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Artistry

Innovative artists and gallery exhibits

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Big Show, Worth a Long Look: ‘Femme Touch’ at The Warhol 

Women, trans women, and queens take center stage in The Warhol’s museum-wide exhibition.

this necklace is attributed the Guild of Handicraft in London circa 1900. The overall design is ornate but has a palpable unity and the enameled image evokes days of yore. (© Artists Rights Society / ADAGP. Photo: John Faier

Every Jewel Tells a Story: ‘Maker & Muse’ at The Frick Pittsburgh

The Frick’s exhibit shows how women and reform movements changed art jewelry around the turn of the last century.

Space Travels: An-My Lê’s ‘On Contested Terrain’ at The Carnegie

A photo exhibit at Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Museum of Art takes you to strange spaces and places.

Three Rivers Arts Festival 2020 FEATURED|Performance artist Christiane D leads the Complaints n'at Choir at Gateway Center’s “T” Station in downtown Pittsburgh.|Three cheers for three cheetahs: Work by Canadian couple DaNisha (Dan and Nisha Ferguson) has been among big draws at the Artists Market.

Digital History in the Making: Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival Moves Online

That’s right; the whole Arts Festival fandango goes digital this year.

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Art from New Angles: The Carnegie and The Warhol Online

You say it’s not like being there? True, but you get new views in some on visits to Pittsburgh museums.

Warhol's large yellow 'Cross' is paired with a red one. Together they bracket one of his 'Skull' paintings.|The holy figures in 'Raphael Madonna—$6.99' are from the Renaissance painter's 'Sistine Madonna' and the cash figure is from a 20th-century ad.|Andy's doubled-in-pink 'Last Supper' looks tiny here but spans a wide wall in the gallery.|JFK's widow becomes an icon of mourning. This 1964 'Jackie' is one of a series in the exhibition.|The "sunset" film

‘Revelation,’ at The Warhol, Reveals Andy’s Spiritual Journey

Andy Warhol grew up as a Byzantine Catholic boy. A new exhibit traces how he carried this through his life, and into art.

The Bambi Wave Mural

‘Era of Cool: The Art of John Van Hamersveld’ at The Westmoreland Museum

The iconic pop art designer rode both the surfing and rock and roll waves.

but Ilse Bing in her doubly mirrored 'Self-Portrait with Leica' from 1931. (photo print

‘Street Photography to Surrealism’ at The Frick: How an Art Form Expanded Its Focus

The Frick Art Museum’s show features striking photo art from France during the momentous years 1900 to 1945.

and they might be. (photo: Bryan Conley)|Postcommodity's 'From Smoke and Tangled Waters

Art Speaks in Many Languages at the Carnegie International

The 57th edition of the International even speaks Pittsburghese, with local artists among the global galaxy in the show.

Woman (with Strawberry Stamps)

‘Adman: Warhol Before Pop’: An Interesting Look at Warhol’s Early New York City Years

The Warhol is exhibiting a broad retrospective of Andy Warhol’s initial work in New York City as an advertising designer and burgeoning artist.

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