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59th Carnegie International

59th Carnegie International Programs

If the word we, the 59th Carnegie International, offers ways to gather with art and each other; ways to be in the fullest range of wonder, feeling, and imagination; ways to listen and learn across time and place; ways to be with what we do not yet know.

Shaped by curatorial research, artists, artworks, partnerships, and every person who engages with the exhibition, the programmatic expressions of the 59th Carnegie International range from performances to film to workshops to contemplative prompts to cross-disciplinary conversations. The programs and resources available for you take many forms, engage many senses, and welcome you back again and again, offering multiple ways to participate in the exhibition both inside and outside the museum.

We hope you will join us. Where do you feel drawn? What calls to you? What might you choose to respond to—or even initiate?

Upcoming Events and Programs

college tours at the carnegie museum of art
Thurs., Sept. 17, 6 p.m.
two people in an audio visual room
Thurs., Oct. 8, 7 p.m.
a film still of women standing
Thurs., Nov. 12, 7 p.m.
a still from a movie of people working.
Thurs., Dec. 10, 7 p.m.

Daily Tours

Group of people on a tour
Tues. and Sat., 2–2:45 p.m.
Thurs., 7–7:45 p.m. 

Tomorrow Was Yesterday, Torkwase Dyson

Every Wednesday through Jan. 3, 4pm
Select Sundays through Jan. 3, 4pm
Kamin Science Center
Free

Tomorrow Was Yesterday is an animation informed by Torkwase Dyson’s ongoing research into oil and gas drilling in the Caribbean seabed. This program immerses viewers in an underwater environment conceptualized by the artist, where the machinery of the resource industry has taken hold.

Through January 3, 2027, experience the artwork on Wednesdays and select Sundays at 4 p.m. Staff members at the Kamin Science Center visitor services desk will direct you to the Buhl Planetarium.

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underwater structures
Torkwase Dyson, Tomorrow Was Yesterday (animation still), 2026, courtesy of the artist

Past Programs

Celebrate opening weekend of If the word we, the 59th Carnegie International with extended museum hours.

  • May 2, 10 a.m.–8 p.m.
  • May 3, noon–8 p.m.
people sitting at a dinner table
Fri., May 1, 6 p.m.

Carnegie Museum of Art

Carnegie Museum of Art Fountain
Fri., May 1, 8:30 p.m.

Carnegie Museum of Art

skyscrapers in background with a small van in front
Sat., May 2, 11 a.m.

Carnegie Museum of Art

Sat., May 2, 1 and 4 p.m.
Sun., May 3, 1 and 4 p.m.

Kamin Science Center

A drawing
Sat., May 2, 2 p.m.

Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh

artwork
Sat., May 2, 2026
5–8 p.m.

Mattress Factory

  • Party

The Strikebreakers, Jonathan GonzĂĄlez

Aug. 14–18, 11 a.m., daily
Grand Staircase
Free with museum admission

The Strikebreakers by artist Jonathan González is a site-based, durational artwork presented as part of the 59th Carnegie International. González works at the intersections of choreography, sculpture, text, and time-based media. The Strikebreakers is an ensemble performance exploring the shared citational movement vocabularies of steelwork and dance–including touch, proximity, transmission and embodied communication–to consider the intramural relations of African-American workers in the visual and oral archives of the Carrie Furnaces.

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artwork
Jonathan GonzĂĄlez, Spectral Dances, 2024, performance, duration 4 hrs,
American Academy of Arts & Letters, New York, 2024

Programming Partners

Meet the 59th Carnegie International Program Partners, who are actively shaping how the exhibition can be a resource across communities:

  • Arts Excursions Unlimited is a community‑owned project that strengthens cultural connectivity by planning free arts outings, creative activities, and public art experiences for residents of all ages.
  • Aryse supports immigrant and refugee youth in Pittsburgh through advocacy and out‑of‑school programs that foster confidence, community, creative expression, and leadership.
  • BOOM Concepts is a creative hub supporting marginalized artists and creative entrepreneurs through exhibitions, mentorship, field‑building, and community‑centered arts programming.
  • Carnegie Mellon University School of Art is an interdisciplinary art program fostering experimental contemporary art practice, creative research, and artist development.
  • Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama is one of the oldest and most respected theater conservatories in the United States, training artists across performance, design, production, and new‑work development.
  • Dreams of Hope is an organization for LGBTQIA+ youth, providing spaces for creative expression, leadership development, and community through multidisciplinary arts programs.
  • Hello Neighbor welcomes and empowers newly resettled refugee and immigrant families through support in housing, health, education, employment, and community‑building.
  • Hill Dance Academy Theatre is a Black dance institution providing professional‑level training in Black dance traditions, history, culture, and aesthetics to young dancers ages 3–18.
  • Middle Node is an emerging Pittsburgh‑based visual arts publication and gallery guide centering contemporary art across the Rust Belt.
  • MICHIYAYA Dance is a queer‑ and femme‑centric contemporary dance company based in New York City and Pittsburgh, creating multidisciplinary performance works grounded in queer experience and community engagement.
  • Sogetsu Pittsburgh Study Group is a collective of ikebana practitioners dedicated to studying and sharing the modern Sogetsu school of Japanese flower arranging through workshops, exhibitions, and cross‑disciplinary collaborations.
  • True T PGH is an LGBTQIA+ community platform rooted in Pittsburgh’s ballroom culture, providing arts programming, health resources, and safe, affirming space for queer and trans people of color.

Program and Resource Frameworks

ChoreoPublics

ChoreoPublics offer multiple pathways—sound-based, embodied, research-driven, and visual—allowing people to choose how they move through and listen to the exhibition.

Scores

Scores, written or audio notations, are composed by artists, educators, and thought partners as a way to share their practices and ways of learning with each of us as we enact them over time, inside and outside of the museum walls.

Swells

Swells are moments of heightened activity, programming, and performance throughout the exhibition—May 2–3 during opening weekend; August 13–17, featuring Jonathan Gonzalez’s Strikebreakers; and October 30–November 2, centering artists as publishers and the Pittsburgh Art Book Fair.