THE OFFICIAL ARTNOIR #GUIDETOPGH FOR CARNEGIE INTERNATIONAL, 57TH EDITION, 2018 WELCOME TO PITTSBURGH, Every four or five years, the Carnegie Museum of Art mounts the Carnegie International, the longest-running international survey of contemporary art in America. The 57th edition of this recurring exhibition transforms the museum with ambitious works by 32 artists and art collectives. Each International allows us to take stock of the current state of The latest edition of the Carnegie International has arrived, so contemporary art in our world. It also shines a spotlight on our rapidly changing city where ARTNOIR is jetting off to the Steel City for another stop on the a diverse community of artists, curators, cultural producers, and entrepreneurs thrive. biennial tour. A host of exhibitions, performances, lectures and parties are scheduled to shore up a transformative experience We are thrilled to partner with Pittsburgh’s August Wilson Center and ARTNOIR, a global filled with debate, discovery, and debauchery. collective committed to amplifying the work of diverse creative communities, to help that spotlight shine even brighter. Pittsburgh, home to The International from its start in 1896, serves as the cultural backdrop: industrialist grit against seductive hills In your hands, you hold The Official ARTNOIR Guide to Pittsburgh for the Carnegie surrounded by rivers and a grip of supremely engineered bridges. International, 57th Edition, 2018, a curated compendium that samples the artistic richness It’s a town known to reinvent itself— from farming to iron and steel, of the Pittsburgh community and our region here and now. We hope you—visitors and and now biotech— abetted by the fresh energy of homecoming residents alike—will browse it, share it, like it, and keep it, but above all we hope you will locals and a growing creative class. use it during this International season to rediscover and explore our fair city of Pittsburgh! Sincerely, Whether you’re a rookie or a vet when it comes to this biennial life, Kilolo Luckett, African American Cultural Center - August Wilson Center we’ve got the best of what sets Pittsburgh apart. Thank us later! José Diaz, The Andy Warhol Museum Sincerely, with ARTNOIR Eric Crosby, Carnegie Museum of Art Rickey Laurentiis, Center for African American Poetry and Poetics Kate Lydon, Contemporary Craft David Oresick, Silver Eye Center for Photography Diane Samuels, City of Asylum + FAIRS S N E O X I H T I I B B I I T H I O X E N S + S F R I A When it comes to art, music, and culture, Pittsburgh is not new to this. The International is one of the oldest recurring exhibitions in the world— second only to the Venice Biennial and only by a few months. That’s a century old receipt. Now, alternative spaces, creative incubators, and artist-run galleries have emerged every decade since and hold their weight against the major institutions and universities built by the industrialist magnates of yesteryear (think the Carnegies, Mellons and Fricks). Plus, there’s no shortage of talent born in this town— August Wilson, Andy Warhol, Romare Bearden, Wiz Khalifa, and the late Mac Miller to name a few. The City of Champions, indeed. They say you can’t see everything, so here’s what we recommend. 1 THE CARNEGIE MUSEUM OF ART CITY OF ASYLUM MATTRESS FACTORY 4400 Forbes Ave | Oakland 40 W North Ave | Northside 500 Sampsonia Way | Northside EXHIBITION: Presenting the Carnegie International. Opens EVENT: Reading and Q&A with Somali writer Nuruddin Farah, EXHIBITION: Artists-in-Residence featuring individual 10/13/18, on view until 3/25/19. The biennial features a presented by Paul A. Bové and Boundary 2. The event will be installations from William Earl Kofmehl III, Laleh Mehran, plethora of some of the world’s most exciting artists like held on 11/1/18 @ 7pm - 8:30pm. OSGEMEOS, Karina Smigla-Bobinski, and Christina A. West. El Anatsui, Kerry James Marshall, Huma Bhabha, Lynette Exhibition currently on view until 8/4/19. Yiadom–Boakye and many more. PROGRAMMING HIGHLIGHTS: Artists Cristóbal Martínez THE FRICK PITTSBURGH and Kade Twist of Postcommodity lead the evening with THE CLEMENTE MUSEUM a discussion about the complexities of creating visual 7227 Reynolds St | Point Breeze language and narrative around issues that challenge us EXHIBITION: Isabelle de Borchgrave: Fashioning Art from Paper. 