Art & Museums category, Page 8
Banksy unveils new rhino art in an animal-themed collection that has popped up across London
LONDON — Street artist Banksy on Monday unveiled a new mural of a rhinoceros that looks like it is climbing on top of a car in London — the eighth animal-themed artwork he has posted in the past week in a collection that includes elephants, a goat, a wolf, pelicans...
Heinz History Center displays real-life ‘A League Of Their Own’ artifacts
The 1992 film “A League Of Their Own” starring Geena Davis and Tom Hanks has delighted generations with its tale of a wartime American women’s baseball league. The truth of that league, it turns out, is just as compelling as what’s seen on the screen. The Heinz History Center in...
Here are 5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: Aug. 2-4
Rev up your engines and cruise into August! Summer weekends are dwindling, but the heat shows no sign of stopping — here’s all the excitement that’s going on around town this weekend. Vintage Grand Prix Time to zoom over to Schenley Park for a Pittsburgh tradition. This weekend is jam-packed...
Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council report shows racial inequity in arts funding
Arts and culture funding in Pittsburgh is inequitable, according to a new report released by the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council. A Second Look: Racial Equity and Arts Funding in Greater Pittsburgh is supported in part by a National Endowment for the Arts research grant, a follow-up to the Greater Pittsburgh...
Hammers ring out during blacksmith gathering in Ligonier Township
Pieces of red-hot steel were shaped into close to 200 useful or decorative items Saturday as area blacksmiths gathered for the annual Hammer-In event at Laughlintown’s Compass Inn Museum. Visitors watched in the museum’s forge as about 20 members of the Pittsburgh Area Artist Blacksmiths Association hammered out a variety...
Immerse yourself in arts and culture: A weekend of diverse events in Pittsburgh
If you’re looking to fill your weekend with all things arts and culture, there is no shortage of events happening in and around the city this weekend. From performances that reflect the beauty of the African diaspora to the Filipino American Association of Pittsburgh’s Summer Picnic, start planning out your...
Taylor Swift’s museum era is on full display at London’s V&A
LONDON — Taylor Swift fans who missed her world tour or those who can’t get enough of her can catch her at the museum this summer. As a celebration of her double run of sold-out shows in London on her Eras Tour, real items from Swift’s different musical eras have...
‘Learning from Each Other’ art show features Greensburg Salem community
A group art show featuring 28 current and former Greensburg Salem School District teachers and students is on display at Dv8 Espresso Bar and Gallery, 208 S. Pennsylvania Ave., Greensburg. “Learning from Each Other,” organized by Greensburg Salem art teachers Darryl and Kelley Audia and retired art teacher Jerome D’Angelo,...
When George Washington was a general, what was his tent like? Find out at Fort Ligonier
A traveling replica of George Washington’s headquarters and sleeping tent will be featured at Fort Ligonier fort Friday through Sunday. The large linen tent is filled with reproductions of period artifacts and equipment. Presented by Philadelphia’s Museum of the American Revolution, the exhibit includes costumed interpreters who will assemble a...
Carnegie Museum of Art launches ‘Widening the Lens’ podcast with Venus Williams
The Carnegie Museum of Art launched its “Widening the Lens” podcast series, featuring tennis champion and emerging contemporary art authority Venus Williams. The six-episode podcast extends the exhibition “Widening the Lens: Photography, Ecology and the Contemporary Landscape,” which opened on May 12, beyond the gallery walls. The podcast gives permanence...
Westmoreland Museum of American Art exhibition tells American stories from the Great Depression to World War II
Opening this Thursday, “The Great Search: Art in a Time of Change, 1928-1945” is a new exhibition at the Westmoreland Museum of American Art that tells diverse stories from a difficult time in American history. Jeremiah William McCarthy, the museum’s chief curator, discussed the inspiration for the collection of works....
Take it inside: Here are some indoor options to escape the heat
As heat advisories dominate Western Pennsylvania, the thought of doing anything outside might be overwhelming. That doesn’t mean you have to hide away in your home this week. Here is a list of eight indoor activities to do without breaking a sweat. Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens The conservatory is...
