collection had long been experienced as a house-museum ensemble shaped by Henry Clay Frick's domestic interiors.
The temporary installation reframed the Frick's collection as museum display rather than mansion environment.
