The Fine Art of Louise Lippincott
The longtime curator reflects on 27 years of artful collaboration—and winning sports teams.
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Face Time: Nicole Heller
Nicole Heller used to spend her days on hands and knees trying to tease apart the secret world of Argentine ants—an invasive insect that has risen to worldwide prominence thanks
News Worthy
Meet Andy CarnegieBot, your guide to summer adventure June 9 marks the start of the 2018 Summer Adventure at all four Carnegie Museums. As members visit the museums, attend specially
How I Fell in Love with Science
More than 2,000 area students participate in STEM competitions each year through Carnegie Science Center. For some, it ignites a lifelong passion for science.
Directors’ Note
On one very cold day last January, after nearly a decade of planning, we took our first hard-hat tour of Carnegie Science Center’s new expansion, the PPG SCIENCE PAVILION™—what now
President’s Note
This issue celebrates two proud, distinctive, and interlinked American traditions: a strong, cultural sector and an active culture of philanthropy to support it. Philanthropists, after all, are simply private citizens
News Worthy Summer 2017
High-flying changes on the North Shore They’ve stood atop Carnegie Science Center’s iconic building since the year 2000: 12-foot-high letters that clearly demarcate the popular North Shore attraction. Their removal
Nature’s Garden of Good and Evil
Poison’s role in nature, legend, and human health is complex—from defense to lethal-weapon-turned-lifesaving treatment.
Engineering the Future
Pittsburgh’s legacy of engineering excellence is far from a thing of the past. The region’s big thinkers continue to find solutions to big problems.
Starstruck
Part of Andy Warhol’s Pop-art genius is rooted in his boyhood fascination with movie stars, the springboard for a lifelong infatuation with fame and celebrity culture.
Meaningful Beauty
These art collectors get great satisfaction building their collections—and giving them away.
The Great American Eclipse
August 21 marks a rare opportunity to witness one of nature’s most dazzling spectacles: the first total eclipse of the sun to sweep the country in nearly a century.
Out of Many, One
What’s it like to be an immigrant in today’s Pittsburgh? Their journeys reflect a broader American story.
Order & Chaos
Carnegie Museum of Art mines its significant holdings from 1750–1850, revealing artists’ visions of a Western world caught between rational order and chaotic abandon.
Pittsburgh’s Painter
John Kane helped build industrial Pittsburgh. Then, as a complete unknown, his work was accepted into the 1927 Carnegie International, making him the first self-taught artist to be recognized by the American art establishment. His muse: his adopted city.
Healing Through Art
A partnership between The Warhol and Highmark Caring Place gives grieving kids a chance to make new memories to last a lifetime.
News Worthy
A dinosaur dream come true It was the length of a school bus and lived in what’s now modern-day Egypt. And it’s giving paleontologists rare insight into a time and
Face Time: Liz Whitewolf
[media-credit name=”Photo: Joshua Franzos” alignnone size-full] Photo: Joshua Franzos [/media-credit] When self-described “maker” Liz Whitewolf learned that her daughters wanted loft beds, she didn’t take them shopping. Instead she helped
Director’s Note
[media-credit name=”Photo: Abby Warhola” alignnone size-full] Photo: Abby Warhola [/media-credit] Over the past year, we’ve talked a lot at The Andy Warhol Museum about how, as an institution dedicated to
Climate Change in Our Backyard
Carnegie Museum of Natural History researchers are on the front lines of climate science, tracking the complex changes unfolding right here in western Pennsylvania.
Tour Your Future
Carnegie Science Center partners with local workplaces to inspire young women to expand their vision of their life’s work.
Thinking in the Round
For decades, Pittsburgh sculptor Thaddeus Mosley has been circling the wood to find the art within. And this year, a dream of sorts comes true as he joins the ranks of artists he’s always admired as part of the 2018 Carnegie International.
To Preserve and Protect
Behind the scenes with the cultural caretakers of Carnegie Museum of Natural History’s one-of-a-kind collections.
The People Are the Light
How one Pittsburgh-based artist formed a creative community to bring light to the vacant spaces in Homewood.