Westmoreland Museum of American Art to host annual Greensburg Pride Prom event
Greensburg Pride Prom is back and bigger than ever this Saturday at the Westmoreland Museum of American Art, 221 N. Main St., Greensburg. The event, held each year during Pride Month in June, is an opportunity for the LGBTQIA+ community in Westmoreland County to get together, let loose and have...
Heinz History Center celebrates Civic Season with patriotic programming
Here in the midst of June, we are entering a slew of patriotic holidays and anniversaries, starting on Friday with Flag Day and concluding on the Fourth of July. At the Sen. John Heinz History Center and more than 400 other museums and cultural institutions around the country, this period...
Museum of Illusions will hold ‘AfterDARK’ 21-plus event
The Museum of Illusions Pittsburgh on the North Side has been open only since December, but it’s already establishing itself as a destination for kids and their families. This Thursday, though, the museum’s “AfterDARK” event will be open late only to adults for a night of mingling, music, drinks and...
Student art heats up at Hazelwood’s Industrial Arts Workshop youth welding program
In the cavernous, noisy workspace of the Industrial Arts Workshop, tucked away on Herbert Way in Pittsburgh’s Hazelwood neighborhood, sparks are flying. Almost every afternoon the room fills with high-school-age students, who pull on protective gear and hurry back to their personal projects. Metal sculptures — a phoenix, flowers, a...
Greensburg grocery store murals incorporate the community
Tom Charley knew he wanted to add a splash of color to the Charley Family Shop’n Save stores in Greensburg. About 7,000 square feet of color, as it turns out. That’s where Greensburg artist Daisher Rocket came in, creating a 4,600 square-foot mural on several walls of the East Pittsburgh...
Tree of Life exhibit displayed in Senate rotunda in Washington
The tragedy of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting still rests heavy on the hearts of the region nearly six years later, but its memory may not be as powerful outside of Pittsburgh. A traveling exhibit now on display at a U.S. Senate building in Washington, D.C., hopes to remind people of...
Three Rivers Arts Festival gets 2nd day of sunny skies
The Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival entered its second day under sunny skies in Pittsburgh’s Cultural District Saturday. The 10-day festival began Friday and runs through June 9. The festival features performances on multiple stages, gallery exhibitions, public art installations, activities for all ages and an Artist Market open...
Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival kicks off
Artists from across the region — and nation — will converge starting Friday on the 14-block Cultural District as the Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival kicks off, ushering in 10 days of free art and music. The festival, now in its third consecutive year of festivities relocated from around...
Pittsburgh is hosting Chesney, Pride and Arts Fest on Saturday. Here’s how to navigate them
Call it the trifecta, the triple whammy or, like Pittsburgh parking magnate Merrill Stabile, the perfect storm. However it’s described, Saturday is shaping up to be epic for Pittsburgh, as the city hosts three major events Downtown and on the North Shore that are expected to draw hundreds of thousands...
U.S. vows more returns of looted antiquities as Italy celebrates latest haul of 600 artifacts
ROME — Italy on Tuesday celebrated the return of around 600 antiquities from the U.S., including ancient bronze statues, gold coins, mosaics and manuscripts valued at $65 million, that were looted years ago, sold to U.S. museums, galleries and collectors and recovered as a result of criminal investigations. U.S. Ambassador...
‘Science Behind Pixar’ exhibit to open at Pittsburgh’s Science Center
Buzz Lightyear and Woody, the famous animated characters from the “Toy Story” movies, are embarking on another adventure at “The Science Behind Pixar’ exhibition, which opened Saturday and runs through the rest of the year at the soon to be Daniel G. and Carole L. Kamin Science Center on Pittsburgh’s...
Fort Ligonier to host Prussian reenactors, offers free admission for military families
A Prussian invasion is anticipated this weekend at Fort Ligonier. Reenactors portraying Prussian soldiers who engaged in combat during the mid 18th century will take up residence for a historical military encampment Saturday and Sunday at the reconstructed fort. Based in the Midwest, the infantry brigade will be on hand...
Thailand welcomes home trafficked 1,000-year-old statues returned by New York’s Metropolitan Museum
BANGKOK — Thailand’s National Museum hosted a welcome-home ceremony Tuesday for two ancient statues that were trafficked illegally from Thailand by a British collector of antiquities and were returned from the collection of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. The objects — a tall bronze figure called the Standing Shiva...
