A look at recent and ongoing projects that have advanced discourse on art locally
From documentary work to new twists on pop culture, the scene is really expanding
By Robert Raczka
Tags: Art Reviews + Features
The Year in Visual Art
Thinking Outside and Inside the Box in 2015
Five local art projects that thought outside the box in 2014
From house-sized installations to performing birds, artists pushed art in Pittsburgh in new directions
The Sandbox is a pop-up bookstore — and much more — in the Carnegie's old coatroom
Even the preexisting wooden counter creates the feeling that you've arrived somewhere that's not a gallery
A review of the PCA's Emerging Artist of the Year Show
We expect a lot of choices these days, and Mia Tarducci Henry supplies them
Tom Sarver's Occasional Market takes over 707 Penn
Sarver again adapts the concept of "store," in this case riffing on art-gallery-as-store
Pittsburgh Artists Against Fracking sounds an alarm
Exhibit includes more than 100 works by 80-some artists
Jennifer Myers' new and recent work emphasizes the spirit of Everywoman
This exhibit has a feel of immediacy, more akin to outsider art than to academic finesse
An unprized favorite, puzzling inclusions, best dead artists and more in the Carnegie International.
Inclusion is not a simple matter of the curators' perception of "quality" or "artistic excellence."
A photographer's curious tribute to the Civic Arena.
Arena is technically accomplished, but thematically circumscribed.
By Mars Johnson
Affordable-ish Housing in Pittsburgh: density or destiny edition
By Michael Machosky
The mayor and the tenor: when Masloff met Pavarotti
By David S. Rotenstein
Pittsburgh’s street trees are free upon request. So why do they often go to the city’s wealthiest residents?
By James Paul
The Thunderbirds are ready for their ninth season of pro ultimate frisbee
By Colin Williams