In this first look at the Pittsburgh Biennial, meet the artists with ties to the Pittsburgh area.

Food and drink available starting at 7:30 p.m.; 9:30 p.m. screening in the Sculpture Court

This special edition of Culture Club goes late night as we celebrate and showcase the creativity of people like YOU! Start with a visit to the exhibitions Pittsburgh Biennial and Ragnar Kjartansson: Song. Then enjoy drinks, summer fare, and a screening of two-minute films submitted by the public. Two drink tickets are included with admission; picnic dinner is available for purchase.

For guidelines on submitting your own two-minute film, click here. There is no fee to enter; Postmark deadline has been extended to June 27.

Happy hour has never been so interesting! On Thursday nights, engage in provocative conversations in the galleries about art and life. The scientific and artistic watercolors in the exhibition Andrey Avinoff: In Pursuit of Beauty are the starting point for this discussion with Louise Lippincott, curator of the exhibition, and guests.

Happy hour has never been so interesting. Start with a drink at 5:30 p.m., and then join in the discussion of Paul Thek: Diver, A Retrospective, and why Thek (in the words of Susan Sontag’s provocative essay) railed “against interpretation” of his work and life.

Happy hour has never been so interesting. Start with a drink at 5:30 p.m. and then join in a salon-style conversation in the galleries. Ellen Baxter, the museum’s chief conservator, reveals challenges, dilemmas, and surprises involved in caring for works of art, from classic oil on canvas to installations of ephemeral and found objects.

Happy hour has never been so interesting. Start with a drink at 5:30 p.m. and then join in a salon-style conversation in the galleries. That’s real—No, it’s abstract. Decode and talk about pictures with artist Paul Zelevansky.

Happy hour has never been so interesting. Start with a drink at 5:30 p.m. and then join in a salon-style conversation in the galleries. Associate curator Dan Byers and a guest artist chat together in the exhibition Ordinary Madness about the fugitive meanings of artworks in the context of collections and exhibitions.

Happy hour has never been so interesting. Start with a drink at 5:30 p.m. and then join in a salon-style conversation in the galleries. Louise Lippincott, curator of fine arts, examines the revealing world of gesture and pose.

Happy hour has never been so interesting. Start with a drink at 5:30 p.m. and then join in a salon-style conversation in the exhibition Design Competition: New Cottages at Fallingwater starting at 6 p.m. Raymund Ryan, curator of architecture, and Cara Armstrong, curator of education at Fallingwater, tackle issues of aesthetics in architecture. Cocktails continue through 9 p.m.

Happy hour has never been so interesting. Start with a drink at 5:30 p.m. and then join in a salon-style conversation in the exhibition Caricature, Satire, and Comedy of Manners starting at 6 p.m. Amanda Zehnder, associate curator of fine arts, Rob Rogers, political cartoonist for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and Timothy Haggerty, Director of the Humanities Scholars Program at Carnegie Mellon University, discuss the intersection of art and satire.  Cocktails continue through 9 p.m.