Art & Museums category, Page 37
Artist transforms Uptown tiger into ‘Tiger King’ portrait of Joe Exotic
Pop culture is a big part of Jeremy Raymer’s art, and he knows the value of having a finger on the pulse of the cultural zeitgeist. So when a friend mentioned the old tiger’s head, painted on a wall near the intersection of Moultrie Street and Tustin Street behind the...
The Frick Pittsburgh now closed through June 1
The Frick Pittsburgh has extended the closure of its campus and cancellation of programs through June 1 due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Point Breeze historical site and art museum is working to move some scheduled programs online, and will be sharing information as it becomes available. Resources currently available...
Latrobe Art Center seeks homemade art-making video tutorialsVideo
Latrobe Art Center wants to keep teaching and sharing art during its coronavirus-related closure. The center is asking anyone who would like to participate to share an art-making video tutorial via its social media accounts with the hashtag #HomeStudioLAC. The center is hoping to be able to share “a series...
New Kensington Camera Club exhibit at Pittsburgh Mills shows A-K Valley artists, placesVideo
Despite the inclination to remain at home this weekend, residents still trickled past the photography exhibit “Focus on the Arts” at Pittsburgh Mills in Frazer. The exhibit, which features the work of New Kensington Camera Club members, runs through May 31 in the mall near Victoria’s Secret. Local sights such...
Westmoreland Museum of American Art closes for rest of March, citing coronavirus concerns
Coronavirus concerns have prompted the Westmoreland Museum of American Art to close its doors to the public beginning Saturday and continuing through the end of March. The decision was triggered by Gov. Wolf’s order on Friday closing all Pennsylvania schools for 10 business days. “We believe this decision is in...
Receptions planned for 2 exhibitions at Seton Hill art center
Editor’s note: This event has been canceled/postponed due to coronavirus concerns. Receptions for two art exhibitions are scheduled for March 19 in the Seton Hill University Art Center in downtown Greensburg. The exhibitions include: • “Speaking Within Space,” running through April 10 in the Harlan Gallery. Presented by the Society...
Pittsburgh artist will show ‘Really Big Faces’ at Spinning Plate GalleryVideo
Editor’s note: Because of the coronavirus pandemic, artist Tom Mosser announced the “Really Big Faces” event has been postponed. A future date will be announced later. Tom Mosser gives new meaning to face time. The artist from Pittsburgh’s East End created a portrait show called “Really Big Faces” featuring Pittsburgh...
Marilyn, soup cans, wigs feature in Warhol show at Tate in London
Images of soup cans and Marilyn Monroe’s lips are on display in a new Andy Warhol show at London’s Tate Modern — alongside several of the artist’s wigs. The exhibition includes more than 100 works by the pop-art icon, including Coke bottles, Campbell’s soup cans and celebrities including Dolly Parton,...
Carnegie Museum of Art appoints Eric Crosby as director
Eric Crosby has been appointed The Henry J. Heinz II Director of the Carnegie Museum of Art in Oakland. Previously the Richard Armstrong Senior Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, he served as museum’s acting director since January 2019. “Eric has a deep commitment to the mission of Carnegie Museums...
Greensburg Art Center seeking proposals for sculpture garden
Greensburg Art Center is inviting artists to submit proposals for a work to be added to the center’s outdoor sculpture garden. Sculpture would be installed in late summer 2021 as an adjunct to an exhibition of three-dimensional works planned for the Rowe Gallery in the center at 230 Todd School...
Modern sculpture by Dan Droz on tap for Sharpsburg’s Zynka GalleryVideo
Seemingly working sculptural magic with metal, the works of Pittsburgh artist Dan Droz will be featured in Gallery 900. The opening reception is set for 5:30 to 9 p.m. Saturday. Gallery 900 is next to Zynka Gallery, 904 Main St., Sharpsburg. Droz’s exhibition “Transformations II” will feature 30 new sculptures...
Pianist first up in The Westmoreland’s spring jazz concert series
Jazz pianist Joshua Ben will open the Spring Jazz Concert Series with a March 11 performance in The Westmoreland Museum of American Art in Greensburg. The music is scheduled for 7-9 p.m. Concert-goers are invited to arrive early to explore the galleries and get a bite to eat from Café...
Saint Vincent student artist has solo show at Latrobe Art Center
Saint Vincent College senior Sydney Hoffman will display her artwork in a solo exhibition in Latrobe Art Center’s Annex Gallery. “Caught in a Glimpse: Portraiture of Human Expression” will open March 5 and run through April 2. A free reception with appetizers and refreshments is planned for 6-8 p.m. March...
