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Snowblind photo

Snowblind: Hollis Frampton’s Vision of Michael Snow

Essays and Other Texts

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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A group of people recline in the grass outdoors. Behind them, a stone wall is covered with ivy and shrubs.

Rethinking William Henry Fox Talbot

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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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A woman gesturing to a cabinet.

Unlocking the Medals Cabinet

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Michael Williams

Forum 78: Michael Williams

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A field of people

Forum 79: Ian Cheng

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Cream book cover titled Michael Williams

Michael Williams

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karl and jennifer salatka

An Intimate Look at the Collection of Karl and Jennifer Salatka

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Yellow book cover titled Helio Oiticica, To Organize Delirium

Hélio Oiticica: To Organize Delirium

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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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Installation view of Alison Knowles

Forum 77: Alison Knowles

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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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Blue, orange and silver book cover titled Silver to Steel, the Modern Deigns of Peter Muller-Munk

Silver to Steel: The Modern Designs of Peter Muller-Munk

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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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dayglo paintings.

Forum 75: Jacqueline Humphries

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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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Guy pointing over a statue

G. David Thompson: A Pittsburgh Art Patron and His Collection

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