Pittsburgh Fall Art Events

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Fall is here and that means it is time to bundle up and enjoy the city. There are plenty of fantastic fall art exhibits around the city this time of year. Keep reading to learn about what events are coming throughout October and November. You can learn more at the Post Gazette. 


CARNEGIE MUSEUM OF ART: “She Who Tells a Story: Women Photographers from Iran and the Arab World” continues through Sept. 28; “Jacqueline Humphries” through Oct. 5; and “CMOA Collects Edward Hopper” through Oct. 26. “HACLab Pittsburgh: Imagining the Modern” opens Sept. 12 and “Hot Metal Modern,” Sept. 26. Look for the big Christmas trees and the Neapolitan Presepio in December. (412-622-3131)

THE ANDY WARHOL MUSEUM: “Warhol By the Book,” Andy’s book works, opens Oct. 10 and continues through Jan. 10 with accompanying programs including food historian Susan Rossi-Wilcox (Nov. 7), art historian Lucy Mulroney (Nov. 14) and author nephew Jamie Warhola (Dec. 5). (412-238-8300)

THE FRICK ART MUSEUM: “Forbidden Fruit: Chris Antemann at Meissen®,” work by the internationally known ceramist and Johnstown native created in residence at the German artCAMPUS of famed porcelain house Meissen. Opens Oct. 2, continuing through Jan. 10. (412-371-0600)

MATTRESS FACTORY: Part II of “Factory Installed” opens Sept. 18 and will stay, with already installed Part I, through May 31. The ongoing house-sized installation “Chiharu Shiota: Trace of Memory” marks its second year this month. (412-231-3169)

PITTSBURGH FILMMAKERS: ‘In the Air: Visualizing what we breathe,” photographers Brian Cohen, Scott Goldsmith, Lynn Johnson and Annie O’Neill look at air quality in Western Pennsylvania through the people and places effected, opening from 6 to 9 p.m. Sept. 17 (through Feb. 26). (412-681-5449)

PITTSBURGH CENTER FOR THE ARTS: “2015 Artist of the Year: Dennis Marsico;” “2015 Emerging Artist of the Year: Seth Clark;” “Printmaking 2015,” a group show juried by Kim Beck; and “Precarious Balance” by Talia Greene and “TIME TRAVEL” by Myung Gyun You, both from the Center for Visual Artists in Philadelphia. All exhibitions through Nov. 1. (412-361-0873)

SOCIETY FOR CONTEMPORARY CRAFT: “Mindful: Exploring Mental Health Through Art” brings together the resources of an art exhibition, programming and community partnerships to debunk stereotypes and explore creativity’s healing power. The opening weekend includes a reception Sept. 18; dialogue with the artists and the Pittsburgh premiere of the Depressed Cake Shop Sept. 19 (through March 12). (412-261-7003)

WOOD STREET GALLERIES: Exhibitions of work by videographer, photographer, sculptor and performer Hetain Patel and photographer Nandini Valli Muthiah open Sept. 25 during the quarterly Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Gallery Crawl and continue through Dec. The exhibitions are part of the Trust’s “India in Focus” programming, as are those at the following three venues. (412-471-5605)

SPACE: Four artists use contemporary technology and methods of art production while embracing aspects of traditional Indian visual culture, Sept. 25 - Nov. 22.

707 PENN GALLERY: “Birth Series,” photographs by Gauri Gill, through Nov. 29.

709 PENN GALLERY: “A Million Marks of Home,” installation by Sarika Goulatia, through Nov. 29.

SILVER EYE CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY: “Dandy Lion: (Re)Articulating Black Masculine Identity” opens from 6 to 9 p.m. Sept. 18 with a curator’s talk at 6:30 p.m. (412-431-1810)

THE PITTSBURGH GLASS CENTER: “Indagare,” an exhibition and installation created by seminal contemporary glass artist Therman Statom while in residency this summer, opens from 6 to 9 p.m. Oct. 2, continuing through Jan. 19. (412-365-2145)

MILLER GALLERY AT CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY: “Aftersound: Frequency, Attack, Return,” sound as a medium of contemporary art, through Nov. 22 with a performance and reception from 6 to 8 p.m. Sept. 25. (412-268-3618)

HUNT INSTITUTE FOR BOTANICAL DOCUMENTATION: “The Mysterious Nature of Fungi” opens with a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Sept. 17 including brief curators’ talk (through Dec. 17). (At CMU, 412-268-2434)

WESTMORELAND MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: The Grand Reopening Celebration includes VIP and Dance Parties Oct. 24, and a free Community Day Oct. 25. In addition to reinstallation of the collection in the new galleries, exhibitions opening are “A Collector’s Passion: Selections from the Richard M. Scaife Collection Bequest,” through Feb. 14; and “All About Color and Geometry: Selections from the Diana and Peter Jannetta Gift of Art” and “Making The Westmoreland Museum of American Art,” both through April 17. (724-837-1500)

SAINT VINCENT GALLERY: “Monk­-Artists of Saint Vincent” runs through Oct. 5. Artist Roman Verostko will give the Threshold Lecture, “From Art by Hand to Art by Code,” at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 22, followed by a reception for his exhibition “Algorithmic Transformations” (through Nov. 23). “Striking Images: Lifetime Work of [photographer] Terry Deglau” opens with a 6 to 8 p.m. reception Dec. 4. (At Saint Vincent College, Latrobe; 724-805-2107)

SOUTHERN ALLEGHENIES MUSEUM OF ART: Highlights of exhibitions at the four SAMA branches are:

Large solo shows by regional art stars Kevin Kutz (through Oct. 10) and Kathleen Cochran Zimbicki (through Dec. 5) continue at Loretto, where a “Bubbles and Brie” artists reception will be held Sept. 17 ($25, reserve by Sept. 14). Arriving Oct. 23 are Mohawk Nation artist Will Espey and feminist pioneer Cynthia Nixon, and the late Adolf Dehn’s Pennsylvania scenes, Dec. 11. (1-814-472-3920). The 7th Paint Out will be held Sept. 18-20 concluding with an exhibition and sale at Ligonier Valley; the Southwestern Pennsylvania Council for the Arts 20th annual juried exhibition of regional art opens with a Nov. 21 reception (through Feb. 7). (724-238-6015). Leonard Baskin prints from the permanent collection are at Altoona through Jan. 16, and the Annual Juried Exhibition of regional artists arrives Sept. 25 through Jan. 9. (1-814-946-4464) The Allied Artists of Johnstown 83rd Annual is at Johnstown through Dec. 11 (1-814-269-7234).

BUTLER INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN ART: California artist Gisela Colon will attend a 1 to 3 p.m. artist reception Sunday sept. 13 to open an exhibition of her Glo-Pod series, large color and light filled wall sculptures made of molded and layered acrylic (through Dec. 31). “California Impressionism” arrives Oct. 4, though Nov. 29. (Youngstown, Ohio, 330-743-1107).

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