Carnegie Museum of Art

Music was a constant companion for artist Beate Kuhn, whose first solo museum exhibition in the United States, Beate Kuhn: Turn, is on view now!

While visiting Kuhn’s home and studio in Düdelsheim, our curators logged Kuhn’s collection of CDs and created a playlist so that you can hear what inspired Kuhn.

Kuhn embraced avant-garde classical music, often listening while she worked in the studio. She gravitated toward the atonal compositions of Luigi Nono; the musique concrète of Helmut Lachenmann; the electronic “micropolyphony” of György Ligeti; and the unusual instrumentation and spiritualism of Sofia Gubaidulina.

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Words like "Moon," "Grandmother," "Land," and "River" are welded onto artist Marie Watt’s sculptures, but have you wondered where the words originated?

While preparing to create these sculptures, commissioned for the exhibition Marie Watt: LAND STITCHES WATER SKY, Watt held workshops with museum educators and the Pittsburgh Poetry Collective to develop a word bank.

A fifth-grade class from Wi******er Thurston School was among those who contributed their handwriting featured on Watt’s steel sculptures. Before the exhibition opened, the students joined Watt for a private viewing experience in our galleries, where they could see the work which they helped create.

Experience Marie Watt: LAND STITCHES WATER SKY during your next visit to the museum. But hurry, the final day to catch this exhibition is Sunday, September 22.

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Photos: Zachary Riggleman

“I don’t try and tell any kind of story. Everyone says there’s narrative there, but I just leave that up to the viewer to create their own.” —Eddie Martinez

Eddie Martinez’s painting Oceanic is now on view in our collection galleries.

Want to get a closer look? We’re open until 8 p.m. every Thursday, and after 3 p.m., admission is only $12.

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Eddie Martinez, Oceanic, 2020, Carnegie Museum of Art, Gift of Cheng Yung Yang and Yu Chu Weng © Eddie Martinez

What is the story of Dragon and Tiger? How did artist Sesson Shūkei’s exquisite set of folding screens cross the globe numerous times?

On September 12, at 6:30 p.m., join Dr. Sinéad Vilbar, Janice Hammond and Edward Hemmelgarn Curator of Japanese Art, Cleveland Museum of Art, to learn about the journey of Dragon and Tiger from private ownership in Japan to the Cleveland Museum of Art, and then back to Japan.

From Cleveland to Japan: A Replica Returns to the Scene of the Original is presented in partnership with The Japan-America Society of Pennsylvania.

From Cleveland to Japan: A Replica Returns to the Scene of the Original Co-presented by The Japan-America Society of Pennsylvania Join Dr. Sinéad Vilbar, Janice Hammond and Edward Hemmelgarn Curator of Japanese Art, Cleveland Museum of Art, for a journey that follows the print Dragon and Tiger by Sesson Shūkei, from its original private location in Japan to the Clevel...

Heads up—our hours are changing!

Starting today, Carnegie Museums of Art and Natural History will be closed every Tuesday through Memorial Day, 2025.

Find everything you need to know about visiting the museum online at https://carnegieart.org/visit/

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Installation view of Thu Van Tran, Colors of Grey, 2022, Carnegie Museum of Art, courtesy of the artist; photo: Sean Eaton

We’re celebrating by sharing some of artist John White Alexander’s early studies for The Crowning of Labor, the mural that adorns our Grand Staircase!

The sweeping mural was commissioned for the 1907 expansion of the Carnegie Institute building. Covering almost 4,000 square feet of wall space, the mural reflects turn-of-the-century ideals of progress across three floors of the Grand Staircase.

The museum is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today. Plan your visit online at https://carnegieart.org

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John White Alexander, Apotheosis of Pittsburgh: Studies for “The Crowning of Labor,” ca. 1905, Carnegie Museum of Art.

Pittsburgh! Your favorite funk and soul dance party is coming to the museum!

On Friday, Sept. 20, dance the night away at the museum during Untitled (Art Party), presented by PNC, with a DJ set from the one-and-only TITLE TOWN Soul & Funk Dance Party!

Tickets for Untitled (Art Party) are on sale now —get yours today: https://carnegieart.org/event/untitled-art-party-2024/

Founded and curated by DJs J. Malls and Gordy G., TITLE TOWN has been a staple in Pittsburgh’s nightlife scene for nearly 15 years.