History Center offering tips for researching Irish family heritage
Curious about your Irish ancestors? Need help tracing your family tree back to the Emerald Isle? The Detre Library & Archives at the Senator John Heinz History Center is hosting its sixth annual Irish Genealogy Workshop on St. Patrick’s Day. Irish genealogy experts Fintan Mullan and Gillian Hunt from the...
Fort Ligonier staffer’s research takes her ‘across the pond’
Erica Nuckles, director of history and collections for Fort Ligonier, will present information she gleaned from her travels to the United Kingdom during a “Tea and Time Travel: Exploring Incredible Connections in the U.K.” Speaker Series program on March 8 at the museum, 200 S. Market St. During the 2...
Franklin Regional students learn about Panther alum’s ‘augmented reality art’
Christopher Ruane of Murrysville hopes visiting the Westmoreland Museum of American Art in Greensburg can help inspire Franklin Regional students to pursue a life of creativity. Ruane’s art keeps him busy nowadays, but it wasn’t always that way. “When I was in high school, I grew up in a sports-minded...
Westmoreland Historical Society plans day trip to museums
The Westmoreland Historical Society will sponsor a bus trip from Greensburg to the Fort Pitt Museum, Fort Pitt Blockhouse and the Senator John Heinz History Center, all in Pittsburgh, on April 4. Guided tours of the Fort Pitt Museum will include the exhibit “Pittsburgh, Virginia,” detailing how the city almost...
Artists explore climate change in Carnegie Museum of Art show
The title of “Counterpressures,” the 83rd installment of Carnegie Museum of Art’s Forum series, is taken from a quotation in Pittsburgh environmentalist Rachel Carson’s 1962 book “Silent Spring,” on the environmental effects of pesticides. An exhibition of new and existing works that explore climate change will open with a free...
Artist’s dryer lint sculptures to be displayed inside Pittsburgh laundromat
Clothes lint from dryers became the medium for artist Cheryl Capezzuti, so a pop-up art installation at a laundromat seems to be a natural progression. On Saturday, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., some of Capezzuti’s works of lint sculptures will be displayed inside the Butler St. Coin-op Laundromat in...
Battle of the Beasts at Mr. Smalls in Millvale combines music, art and fashion
Honeybees are the influence behind a fashion show collaboration coming to Mr. Smalls Theatre this weekend. A trio of artists — Stuart Frick of Pittsburgh, who makes hand-painted clothing, the Pittsburgh-based band Hunnycomb and Pittsburgh painter and photographer Mariah Wild – got together to incorporate the insects into their assignment...
Banksy’s Valentine’s Day mural covered after it was defaced
LONDON — The family that owns a house in southwest England where an artwork from Banksy appeared in time for Valentine’s Day has covered the mural after it was defaced. Temporary fencing was also added Saturday to the home in Bristol and closed-circuit television has been installed to protect the...
‘Maker & Muse,’ showing art jewelry in all its splendor, to open at The Frick PittsburghVideo
This art sparkles and shines. “Maker & Muse: Women and Early Twentieth Century Art Jewelry” opens Saturday at the Frick Pittsburgh in Point Breeze. The exhibit runs through May 10. Organized by the Richard H. Driehaus Museum in Chicago, “Maker & Muse” encompasses more than 200 examples of art jewelry...
New Banksy piece appears on birthday of house owner where artwork appeared
That Banksy is at it again. A new work from the anonymous artist showed up on the side of house in Bristol, United Kingdom, on Feb. 13. It was confirmed Feb. 14 as a Banksy piece on his website and Instagram. The new work depicts a girl with a slingshot...
The Westmoreland’s African American art exhibition features array of genres
The 45 pieces of work by 34 black artists at The Westmoreland Museum of American Art’s newest exhibition, part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s traveling exhibition, represent seven decades of art. “African American Art in the 20th Century” runs Feb. 16 through May 10 at the museum at 221...
‘Pittsburgh’s Lost Outpost’ author to speak at Fort Ligonier
As part of Fort Ligonier’s six-part Speaker Series, author Jason Cherry will discuss his book, “Pittsburgh’s Lost Outpost: Captain Trent’s Fort,” in the fort’s history education center at 2 p.m. Feb. 16. In 1754, before a young George Washington sets the world on fire in the glen, Ohio Company Factor...
