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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.
Subverted Glamour
Post-punk icon and multidisciplinary artist Kim Gordon explores Andy Warhol’s early artistic influence and what it means to be visible.
A Game-Changing Gift
A glimpse at something new, novel, or rarely seen at Carnegie Museums.
CoBrA Rising
Carnegie Museum of Art revives the colorful and complex story of a truly unconventional band of painters in post-WWII Europe.
When Warhol Met Mona
Among the muses for Andy Warhol’s early silkscreens: Marilyn, Jackie, and the world’s most famous celebrity sitter.
Q + A: Mark Blatnik
In conversation with Carnegie Museum of Art’s chief preparator.
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?
Andy Warhol: By Hand
Inside the Archives at The Andy Warhol Museum.
Patterns of Looking
With a burst of color, geometry, and pattern play, Ruth Root’s innovative paintings invite close inspection.
Mentored by the Masters
Generations of Pittsburghers find inspiration at Carnegie Museum of Art’s legendary Saturday art classes, now in their 90th year.
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.
Mel Bochner is creating new work for the museum and city that introduced him to art.
At age 8, Mel Bochner spent Saturday mornings boarding the trolley near his East End home, handing the conductor 8 cents and then traveling alone to Carnegie Museum of Art.
Painting’s Broad Brush
Whether using canvas, ceramics, or textiles, today’s contemporary artists are rethinking what else a painting can be.
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.
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,
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.
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.
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.
The Fine Art of Louise Lippincott
The longtime curator reflects on 27 years of artful collaboration—and winning sports teams.
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.
Meaningful Beauty
These art collectors get great satisfaction building their collections—and giving them away.
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.
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.