- Film and Video
The Time Avant-Garde Filmmaker Jonas Mekas Visited Pittsburgh
In April of 1970, Jonas Mekas became Carnegie Museum of Art’s first visiting filmmaker.
Installation view, Hélio Oiticica: To Organize Delirium. Photo: Bryan Conley
- Architecture
How an Unconventional Retailer Disrupted America’s Big-Box Mentality
In architecture, the 20th century in America was the era of the suburban tract house, the anonymous office tower, the strip mall, and the big box stor
- Teenie Harris Archive
Beyond Urban Renewal: Fighting for the Future of the Hill District
There’s a spirit of resilience that runs through the streets of the Hill District. A hardness that outsiders shy away from but residents embrace.
- Hillman Photography Initiative
Photography’s Radical Shift from Analog Memories to Digital Noise
Oliver Wasow considers the generational divide between the worlds of analog and digital photography.
- Teenie Harris Archive
View from the Hill: A Tale of Black Pittsburgh’s Complicated Legacy
The story of how the Fifth Avenue School Lofts came to exist is a complicated one that I will attempt to simplify. It is also contentious.
- Hillman Photography Initiative
Looking for the Incredible in a Simple Moment
Alec Soth examines the influence that a singular Robert Adams photograph had on his career.
- Teenie Harris Archive
Teenie Harris: The Lens That Rescued the Legacy
Iconic Pittsburgh Courier photographer Charles “Teenie” Harris rescued the broken oral tradition of our African ancestors.
- Teenie Harris Archive
The Chronicle of Alma Speed Fox
When I agreed to write this essay, I knew it had to center around a conversation with Alma Speed Fox.
- Hillman Photography Initiative
How Photography’s ‘Decisive Moment’ Often Depicts an Incomplete View of Reality
Fred Ritchin examines the ethics surrounding Nathan Weber's controversial photograph of Fabienne Cherisma.
- Photography
Duane Michals in Conversation at NYPL
Last Wednesday Duane Michals was on stage in the South Court Auditorium at the New York Public Library to discuss his two new books: ABCDuane and Stor