Visual Arts

Pittsburgh IS Art!

Welcome to Pittsburgh, with pop culture at every turn and the place for art lovers everywhere. The Andy Warhol Museum and Carnegie Museum of Art and The ToonSeum are just a handful of places to discover art from many different eras. Take a trip to the Countryside and explore the American Experience at the Westmoreland Museum of American Art—the only museum of American Art in Western Pennsylvania!

Carnegie Museum of Art presents Impressionism in a New Light: From Monet to Stieglitz, May 12-August 26. Monet, Degas, Cassatt, Stieglitz and more...not to be missed!

Warhol and Cars: American Icons is the first exhibition to examine Andy Warhol's enduring fascination with automotive vehicles as products of American consumer society. Feb. 4 through May 13.

The ToonSeum features Funky Turns Forty through March 10, an exhibit celebrating the legacy of the first wave of positive Black animated characters of the 1970s including Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids!

There's much more to see than simple pieces of furniture in the Westmoreland Museum of American Art's The Art of Seating: 200 Years of American Design, Feb. 4 through April 8.

Continue your connection to art on the stage with one-of-a-kind performances by hundreds of arts groups in the region.

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Take advantage of the many gallery crawls and public art displays. You can't help but be inspired!

• The Andy Warhol Museum

  Provocative, challenging, energizing and exploring all that art can and should be. Whether seeing our permanent collection, a performance, or a visiting artist's work, you'll find something to talk about, chuckle over, delight in, or ponder for days.

• Carnegie Museum of Art

  Founded by industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie in 1895, Carnegie Museum of Art is internationally recognized for its distinguished collection of American and European works from the 16th century to the present. This fall, the Museum presentsTeenie Harris, Photographer: An American Story, through Apr 8, a groundbreaking retrospective of African American photographer Charles "Teenie" Harris (1908-1998), featuring 1,000 beautiful and historically significant images.

• The ToonSeum

  Celebrate the art of cartooning and the world of pop culture at Pittsburgh’s Museum with Character, The ToonSeum! Features exhibitions of original art from animation, comic books, comic strips, editorial cartoons and more. New exhibitions pop up every 2-3 months.

• Westmoreland Museum of American Art

  See how the American experience is brought to life through the inspired eyes of artists, just 35 miles east of Pittsburgh in Greensburg. The Westmoreland is the ONLY museum of American art in western Pennsylvania and features such celebrated American artists as Mary Cassatt and Louis Comfort Tiffany.