Seen + Heard: Fall 2026

The Warhol Welcomes a New Curator

Hannah Klemm has joined The Andy Warhol Museum as its Milton Fine Curator of Art. She was most recently curator of modern and contemporary art at the Blanton Museum of Art at the University of Texas at Austin. “What has always inspired me about both Warhol and the museum is a belief that art does not happen in isolation,” Klemm says.“It emerges through communities, conversations, and the exchange of ideas.” Klemm also served as associate curator of modern and contemporary art for the Saint Louis Art Museum.

Portrait of a woman with long black hair in a black outfit, standing with arms crossed indoors; her calm expression creates a poised tone.

Fourth Annual Call for Art That Imagines an Equitable Pittsburgh

Carnegie Museums is inviting local artists of all ages to imagine what it means to make a home in Pittsburgh where everyone can live and thrive. The museums and its partners—Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, the University of Pittsburgh, and Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh—announced the fourth annual “Envisioning a Just Pittsburgh” call for art. Submissions are due by Nov. 1. More information can be found at www.carnegiemuseums. org/JustPgh.

And the Award Goes To …Carnegie Magazine!

Carnegie magazine took home three wins in this year’s Golden Quill awards for excellence in journalism, including best in show for the magazine division! The magazine’s spring 2025 cover story, “Chirps in the Night,” about herpetologist Jen Sheridan’s exploits in the Bornean rainforest claimed the top prize for profile writing, as well as the Ray Sprigle Memorial Award for the best overall magazine story. The award for education writing went to “Printmaking with Purpose” about the teen printmaking programs at The Andy Warhol Museum. Carnegie magazine was also awarded first place for education writing at this year’s Pittsburgh Black Media Federation banquet for “Nurturing Empowerment,” about the Museum of Art’s Empowered Educators program.

New Dinosaur Species Identified

Illustration of feathered prehistoric dinosaurs battling midair: a large brown predator lunges at smaller birds, wings spread amid green foliage.

Carnegie Museum of Natural History’s senior paleontologist, Matt Lamanna, has helped identify a new species of dinosaur found in China. Lamanna co-authored a paper that revealed the new species, named Jian changmaensis. The microraptor is the first non-avian dinosaur to be found at one of the most important fossil bird sites in the world, the Changma Basin of northwestern China. The predatory Jian fed on prehistoric birds and other small animals, and gives researchers a new perspective on the Age of Dinosaurs in that region.

Grayscale close-up of a walrus sculpture with wrinkled textured skin and one long curved tusk, set against a plain gray background.

“It’s emotional. It’s a beautiful exhibit. But there’s a lot of new stories to tell. That’s part of our duty also, I believe, to show that science is changing and we continue to learn.”
Sarah Crawford, director of museum experience at Carnegie Museum of Natural History, to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on the closing of the Polar World exhibition

Charles ‘Teenie’ Harris joins Pittsburgh Walk of Fame

black and white image of a man holding an old-timed camera

Legendary Pittsburgh photographer Charles “Teenie” Harris will join Andrew Carnegie and Andy Warhol on Pittsburgh’s Walk of Fame. The Strip District landmark, which had its debut last year, honors notable individuals with ties to the Pittsburgh region. Harris chronicled Pittsburgh’s Black community from the 1930s to the ‘80s, and his archive of more than 70,000 images and photonegatives is owned and preserved by Carnegie Museum of Art. Harris officially will be inducted during a ceremony at The Terminal on Oct. 13.