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Joan Brown Members’ Reception

Members Sat., May 27, 2023, 10 a.m.
When
Sat., May 27, 2023, 10 a.m.–12 p.m.
Where
  • Hall of Sculpture
  • Heinz Galleries
Tickets
Free for Members
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Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh members are invited to preview Joan Brown, the first major survey of the artist Joan Brown (1938-1990) in over 20 years. Be among the first to experience this compelling exhibition that spans the prolific career of a painter known for her large-scale, high-key portraits of family, animals, and herself. This exhibition charts a full trajectory from the artist’s student days in the 1950s Bay Area to her premature death in 1990, and will re-introduce this under-recognized, yet critically important painter to new generations of audiences.

Meet and mingle with fellow members and enjoy themed refreshments during this members-only reception with gallery spotlight tours. The support of members helps us share exhibitions like Joan Brown with over one million people throughout the Pittsburgh region and beyond.

Joan Brown is organized by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

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A painting depicts a high-back chair facing a wall. A woman’s leg wearing a sock and ballet flat hangs over the arm of the chair. On the wall, a painting is hung depicting a group of horsemen in a desert.
Joan Brown, The Room, Pt. 1, 1975, Carnegie Museum of Art, Gifts of Paul Chanin, Samuel Kootz, and Dr. and Mrs. Laibe A. Kessler, by exchange, © 1975 Estate of Joan Brown

Support

Significant support for the exhibition has been provided by the Susan J. and Martin G. McGuinn Exhibition Fund.

Carnegie Museum of Art’s exhibition program is supported by the Carnegie Museum of Art Exhibition Fund and The Fellows of Carnegie Museum of Art.

Carnegie Museum of Art is supported by The Heinz Endowments and Allegheny Regional Asset District. Carnegie Museum of Art receives state arts funding support through a grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

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