I come bearing glorious news to start this day: the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh has acquired a 2016 Kerry James Marshall painting. The work in question, a five-by-four-foot slice of thick…
Pictures at an Exhibition presents images of one notable show every weekday. Today’s show: “All Terrain Vehicle” is a group exhibition currently on view at James Gallery in Pittsburgh…
Philip Pearlstein and Andy Warhol met at Carnegie Tech and became fast friends. In New York City, they shared an apartment, worked together, and took their first steps toward fame and fortune…
In 1896, steel magnate Andrew Carnegie inaugurated the Carnegie International exhibition as part of his philanthropic crusade to bring culture to the masses.
The Hamburg-based photographer Thorsten Brinkmann has transformed a disused residence into an artist-designed funhouse featuring a labyrinth of hidden rooms. It's Kurt Schwitters's Merzbau meets…
What do the curators of the 2013 Carnegie International want you to take away from their museum-wide exhibition? The key word is "play."
Several months ago I met the video and multimedia artist Doug Aitken, who told me of his plans, years in the making, for a three-week cross-country trip aboard a specially outfitted train, with seve…
Yesterday was a very busy art day in Pittsburgh, with several openings at downtown galleries and art spaces. First, I went to see Herman Pearl's new installation Named UnNamed in a vacant commercial…