Viewers can find 'museum joy' at Carnegie Museum of Art's 57th Carnegie International in Pittsburgh
Jan. 29, 2019
PITTSBURGH, PA – There’s still plenty of time – two months to be precise – to see the other big global triennial of contemporary art that opened in the U.S. in 2018, and it’s only a short drive away.
I'm speaking of the 57th edition of the Carnegie International, the venerable exhibit of new art from around the world mounted every three years by the Carnegie Museum of Art.
The Carnegie International – the oldest show of its kind in the U.S. - provides an instructive and enjoyable comparison to the new FRONT International: Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art, the startup global art festival that debuted across Northeast Ohio last summer.
Alex Da Corte's "Rubber Pencil Devil," a neon-outlined house with a video projection screen inside, is one of the anchoring installations in the 57th Carnegie International, now on view at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh. Photo by Bryan Conley. Courtesy of the artist and Karma New York.