Featuring vinyl-only sets and an electrifying, feel-good atmosphere, TITLE TOWN blends iconic sounds from influential record labels such as Stax and Motown, disco classics, funky deep cuts and more.

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Untitled (Art Party) is sponsored by:
Bobby Rahal Automotive Group
Bill Few Associates
Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield
PPG
Schneider Downs
Fort Pitt Capital Group LLC
Desmone Architects
Leech Tishman
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"There is beauty in the ordinary, in the things we often overlook.” —Giorgio Morandi

Now on view, Giorgio Morandi’s Still Life (ca. 1958) is a tranquil reminder to find beauty in the everyday objects around you.

Get a closer look at this painting during your next visit to the museum.

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Giorgio Morandi, Still Life, ca. c. 1958, Carnegie Museum of Art, Gift of the Drue Heinz Charitable Trust, © Giorgio Morandi

“There are so many artists who are creating groundbreaking works, works that are beautiful, thought-provoking, and important.” —Venus Williams

Essence recently interviewed Venus Williams, host of our podcast, Widening the Lens: Photography, Ecology, and the Contemporary Landscape, about the podcast, her love of art, and the ways artists are changing the conversation about the climate.

Check out the interview below and listen to all six episodes of Widening the Lens wherever you get your podcasts!

Venus Williams Partners With Carnegie Museum Of Art For Pioneering Podcast, ‘Widening The Lens’ | Essence “There are so many artists who are creating groundbreaking works, works that are beautiful, thought-provoking, and important,” Williams says. “The interest in African American art is exploding, and I love any opportunity to be a part of it.”

On Sunday, Sept. 8, at 10:45 a.m., join artists Nsai Temko, Win Nunley, and Ginger Brooks Takahashi for Queerness and Nature, a free guided nature walk inspired by our exhibition Widening the Lens: Photography, Ecology, and the Contemporary Landscape.

This guided tour centers collective knowledge sharing as a practice to experience our bodies outside of binaries and in relationship to the landscape. This walk will begin in our Sculpture Court. From there, participants will journey to the Schenley Park visitor center.

Queerness and Nature is presented in collaboration with Dreams of Hope, an organization that provides the region’s LGBTQIA+ youth a welcoming environment to grow in confidence, express themselves, and develop as leaders.

Queerness and Nature Join artists Nsai Temko, Win Nunley, and Ginger Brooks Takahashi for a guided walk that centers collective knowledge sharing as a practice to experience our bodies outside of binaries and in relationship to the landscape. This walk will begin in the Sculpture Court and from there, participants will....

“Like a phoenix rising from ashes and a lotus blooming from mud, beauty can be born of anguish and destruction.” —Astria Suparak

On Aug. 31, the Carnegie Museum of Art Film Series continues with A Spell Against Amnesia. Join us at 2 p.m. in the Art Theater for a screening of works by Jacolby Satterwhite, Peter Campus, Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme, and Tuấn Andrew Nguyễn.

Tickets are just $10 ($8 for students and Carnegie Museums members)—get yours today!

A Spell Against Amnesia This series delves into the concepts of history and memory through films that honor painful pasts, transforming them into tools for healing and resistance. Program Run time: One hour and 11 min. * Looped in the Art Theater prior to screening † Part of Carnegie Museum of Art’s collection Notes fr...

Here’s to dreamy late summer sunsets 🌅

Albertus Del Orient Browere’s Prospector in the Foothills of the Sierra (ca. 1855)

Born in Tarrytown, New York, in 1814, Browere was drawn west to California during the gold rush. It was here that Browere created this painting and others depicting mid-19th-century California vistas.

Get a closer look during your next visit to the museum!

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Albertus Del Orient Browere, Prospector in the Foothills of the Sierra, ca. 1855, Carnegie Museum of Art, Howard N. Eavenson Memorial Fund for the Howard N. Eavenson Americana Collection

🌕✨ This Friday, we’re partying late into the night, sending off our free summer event series in style with Pearlarts Movement & Sound.

Join us in the Sculpture Court for Inside Out: Night and explore the intersections of house music and music from the Afro-Caribbean diaspora. Soy Sos Interna$hional Bounce founder DJ Na$h will light up the dance floor with back-to-back sets, featuring a guest performance from Philadelphia-based Bempa and crew.

