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The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

The Red Dress sits on display at the Frick Arts Museum of Pittsburgh in late November 2023.

Frick Museum’s ‘Red Dress’ tells global stories through embroidery

By Casey Carter, Staff Writer January 9, 2024

Gallery attendees gazed upon the grandeur of the Red Dress exhibition at the Frick Art Museum of Pittsburgh in Point Breeze. The dress is the product of the collaborative embroidery of hundreds of artists...

The Glowland letters in Schenley Plaza.

Glowland lighting festival illuminates Oakland for the holidays

By Irene Castillo, Staff Writer December 8, 2023

Oakland has a new name for the holiday season — Glowland. From Nov. 20 to Jan. 2, the holiday lighting festival decorates two square miles of the neighborhood for its second year. This year’s exhibition...

Snack Landscape, 2020. Gabrielle (Gabe) Wolfe.

South Side art exhibit celebrates food in a casual creative space

By Tanya Babbar, Staff Writer November 29, 2023

“Buttery Spread,” an art exhibition that uses food as both a subject and a medium, invites visitors to indulge their child-like curiosity. Build a tower out of paper doritos. Look at a kayak shaped...

Installation view of “Amie Siegel: Panorama” at the Carnegie Museum of Art.

Carnegie Museum’s ‘Panorama’ documents life cycles of museum artifacts

By Irene Castillo, Staff Writer November 17, 2023

With the recent removal of the controversial diorama “Lions Attacking a Dromedary” — a display that included human remains — the Carnegie Museums in Oakland are facing changing perspectives on...

Attendees at the Fall Exhibition Reception in the Frick Fine Arts Building on Thursday.

‘Printing Culture’ exhibition brings Puerto Rico to Frick Fine Arts

By Abbie Kelly, Staff Writer November 17, 2023

Vivid colors and abstract designs bring the history of Puerto Rico to life in the University Art Gallery’s exhibition “Printing Culture: Gráfica de Puerto Rico.” The student-curated exhibit is the...

Visitors are welcomed at “The Kingdom of this World Reimagined” at the University Art Gallery at Pitt.

‘Kingdom of this World Reimagined’ art exhibit celebrates Caribbean culture, mythos and literature

By Quinn Cilea, Staff Writer November 15, 2023

The Frick Fine Arts Building is home to the art exhibit “The Kingdom of this World Reimagined,” inspired by the book “The Kingdom of this World” by Alejo Carpentier and other artworks from Caribbean...

Artwork at the Teal Gallery on Thursday.

‘It breaks down that isolation’: Teal Gallery displays art from student survivors of sexual assault

By Tanya Babbar, Staff Writer November 13, 2023

When a student-led gallery of art and writing from survivors of sexual assault opened its doors on Thursday evening, the clothes that survivors wore when they were assaulted hung on clotheslines across...

Installation view of “Unsettling Matter, Gaining Ground” at the Carnegie Museum of Art.

Art confronts industrial horrors in Carnegie Museum’s ‘Unsettling Matter, Gaining Ground’ exhibit

By Nada Abdulaziz, Senior Staff Writer October 26, 2023

At the Carnegie Museum of Art, a haunting, melancholic melody replaces the usual tranquil notes of classical music. The art exhibit “Unsettling Matter, Gaining Ground” transforms the gallery into a...

Attendees at the Fall Exhibition Reception in the Frick Fine Arts Building on Thursday.

New University Art Gallery exhibits highlight vibrant Caribbean culture

By Trinity Foster, Senior Staff Writer October 15, 2023

Sylvia Rhor Samaniego, curator and director of the University Art Gallery, hopes that the gallery’s most recent exhibition celebrating Caribbean culture makes Latinx, Black and Brown students feel welcome...

Aki Onda’s performance Spirits Known and Unknown” featuring Eyvind Kang in the Miller ICA at Carnegie Mellon University on Friday.

Impossible Music exhibit at Carnegie Mellon reexamines the meaning of music

By Jiya Narwal, Staff Writer October 1, 2023

Clay microphones, a self-playing piano and a cassette machine playing archival tapes captivated visitors at the “Impossible Music” exhibit at Carnegie Mellon University. The showcase explores musical...

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