Chat with curator of architecture Tracy Myers and Gerard Damiani, principal of studio d’ARC architects, in the exhibition Palladio and His Legacy: A Transatlantic Journey.
Read More »Media Preview: 9–11:30 a.m., Thursday, February 3 Pittsburgh, PA — Carnegie Museum of Art is proud to present Paul Thek: Diver, A Retrospective, the critically acclaimed first major exhibition to explore the work of the legendary artist. Defying classification, Paul Thek (1933–1988)—the sculptor, painter, and creator of radical installations who was hailed for his work in the 1960s and early…
Read More »Buy tickets online. For one night only, don’t miss the Pittsburgh debut of legendary drummer Tony Allen and his Afrobeat Orchestra at the opulent Carnegie Music Hall. Considered by Brian Eno to be “perhaps the greatest drummer who has ever lived,” Allen is most known as the drummer and musical director of Fela Kuti’s band Africa 70 in Nigeria from…
Read More »The human body, both in representation and symbol, is ever-present in Paul Thek’s art, which could be simultaneously intensely spiritual and insistently profane, lyrical and base. Join Dr. Paula Kane of the Department of Religious Studies, University of Pittsburgh, and Dr. Katharina Winnekes of Kolumba, Art Museum of the Archdiocese of Cologne, Germany, in examining paradoxes embedded in Thek’s spirituality…
Read More »Although he lived a relatively short life, Paul Thek has had an enduring legacy among artists of his own and younger generations. Museum director Lynn Zelevansky, co-curator of Paul Thek: Diver, and Paul McCarthy, an artist renowned for work that challenges convention, discuss how Thek’s experimentation, installation, and performance continue to influence contemporary art practice. This program is followed by…
Read More »Opening Reception and Film Screening: 7–9 p.m., October 14 Pittsburgh, PA…Carnegie Museum of Art will present Ordinary Madness, an exhibition that mines the museum’s rich holdings of contemporary art to suggest an unsettling observation: that the ordinary is in fact laced with the contradictory, uncanny, and surreal. On view will be a wide array of works that engage the everyday…
Read More »Local heritage comes alive in landscapes, portraits, and scenes of daily life by Pennsylvania artists.
Read More »Explore the art of structure—elegant engineering solutions to structural challenges—with David Billington and Maria Garlock, distinguished professors from Princeton University’s department of civil and environmental engineering and curators of the exhibitions in The Art of Structure. Reception with cash bar follows on the Hall of Sculpture balcony; galleries open until 9 p.m.
Read More »Imagine Pittsburgh without the arts—it seems impossible! But who are some of the people, organizations, and events that have contributed to Pittsburgh’s vibrant arts community and that continue to create new opportunities for artists and audiences? Hear from panelists from Ag Works, I Made It, Open Thread, Unicorn Mountain, and UnSmoke Systems, who founded performance and exhibition venues, serious publications,…
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