Art
Photographing the Acceleration of Modernity Through a Privileged Lens
PITTSBURGH — The work of Jacques Henri Lartigue melds today’s concepts of the autobiographical with street, fine art, action, and fashion photography.
Pittsburgh
Art
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.
Announcement
Ten Days of Free Music and Art at Pittsburgh's Three Rivers Arts Festival
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News
Conflict Kitchen's Palestinian Programming Under Siege
Conflict Kitchen, the social practice eatery in Pittsburgh, has come under fire from the Israel advocacy organization B'nai B'rith International over its current programming on Palestine.
Art
Holding Up Selfies
Pittsburgh-based artist Francis Crisafio's ongoing project HOLDUP in the HOOD extends the definition of the selfie, bringing in a directorial component similar to the one seen in Oli Rodriguez's rendition. For more than a decade, Crisafio has been documenting an after-school arts program called FACE
Art
Mail Art Bulletin: An Enveloped-sized Pittsburgh House
Tim McCool let us know that when he saw this building in his hometown of Pittsburgh he thought it would be a perfect fit for a standard envelope … and mail art.
Opinion
Warhol Goes App-y
Word is that the Warhol Museum is releasing a new Warhol app (iPhone only for way) that allows users to transform photos into silkscreens that create their own versions of art that resemble the Pop master. But you don't have to wait for the official version since there are many unofficial ones alrea
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Pittsburgh: The Great Deceiver (Part Two)
The next morning I took the T (aka, the trolley) into the city, and walked across the bridge to The Warhol. I love The Warhol. (Hate the NO PHOTOS policy though.) It never lets me down. Feels a bit like Mecca to me. Even when I know what's on, I always come across surprises. The first one greeted me
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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