3339 Penn Ave | Strip District today. Event takes place on 11/1/18 @ 6:30pm – 10pm. From replicas of Renaissance Italian gowns to recreations of the TIP: The museum is dedicated to preserving the legacy of fantastical modernist costumes of Les Ballet Russes, Isabelle legendary Puerto Rican baseball player Roberto Clemente. de Borchgrave’s work is meticulously crafted and astonishingly AUGUST WILSON CENTER beautiful. The exhibition runs from 10/13/18 to 01/06/19. CONTEMPORARY CRAFT 980 Liberty Ave | Downtown ANDY WARHOL MUSEUM EXHIBITION: Familiar Boundaries. Infinite Possibilities a 2100 Smallman St | Strip District group exhibition of regional, national, and international 117 Sandusky St | North Shore EXHIBITION: Handiwork: Kim Fox, features a selection of quilts contemporary artists, draws from themes that question that highlights the influence of the patterns and landscapes of society’s obsession with tradition, policing, consumption, EXHIBITION: The Warhol Museum presents the first solo Pittsburgh. Exhibition currently on view until 1/5/19. and indulgence. October 12, 2018- March 24, 2019. Private exhibition by visual artist Devan Shimoyama. On view from preview reception 10/11/18 from 5:30pm - 10:00pm; Sean 10/13/18 to 3/17/19. Jones: Suite for Flying Girls 12/12/18 @ 8:00pm. WOOD STREET GALLERIES FALLINGWATER 601 Wood St | Downtown 1491 Mill Run Rd | Mill Run, PA EXHIBITION: Nonotak Studio, a collaboration between visual artist Noemi Schipfer and the architect/musician EXHIBITION: “Act Like It, Waterproof Shelf,” an installation by Takami Nakamoto will present a new version of narrow. Jessi Reaves, will be installed at Fallingwater throughout the V3 and US debut of their piece Daydream V.5. Exhibition Carnegie International. This sculptural work was inspired by currently on view until 12/31/18. Reaves’ participation in the artist-in-residency program. ASSOCIATED ARTISTS OF PITTSBURGH THE BLACK ECSTATIC PITTSBURGH GLASS CENTER FrameHouse & Jask Gallery PRESENTED BY CENTER FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN POETRY & POETICS 5472 Penn Ave | East Liberty Frick Fine Arts Auditorium 100 43rd St | Lawrenceville EXHIBITION: A new exhibition by Seattle glass artist 650 Schenley Drive | Oakland EXHIBITION: The End is a show juried and curated by Fred Blauth and Kelly O’Dell is currently on view until 01/22/19. features the work of AAP members John Belue, Zachary Brown, Kathleen EVENT: Three contemporary black poets, Airea D. Matthews, Kase Burk, Seth Clark, Tyler Gaston, Gil Gorski, Seth LeDonne, Adam Linn, Roger Reeves, and Safiya Sinclair, and interdisciplinary artist Tracey Parker, Aaron Regal, David Stanger, Su Su, Zachariah Szabo, William and filmmaker Jamal T. Lewis will consider how “the ecstatic” D. Wade Lauren Wilcox. The exhibition runs from 10/4/18 to 10/27/18. functions in their artistic work, their language, politics and even CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY their personal lives, followed by a discussion by Rickey Laurentiis. SILVER EYE This event is in collaboration with the Andy Warhol Museum and 4808 Penn Ave | Bloomfield Devan Shimoyama: Cry, Baby exhibition, curated by Jessica Beck. MANCHESTER CRAFTSMEN’S GUILD The event will be held on 10/25/18 @ 7pm. EXHIBITION: Two photography exhibits with Hannah Price: Semaphore and Andre Bradley: 1815 Metropolitan St | Northside Family System Theory. Both exhibitions currentily EXHIBITION: Frank & Bill highlight the relationship of Bill Strickland, on view until 11/17/18. MILLER - ICA founder and Executive Chairman of Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild, and Frank Ross, his ceramic teacher and mentor. The exhibition runs from 5000 Forbes Ave | Oakland 10/15/18 to 12/31/18. Opening public reception: 10/18/18 @ 6pm-8pm. EXHIBITION: Paradox: The Body in the Age curated by Elizabeth Chodos. This exhibition explores the primacy of the human body as it’s poised on the precipice of a potential fusion with artificial intelligence. WESTMORELAND MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART On view until 02/3/19. EVENT: Salon Discussion lead by Dana Bishop-Root who is an artist 221 N Main St | Greensburg, PA living and working in Braddock, PA. The event is on 11/8/18 @ 6pm-8pm. EXHIBITION: Artists Who Teach - Southwestern Pennsylvania is home to numerous colleges and universities that offer the study of studio art and it is practicing artists who are hired to teach these classes. This PITTSBURGH CENTER FOR THE ARTS exhibition, inspired by their 2011 exhibition, They Practice What They Teach: Artist Faculty of Carnegie Institute of Technology, 1920-1950, 6300 Fifth Ave | Shadyside helps to continue the story of past artist teachers who set the stage for this generation’s impact on future students. The exhibition runs from EXHIBITIONS: 2018 Artist of the Year: Atticus Adams - There’s A Pink 08/25/18 to 11/28/18. Poodle In My Arcadia. 2018 Emerging Artist of the Year: Njaimeh Njie - On the Daily. Both exhibitions currently on view until 11/4/18. DINING E U U IQ N N I Q U U G E N I D I N N I I D N G E U U Q I N Choosing a spot for a coffee or a cocktail with colleagues or a quick bite while exhibition hopping can be tough with all the options PGH is putting up. Rivaling the infamous sports bars, a gang of innovative restaurants have sprung up throughout the city’s 90 neighborhoods in the last decade. Trade in all-you-can-eat buffalo wings during your next lunch meeting in Lawrenceville or wax poetic over craft beers in East Liberty.