📆 Friday, August 23
⏰ 8 p.m.–midnight
🎟️ Free—no registration required
🔗 Learn more: https://carnegieart.org/event/inside-out-night-2024/

Sip through the eras! 🍸

Earlier this month, we partnered with Spirits & Tales, The Oaklander Hotel an Autograph Collection Hotel, and The Corcoran Collective for Cocktails with a Curator, an event inspired in equal measure by our decorative arts and design collection and the history of cocktails in the Pittsburgh region!

Spirits & Tales served up three signature cocktails, taking guests on a journey through history, while Rachel Delphia, Alan G. and Jane A. Lehman Curator of Decorative Arts and Design, spoke about expertly crafted drinkware in the museum's expansive decorative arts and design collection.

Next time you're at the museum, stop by Bruce Galleries to experience Extraordinary Ordinary Things and see some of these iconic pieces.

In the face of ongoing environmental crises around the world, there remains a need to reconsider how we perceive, interact with, and move through the landscape.

Published on the occasion of our exhibition Widening the Lens: Photography, Ecology, and the Contemporary Landscape, this publication showcases the work of contemporary artists who are pushing photography beyond its boundaries and seeking new ways to envision landscapes both present and future.

The publication features an introduction by Dan Leers, curator of photography, an essay by renowned curator, writer, and activist Lucy R. Lippard, a new commission from poet Saretta Morgan, and an epilogue by award-winning environmental and science journalist Michelle Nijhuis.

Get yours today: https://stores.carnegiemuseums.org/widening-the-lens-photography-ecology-and-the-contemporary-landscape/

The countdown is on—there’s just one week until Inside Out Night!

For the past two years, Inside Out Night has sent our free summer event series off on a high note, and this year won’t be any different.

Curated by Pearlarts Movement and Sound, this dance party under the stars will feature DJ Soy Sos, DJ Na$h, and Philadelphia-based BEMPA and crew!

Learn more online: https://carnegieart.org/event/inside-out-night-2024/

Happy Birthday, Paul Rand! The renowned mid-century graphic designer was in 1914.

One of his most iconic designs, the Eye Bee M rebus for IBM, makes use of pictures to represent the letters I and B, with the M referencing the corporation’s logo.

This lithographed poster is part of our collection and is currently on view in Extraordinary Ordinary Things, an ongoing exhibition dedicated to our decorative arts and design collection.

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Paul Rand, International Business Machines Corporation, Eye Bee M Poster, 1982/1991, Carnegie Museum of Art, Gift from the George R. Kravis II Collection © Paul Rand

Cool off in the Sculpture Court during the final week of Inside Out, our free summer event series.

Thursday, from 5–9 p.m., celebrate American music traditions during Off the Rails: Country and Soul, curated by Kelsey Jumper and Annah Darling! Presented in collaboration with Desert Hearts and Honky-Tonk Jukebox Pittsburgh, join us and move your body with line dancing instruction from 412Step and live music from some of Pittsburgh’s finest!

Saturday, from 11 a.m.–4 p.m., The Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh reimagines choral music with a series of performances in the Sculpture Court! At 10 a.m., noon, and 1 p.m., YOGAMOTIF and Alecia Dawn Young will lead guided meditations for creativity.

Inside Out events are FREE and open to all ages! Learn more online at https://carnegieart.org/inside-out/

Did you know that our Sarah Scaife Galleries, designed by architect Edward Larrabee Barnes, turn 50 this year?

That’s just one of the things we’re celebrating at this year’s Untitled (Art Party), presented by PNC.

On Friday, Sept. 20, raise a glass, dance your heart out with TITLE TOWN Soul & Funk Dance Party, explore the galleries, and spend an evening with other art aficionados—all while supporting the museum you love.

Check out these photos of our building taken just after opening in 1974 and see how it comes alive, 50 years later, during Untitled (Art Party).

Get your tickets today: https://carnegieart.org/event/untitled-art-party-2024/

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Untitled (Art Party) is sponsored by:
Bobby Rahal Automotive Group
Bill Few Associates
Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield
PPG
Schneider Downs
Fort Pitt Capital Group LLC
Desmone Architects
Leech Tishman
Table Magazine

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Photos published in Orange Disc Magazine, "A Human Kind of Place: Pittsburgh’s Sarah Scaife Gallery," 1974

What do shock waves look like?

