A detail of Monet's waterloo bridge painting

Impressions of Urban Beauty

How the haze of industry inspired Monet and his contemporaries—sometimes driving them back to the same subject, again and again.

Black and white photo of a band on stage playing music with a film of ttwo people kissing projected behind them

Subverted Glamour

Post-punk icon and multidisciplinary artist Kim Gordon explores Andy Warhol’s early artistic influence and what it means to be visible.

Installation view of the Cobra artwork.

CoBrA Rising

Carnegie Museum of Art revives the colorful and complex story of a truly unconventional band of painters in post-WWII Europe.

Andy Warhol's version of Mona Lisa. Two black and white images side by side.

When Warhol Met Mona

Among the muses for Andy Warhol’s early silkscreens: Marilyn, Jackie, and the world’s most famous celebrity sitter.

A portrait of Mark Blatnik

Q + A: Mark Blatnik

In conversation with Carnegie Museum of Art’s chief preparator.

A art gallery image showing artwork against a green colored wall with two patrons looking at the artwork..

Pairing Wall Color and Art

A member asks: At Carnegie Museum of Art, some of the walls are painted in beautiful colors that add something to the art. What is the process for choosing the paint?

ARtist Ruth Root standing on a ladder in front of digitally printed fabric swatches.

Patterns of Looking

With a burst of color, geometry, and pattern play, Ruth Root’s innovative paintings invite close inspection.

A vintage black and white photo of a Joseph Fitzpatrick instructing students painting in the art museum classes.

Mentored by the Masters

Generations of Pittsburghers find inspiration at Carnegie Museum of Art’s legendary Saturday art classes, now in their 90th year.

A grouping of very colorful girdles.

Getting Inside Andy Warhol

The history and collections know-how of longtime Warhol archivist Matt Wrbican has already helped fill many books. Now the Pop Art archaeologist is filling his own book with an A-to-Z account of Warhol’s world.

close-up view of blue terra cotta tile laid in a herring bone pattern.

Painting’s Broad Brush

Whether using canvas, ceramics, or textiles, today’s contemporary artists are rethinking what else a painting can be.

Two men sorting through rusted scrap metal in front of a rusted abandoned steel mill.

Reconstructing History

Reflecting a world in transition, artists use their stage to wrestle with the past and confront contemporary issues of borders, boundaries, and labor.

Group of people standing together with the city of Pittsburgh behind them. One man is pointing and holding a book.

The Road to the International

Nearly all of the artwork for this year’s Carnegie International is being created new for the exhibition—and, in turn, for Pittsburgh. Curator Ingrid Schaffner started her travel research in 2016,

Devan Shimoyama sitting in his studio amongst some of his latest paintings.

Where Tears Turn to Crystals

In a rewriting of history, Devan Shimoyama constructs his own magic, reclaiming moments of sorrow and fear as beauty for queer black men.

Portrait of Eric Crosby standing in the painting storage area of Carnegie Museum of Art

Museum Collections and the Stories They Tell

In a major reimagining of its postwar and contemporary galleries, Carnegie Museum of Art teases out art’s unique ability to link past and present.

A Warhol painting of fingers on piano keys with words written on them

The Invention of Andy Warhol

Pre-Mad Men, Andy Warhol took Madison Avenue by storm with his unconventional and wildly successful illustrations for mass-market advertising, setting the stage for his rise as Pop pioneer.

scrapbook with photos of old movie stars

Starstruck

Part of Andy Warhol’s Pop-art genius is rooted in his boyhood fascination with movie stars, the springboard for a lifelong infatuation with fame and celebrity culture.

a sculpture of a man throwing a stone and a engraving of a man talking to two women

Meaningful Beauty

These art collectors get great satisfaction building their collections—and giving them away.

A detail of a painting depicting people and animals

Order & Chaos

Carnegie Museum of Art mines its significant holdings from 1750–1850, revealing artists’ visions of a Western world caught between rational order and chaotic abandon.

Painting of a valley with train tracks running beneath a bridge, there are houses on the hillsides and a boiler plant with a smoke stack on one side

Pittsburgh’s Painter

John Kane helped build industrial Pittsburgh. Then, as a complete unknown, his work was accepted into the 1927 Carnegie International, making him the first self-taught artist to be recognized by the American art establishment. His muse: his adopted city.