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March 30, 2012
US Art Critics Association Recognizes Whitney Museum of American Art/Carnegie Museum of Art Co-Production Pittsburgh, PA… The US section of the International Association of Art Critics/AICA-USA announced yesterday its awards honoring significant exhibitions of the previous season (June 2010–June 2011). The 400 active members of the Association voted from over 100 finalists. Carnegie Museum of Art Henry J. Heinz II…
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March 29, 2012
Spring truly blossoms with the return of Art in Bloom, a four-day gallery display and celebration featuring favorite works of art, fresh flowers, and an array of festivities. Regional garden clubs, local organizations, and florists will create stunning floral displays in a spectrum of styles to fill the galleries with the season’s most vibrant colors and loveliest fragrances. Coinciding with…
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March 29, 2012
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania…Carnegie Museum of Art presents the most comprehensive exhibition to date of works by acclaimed artist-filmmaker Duncan Campbell (b. 1972, Dublin). The Glasgow-based artist’s recent films push the boundaries between the actual and the artful in historical narrative and media representation. Duncan Campbell includes three of Campbell’s films–Arbeit, Make it New John, and Bernadette – brought together here for…
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March 5, 2012
Pittsburgh, PA…Carnegie Museum of Art announces a rich schedule for 2012 of exhibitions and programs dedicated to exploring local and global cultural exchange. To that end, the museum creates exceptional exhibitions that travel to cities worldwide, while collecting and curating art by artists from around the world. By establishing this discourse, Carnegie Museum of Art anchors Pittsburgh’s place in the…
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March 5, 2012
Pittsburgh, PA…Carnegie Museum of Art announces the addition of major works to its collection in 2011. The acquisitions include an important early pastel drawing by Pittsburgh native Mary Cassatt featuring a woman with a child; a rare, intricate Bettridge pianoforte made of papier-mâché from the 1860s; a contemporary daguerreotype (and the sole existing presidential inauguration image in the medium) by…
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March 5, 2012
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania…Impressionism in a New Light: From Monet to Stieglitz, on view at Carnegie Museum of Art May 12–August 26, 2012, presents a robust picture of what Impressionism means in art, displaying paintings, drawings, prints, and pastels by major artists alongside works by many of the most famous Pictorialist photographers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Championed by…
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January 24, 2012
Lin will produce a special artwork representing Pittsburgh’s 3 Rivers Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania…Architect, artist, and dedicated environmentalist Maya Lin’s groundbreaking works arrive at Carnegie Museum of Art’s Heinz Architectural Center this February, including a new piece, to be created for the exhibition, commemorating Pittsburgh’s rivers. The Heinz Architectural Center invites consideration of the built and natural world, and promotes consideration of…
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November 30, 2011
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania—Celebrate the holidays by visiting Carnegie Museums of Art and Natural History. Popular holiday traditions, such as the Neapolitan presepio and Carnegie Trees, return to the Hall of Architecture for a stunning display. Newer favorites such as the family sing-along and children’s holiday camps are also sure to get family members of all ages in a festive mood. Many…
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October 12, 2011
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania…Carnegie Museum of Art today announced that board member Martin G. McGuinn assumed the position of chairman, effective October 6, 2011. McGuinn succeeds William E. Hunt, who had served as chairman since 2006. “We are delighted to have Marty McGuinn, a seasoned and tireless leader, assume responsibilities as chairman,” said Hunt. “He will be a great asset to the…
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October 12, 2011
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania… Linda Johnson Rice, Chairman of Johnson Publishing Company, and nationally known actor and Pittsburgh native Bill Nunn will preside over the opening gala for the exhibition Teenie Harris, Photographer: An American Story, to be held at Carnegie Museum of Art on October 28, 2011. The celebration will mark the world premiere of the first major retrospective exhibition of…
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