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A Glimpse of Eternity at the Carnegie Museum’s Hall of Architecture
The assembling of these plaster casts of masterpieces more than a century ago must be understood as a work of art in its own right, a bizarre and beautiful triumph.
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Gertrude Abercrombie’s American Surrealism
Feted as the “Queen of the Bohemians,” Abercrombie saw herself as a kind of jazz witch forging dream visions into a strange, eerie, and occult body of work.
News
Workers Crash Carnegie International Opening, Demanding Fair Wages
The union says 60% of employees at the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh make less than $15 an hour.
Announcement
An Art of Changes: Jasper Johns Prints, 1960–2018 Opens October 12 at Carnegie Museum of Art
Explore nearly six decades of work by one of America’s most influential artists in this dynamic career survey.
Announcement
Carnegie International Is Alive with Programs Through March 25
Experience museum joy at Carnegie Museum of Art’s signature exhibition since 1896 with artist talks, creative drawing sessions, film screenings, and a steady beat of in-gallery activations.
In Brief
The Carnegie International Becomes First Biennial-Style Exhibition Certified by W.A.G.E.
The 17th edition of the Carnegie Museum of Art's flagship, quinquennial exhibition will open in October 2018 with full W.A.G.E. certification.
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Artworks from Two Museums Share a Space, But Not a Conversation
An exhibition joins artworks from the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh and Studio Museum in Harlem. While an astute idea, there's a sterility to this show that's underpinned by an uninspired curation.
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Best of 2016: Our Top 15 Exhibitions Across the United States
Here's a small taste of what this vast country had to offer in art this year.
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Tripping Through Hélio Oiticica’s Mythical World
To Organize Delirium at the Carnegie Museum of Art is Hélio Oiticica's second retrospective in the US and is the first to delve into the Brazilian artist's critical New York years.
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For Fluxus Artist Alison Knowles, Anything Can Be Art
PITTSBURGH — There are hardly any figures in the Alison Knowles exhibition at the Carnegie Museum of Art, but the presence of bodies, especially that of the artist, resonates throughout the prints, scroll books, and multimedia installations.
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Carnegie Museum of Art Makes its Provenance Accessible and Interactive
Label text rarely describes the life of a painting before it arrived at a museum, yet there's a whole narrative of ownership in a painting's journey from an artist's studio to a static place on the wall.
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Pittsburgh: The Great Deceiver (Part One)
On April 29, 1974, the prog rock masters King Crimson played a famously furious gig at the Stanley Warner theatre in Pittsburgh, later immortalized as part of the band's towering 4-disc live set, The Great Deceiver. In 1974, the steel industry was wheezing its way out of town, and the city was caree