Post-Gazette NOW - Art - Art & Architecture

Recent Photos

West Virginia goes cold in loss to No. 5 UConn

Penguins beat Thrashers to end five game slide

News Video

Holy Rosary School vandalized

Onorato on drink tax ruling

John Heller/Post-Gazette

Ceramist and The Clay Place gallery owner Elvira Peake, shown with her sculpture, was presented with the NCECA Regional Award for Excellence in March by the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts.

Art shows provided exhilarating sights

My column last week was the first half of an overview of the 2008 local visual arts year, addressing mostly personnel and institutional changes. (Today)

Elvira Peake

Concord Eastridge Inc.

A view of the winning architectural design announced in 2006 for the Cultural District Riverfront Development is shown from the Ninth Street Bridge overlooking the Allegheny River in Pittsburgh.

Unfinished business: Hanging questions get some answers

We wanted some answers, and we got them -- if there were answers to be gotten. (Today)

	Winning Downtown design
	Lynn Cullen
	PSO

Claude Monet's "Windmills Near Zaandam," at The Frick Art & Historical Center beginning Feb. 7.

Exhibitions waiting in the wings for their cue

With the holiday hubbub past, it's a good time to catch up on art exhibitions. Following are several that will close this month, as well as a few to look forward to in the weeks ahead. (01/04/2009)

	'Windmills Near Zaandam'
	'Migration'
	Naoko Matsubara
	'Mother and Two Children'
	'Sunset Fires'

Kafka's 'Amerika' gets a new interpretation

It's always tricky when an author's name becomes an adjective. Orwellian, Machiavellian, Faulknerian -- these designations make it hard to see a writer on his or her own terms. (01/04/2009)