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If the British royal family was looking for a public relations win after Princess Catherine’s Photoshop fails, the unveiling of King Charles’ newest royal portrait was not it. “I’m sorry, but this portrait looks like he’s in hell,” one person posted in comments under artist Jonathan Yeo’s and the royal...

Craving music? Good food? Some shopping? Don’t let the weekend go to waste. Here are a handful of fun things to do in Pittsburgh. Pittonkatonk Get ready to enjoy some free live music without boundaries. Starting at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Vietnam Veterans Pavilion in Schenley Park, Pittonkatonk is...

When Hempfield Area senior Emily Flores’ grandmother died in 2022, she wanted to find a way to honor her memory. “(Her death) really dug deep into my heart,” said Flores, 18. “I really thought about my childhood with her, and about my culture, and I wanted to take her with...

MADRID — Spain’s Prado Museum on Monday confirmed that a painting that was due to be auctioned in Madrid in 2021 is in fact a work by Italian Baroque master Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio that was considered lost. It will be unveiled to the public for the first time in...

The interactive installation Soundwalk in the Hill District pays homage to the community work of Frankie Mae and Charles Henry Pace as musicians, activists and entrepreneurs from the 1930s to the 1960s. Taking place from 2-4 p.m. Saturday in the Hill District’s Frankie Mae Pace Park, the Soundwalk celebrates the...

French foes never succeeded in capturing Fort Ligonier from the British during the mid-18th century armed conflict between the two nations. But reenactors portraying French Marines will have the run of the recreated version of the fort Saturday and Sunday in Ligonier Borough. They’ll show visitors how troops would have...

Many of us remember on a windy day going to the park to fly a kite. We also might recall the colorful piece of fabric attached to a long string getting stuck in a tree. Bringing back those moments, artists Lenka Clayton and Phillip Andrew Lewis created an installation of...

Having a king as a godfather is pretty cool. Just ask India Hicks — hers is King Charles III, monarch of the United Kingdom. Hicks will be in Pittsburgh as the featured guest at the On Dec 2024 presentation and luncheon sponsored by the Women’s Committee of the Carnegie Museum...

This Saturday, downtown Greensburg will come alive with art, activities, performances and more. Greensburg ArtsWalk 2024 is an opportunity for community members of all ages to explore the vibrant local arts scene — and have a fun day out. Presented by the Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Seton Hill University...

VENICE, Italy — Jeffrey Gibson’s takeover of the U.S. pavilion for this year’s Venice Biennale contemporary art show is a celebration of color, pattern and craft, which is immediately evident on approaching the bright red facade decorated by a colorful clash of geometry and a foreground dominated by a riot...

With the availability of AI art generators, anyone with a computer or similar device can lay some kind of claim to creativity. Selva Priya Sahadevan prefers to cultivate actual talent. In March, she celebrated the opening of her Getitfromnature Arts studio on Millers Run Road in Bridgeville, after nearly five...

LONDON — A portrait of Winston Churchill by an artist whose work the British leader loathed went on display Tuesday at Churchill’s birthplace ahead of an auction in June. The painting by modernist artist Graham Sutherland was made in preparation for a larger portrait that Churchill hated and which was...

Visitors to the Fred Rogers Center at Saint Vincent College will find a thread of creativity stretching back to an earlier era in American decorative arts. Located on the center’s first floor, the Foster and Muriel McCarl Coverlet Gallery will debut its new spring exhibit, “An American Legacy: The Brian...

At the Greensburg Salem School District, art has wheels. Eighteen hand-painted skateboard decks decorated by high school students are being auctioned off for charity through a collaboration between the district and the Greensburg Business and Professional Association, also known as Shop Greensburg. The boards feature colorful imagery ranging from outdoor...

Quincy Swatson is inviting artists across the city and beyond to be part of a gallery show he is curating in May called “I am.” The art exhibition aims to showcase the diverse tapestry of the human experience and the duality of art. “There’s so much in the world that’s...

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to correct earlier information provided by museum officials regarding the renovation cost. After eight months of renovations, the Carnegie Music Hall in Oakland will be reopening its doors, the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh announced Friday. The renovated space boasts the addition of air...

Opening this Saturday, “A Woman’s Place: How Women Shaped Pittsburgh” is a new exhibition by the Heinz History Center in the Strip District that chronicles and explores the lives of women from Western Pennsylvania and beyond. Situated in the first-floor gallery, “A Woman’s Place” is two centuries and more than...

This year’s free featured concert lineup for the Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival was announced Thursday. The festival, running May 31-June 9 in Pittsburgh’s Cultural District, will feature singer-songwriter Ben Folds, seminal hip-hop groups the Sugarhill Gang and the Furious Five, among others. The main stage is moving to...

Sewickley’s Sweetwater Center for the Arts is bringing in a slate of renowned artists as instructors for its 2024 Master Classes. The series of five three-day workshops will take place between April and October of 2024. “Our big goal with the Master Classes is to offer something here at the...

Pittsburgh’s favorite neighbor would have turned 96 on Wednesday. To celebrate the life of Fred Rogers, host of the long-running WQED children’s show “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh on the North Side is offering free admission on March 20. Rogers was born on that date in 1928...

Spring is in the air at the Westmoreland Museum of American Art. From Thursday to Sunday, “Art in Bloom” will bring a burst of floral inspiration to the Greensburg museum. The program pairs 20 local floral artists with pieces of art from the museum’s collection and tasks them with creating...