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Henri Matisse : The Thousand and One Nights Henri Matisse created the colorful and joyous The Thousand and One
Nights, with its fanciful magic lamps, dancing plant forms, and hearts
at the age of 81, when he was too ill to paint comfortably at an easel. Working
in bed, Matisse cut out shapes from pre-painted paper with scissors. He then
directed his assistants to arrange the cutouts according to his instructions.
Connections: The West End Pedestrian Bridge
Competition The West End Bridge is a major historic element in the Pittsburgh
cityscape, a key bridge in a city famed for its bridges. Linking the city's
Northside and West End neighborhoods, the bridge offers splendid views east to
Point State Park and downtown Pittsburgh and west across Brunot's Island and
the Ohio River. However, it is difficult for pedestrians and cyclists to access
and traverse the bridge in current circumstances. As part of the ongoing
development of the rivers and riverbanks in Pittsburgh, the Riverlife Task
Force organized a two-phase competition to improve pedestrian use of the
bridge. Louis Comfort Tiffany: Artist for the Ages Louis Comfort Tiffany: Artist for the Ages presents 120
exquisite art objects by one of the most important decorative artists of the
early 20th century, Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848-1933). Son of Charles Tiffany,
founder of the renowned Fifth Avenue jewelry store, the younger Tiffany is best
known for his artistry in the glass medium as well as for the lavish interiors
he designed for the houses of some of the wealthiest American industrialists of
the period. The exhibition reveals the extraordinary range of Tiffany's
accomplishments and includes his signature art glass windows, lamps, mosaics,
metalwork, pottery, furniture, screens, paintings, jewelry, and objects d'art.
Distinctive Desk Sets: Useful Ornament from Tiffany
Studios Tiffany Studios, directed by Louis Comfort Tiffany, produced bronze desk sets in a variety of designs and finishes. This exhibition presents nine desk sets that demonstrate the surprising number of objects that appeared on the well-appointed desks of the socially prominent in the early 20th century. General support for the exhibition program at Carnegie Museum of Art is provided by grants from the Heinz Endowments and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.
96th Annual Associated Artists of Pittsburgh
Exhibition Some of the best work of Pittsburgh regional artists will be on display when the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh (AAP) hosts its 96th annual exhibition in the museum’s Heinz Galleries. The event is the longest running annually occurring exhibition of its kind in the United States. Each year since 1910, the organization has invited its 500 member artists, who all live within 150 miles of the city, to submit work for the show. Douglas Fogle, Carnegie Museum of Art curator of contemporary art, juried the 2006 exhibition. Fogle selected 87 works by 73 artists for presentation in the
exhibition. “The works I chose represent a wide cross-section of media
and employ equally divergent methods of engaging the audience,” Fogle
says. On view are paintings, watercolors, sculptures, ceramics, photographs,
videos, and works in mixed media and fiber. AAP has included among its members such well-known artists as Mary Cassatt, Andy Warhol, John Kane, Philip Pearlstein and Malcolm Parcell, among many others. Rembrandt's Great Subjects: Prints from the
Collection This year marks the 400th anniversary of Rembrandt's birth, and
Carnegie Museum of Art is celebrating with an exhibition of etchings from its
large and superlative collection of prints by the 17th-century master. Rembrandt's
Great Subjects will present 60 etchings that amply demonstrate the
artist's renowned skill as a printmaker and the evolution of his style over
three important decades, beginning with the 1630s. Forum
58: Jonathan Borofsky Human Structures For more than 30 years, Jonathan Borofsky has been exploring archetypal figures through a variety of media—drawing, painting, installations, video, and large-scale public sculpture—to convey simple yet profound notions of human experience. On view in the Forum Gallery, Human Structures comprises hundreds of brightly colored, interlocking, acrylic male and female figures. This large-scale, site-specific work encourages viewers to walk around and through the installation. General support for the exhibition program at Carnegie Museum of Art is provided by grants from the Heinz Endowments and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.
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