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exhibition drawing view of Tatiana Bilbao Estudio

The Architecture Is Present

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black and white photo of a man partially behind a wooden pillar

Beate Kuhn: Ceramics Between Painting and Sculpture

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The Village Diner, Milford, Pennsylvania. © Leah Frances

Things Were Never Normal

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A black and white photo of a person facing the camera and holding their hand up to their mouth and shouting. Colorful flowers float out of the person's mouth.

Storyteller: The Photographs of Duane Michals

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A man with grey hair and a dark sweater stands, smiling, in front of an abstract metal sculpture on a green space in front of a large building

A Sculpture’s Move from Downtown to Oakland

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A pastel architectural design of a house

Imagining Home: Selections from the Heinz Architectural Center

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A brightly colored poster with a photo of a woman in a beaded, belted costume with her arms outstretched at the top next to the word “film” repeated and layered on itself.

Unraveling the History of Film at Carnegie Museum of Art

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A baseball team stands in a dugout, wearing jerseys labeled "Crawfords"

Exploring Baseball History with Teenie Harris

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Snowblind photo

Snowblind: Hollis Frampton’s Vision of Michael Snow

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Thaddeus Mosleys studio

In Thaddeus Mosley’s Northside Studio, Sculpture Becomes Sacred Practice

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Mother and daughter laying together on a couch.

A Daughter Documents Her Evolving Relationship with Her Mother

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Linda Goode Bryant

Those Marvelous Things: Black Poets and Their Complex of Visual Songs

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Mayor Lou Mavrakis looks inside the former O'Toole's business equipment store on Donner Ave. in Monessen, PA.

American Dream Sequence: Left Behind in the Monongahela River Valley

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karl and jennifer salatka

An Intimate Look at the Collection of Karl and Jennifer Salatka

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A man walks down a poorly-paved road, wearing a large Steelers blanket as a cape.

In Aliquippa, Life Persists in the Wake of Big Steel’s Collapse

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A child poses next to his work in the Love Front Porch art house.

Vanessa German: Helping to Heal Traumatized Youth Through Art

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Photograph of an East Liberty street; a building is demolished to the left of frame.

Black Homes Matter: The Fate of Affordable Housing in Pittsburgh

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View of a department store floor, with glass cases advertising cosmetics and toiletries.

How Kaufmann’s Blurred the Line Between Department Store and Cultural Institution

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The sun sets on two silhouettes crossing a road.

Bearing Witness to the Boom and Bust in Pennsylvania’s Mill Towns

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A well-dressed man stands next to a convertable; people crowd around in the background.

Dreaming of Cadillacs in Times of Violence and Disregard

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Black and white photograph of a man in a suit looking at a flyer with Westinghouse logos on it.

How Westinghouse Brought ‘Midcentury Modern’ to the Pittsburgher on the Street

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Nirvana at Stache's in Columbus, Ohio, 1991

Pittsburgh to Cleveland: Four Decades of Rock ‘n’ Roll Anarchy

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Photograph of railroad with steel plant in the background

Searching for Pittsburgh’s Identity in an Era of Change

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Photo of a BEST Store

James Wines: The Architect Who Turned Buildings Into Art

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Photograph by Charles Teenie Harris of Owl Cab Taxis side-by-side in a parking lot.

In an Era of Segregation, Owl Cab Mobilized Black Pittsburgh

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A picture from the side of Frank Santoro's drawing desk

Inside the Illustrated World of Cartoonist Frank Santoro

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Photo of black panthers by Charles Teenie Harris

New Life in a Time of Protest and Heartache

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Forrest “Bud” Harris; Teenie Harris at the 1968 Pittsburgh riots

The Missing Made Visible: In the Footsteps of Teenie Harris

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