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The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

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 16, 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 12, 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...

Masks on display at the Latin American Cultural Center as a part of the new Mexican Masks Exhibition.

‘Mexican Masks’ exhibit explores the art of masks in Mexican culture

By Tanya Babbar, Staff Writer September 25, 2023

When visitors enter the Mexican Masks exhibit at the Latin American Cultural Center, they will find themselves in a maze of 88 striking masked faces, varied in material, expression and purpose, tracing...

Little Amal walks through the Cultural District in downtown Pittsburgh Wednesday afternoon.

‘Play in peace’: Little Amal evokes empathy for refugees in Pittsburgh

By Gabriella Garvin, Senior Staff Writer September 24, 2023

The 12-foot puppet Little Amal marched through the North Shore Riverfront Park escorted by soaring puppet doves. Amidst these doves were handwritten notes from local children listing the opportunities...

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