Contemporary Art
Ashley Andrykovitch, ASSISTANT CURATOR OF EDUCATION | May 1, 2013
We just wanted to say thanks to everyone who came out on Sunday, April 14 to mark the opening of The Art Connection Annual Student Exhibition! Check out the video to see our student artists hard at work in the museum’s studios as they prepared for this year’s exhibition. Throughout the school year, students in grades 5–9 worked through the…
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Ashley Andrykovitch, Assistant Curator of Education | November 14, 2012
“Not-so-silent-awe” is how I might describe high school students’ collective reaction to Cory Arcangel: Masters on Saturday, November 3. Maybe they were surprised to find familiar imagery from Nintendo and YouTube in the museum’s Forum Gallery, or maybe they were overcome by inspiration… Or maybe it was the artist himself, who led a gallery talk about his work on view…
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Marilyn Russell, Chair & Curator of Education | November 2, 2012
Visitors getting creative at the Natural History activity station BACKGROUND Carnegie Museum of Art shares its historic building with Carnegie Museum of Natural History. While these are two entirely distinct museums with separate staffs, boards, and programs, for many Pittsburghers the sprawling building we occupy is simply “The Museum” where one can see paintings, sculpture, decorative arts, prints, drawings, and contemporary…
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Tina Kukielski, Associate Curator of the 2013 Carnegie International | October 31, 2012
Cory Arcangel: Masters opens this weekend—check out this video where Cory and I talk about his newest work, The AUDMCRS Underground Dance Music Collection of Recorded Sound, a collection of over 800 techno LPs, available for listening on turntables in the Carnegie Library in Oakland. A choice selection of video works of the last ten years will be on view in…
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Ian Finch, Associate Editor, Publications | June 14, 2012
In front of the Cloud Factory behind Carnegie Museum of Art Welcome, Lauren. Tell us your official title, and what are some of your responsibilities at the museum? As the curatorial assistant for the 2013 Carnegie International, I’m here to help the three intrepid curators, the ever-poised curatorial assistant in contemporary art, Amanda Donnan, and all the unflagging members of the…
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Ian Finch, Associate Editor, Publications | April 27, 2012
Tonight marks the opening of Duncan Campbell, the 68th installment in our Forum series. The show features three of Campbell’s films, described by exhibition curator Amanda Donnan as “meta-documentaries,” combining historical footage with fictional elements in order to gain a more in-depth, if approximate and subjective, understanding of historical figures and events. The show also includes some of Campbell’s print works, and a few days ago I took some photos…
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Ian Finch, Associate Editor, Publications | April 27, 2012
Just like Andy Warhol, Duane Michals, Philip Pearlstein, and others before them, many young artists from the region get their start in our studio classes, designed for students in grades 5–9. The Art Connection Annual Student Exhibition is a chance for these artists to share their vision, and the diversity of materials and styles currently on display in the Hall of Sculpture is pretty astounding. The exhibition features…
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Ian Finch, Associate Editor, Publications | April 12, 2012
Despite the surprise smattering of hail and snow seen across Pittsburgh yesterday, today marks the official start of spring here at the museum with the opening of the fourth annual Art in Bloom, a four-day celebration featuring traditional and contemporary flower arrangements paired with paintings, sculpture, furniture, and decorative art objects from CMA’s collection (photos below). Art in Bloom is open today and will…
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Ian Finch, Associate Editor, Publications | February 14, 2012
This Thursday night (Feb. 16), join author Sherrie Flick as she reads her story “The Lake” inspired by a painting in the museum’s collection—come discover which one it is! Then have fun exploring and reimagining the titles of works of art in the galleries. (This event replaces the talk with curator Dan Byers that is listed in the current issue…
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Raymund Ryan, curator of architecture | February 3, 2012
Installation for Maya Lin is proceeding apace in the Heinz Architectural Center. James Ewart from Maya’s New York studio is here for a few days to help coordinate things, including this installation of a new work envisioned specifically by Maya for Pittsburgh. Pin River – Ohio (Allegheny & Monongahela) is a depiction in stainless steel pins of the Allegheny, Monongahela,…
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