While in residence at an explosives range in Socorro, New Mexico, artist Lucy Raven captured the trajectory of shock waves using a variety of techniques, including cameras able to record at 20,000 to 70,000 frames per second.

The resulting artwork, Demolition of a Wall (Album 2)—now on view in Widening the Lens: Photography, Ecology, and the Contemporary Landscape—invokes a visual spectacle of air, pressure, force, extreme sp*ed, and legacies of nuclear radiation and fallout that continue the artist’s research into the relationships between violence, abstraction, and materiality.

Be sure to experience Raven’s immersive work, and the rest of Widening the Lens during your next visit to the museum. Learn more at: https://carnegieart.org/exhibition/wtl/

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Installation views of Lucy Raven, Demolition of a Wall (Album 2), 2022, in Widening the Lens: Photography, Ecology, and the Contemporary Landscape at Carnegie Museum of Art, 2024; photos: Zachary Riggleman

Artistic Swimming? We know a thing or two about that!

Get in the Olympic spirit and check out Juliette Borda's 1996 gouache, Synchronized Swimmers, which became part of our collection after the 88th Annual Exhibition of the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh ().

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Juliette Borda, Synchronized Swimmers, 1996, Carnegie Museum of Art, Carnegie Museum of Art Purchase Award: 88th Annual Exhibition of the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh

You won’t believe these FREE events in our Sculpture Court: Golden hour dance parties and Saturday afternoon wrestling! 🌇🤼

Sail into the sunset this Thursday at Inside Out! Mostbeautifullest is back for the third and final Inside Out sunset party, bringing you a taste of Houston, Texas with Amarji King and Club Shugga, a dance party for q***r people of color and their allies.

Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., KinselLand invites you and yours for a day of family-friendly sport, collaboration, and performance with Ryse Wrestling. Join us for groovy tunes, a rock paper scissor competition, collaborative crafts, and more!

Plan your visit at https://carnegieart.org/inside-out/

A new school year is just around the corner! ✏️

Nestled among many of Pittsburgh’s universities, we offer ✨FREE ✨ museum admission to Carnegie Museums of Art and Natural History to students of University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University, Point Park University, Chatham University, Carlow University, and Duquesne University Bayer School of Natural and Environmental Sciences or Honors College!

If you don’t attend one of the schools listed above, don’t worry—you can still get a discounted admission for $15 with a valid student ID.

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Installation view of What Brings Us Here?, Carnegie Museum of Art, 2023; photo: Sean Eaton

Take home a piece of history!

To celebrate our exhibition, Beate Kuhn: Turn, we’re offering a letterpress poster that was designed and printed in Germany in an edition of 200.

Printed by Peter M. Krause in 1968 to promote the exhibition, Ceramics from Germany at London’s Primavera Gallery, this poster features Kuhn striking sculpture, Idol, now on view at the museum.

This vintage, limited edition, poster is available exclusively from Carnegie Museum of Art. Get yours online: https://stores.carnegiemuseums.org/limited-edition-beate-kuhn-letter-press-print/

“I look at nature, I see myself. Paintings are mirrors, so is nature.” —Arthur G. Dove

Arthur G. Dove was in 1880. Among the earliest American abstract painters, Dove was renowned for his abstract compositions and innovative landscapes.

This painting, Tar Barrels, Huntington Harbor (1930) is just one of many by Dove in our collection.

Visit our collection site to browse more online or get a closer look at his paintings currently on view in our galleries!

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Arthur Dove, Tar Barrels, Huntington Harbor, 1930, Carnegie Museum of Art, Gift of G. David Thompson, © The Estate of Arthur G. Dove

🌙 Last year's Inside Out Night was one for the books! Who’s ready for this year?

For Inside Out Night 2024, PearlArts Movement & Sound are turning things up a level with DJ Soy Sos, DJ Na$h, and guest performances from Philadelphia-based BEMPA and crew!

We’ll see you on Friday, Aug. 23, from 8 p.m. to midnight as we light up the dance floor and wrap up our free outdoor summer event series in style!

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Photos: Sean Eaton