Exhibitions

Vice President Richard Nixon and Pat Nixon greeting crowd from car, including Harold Irwin

Aug 13 – Dec 5, 2016

  • Exhibition
  • Museum of Art Lobby

Teenie Harris Photographs: Elections

Three eminent guest curators reflect upon the photographer’s work covering candidates and rallies, activists and polling places.

Photography installation depicting a man mowing lawn on a hillside

Jul 23 2016 – Feb 6 2017

  • Exhibition
  • Gallery One

Strength in Numbers: Photography in Groups

Strength in Numbers draws on the collections of all four Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh to explore the combined power of multiple photographs.

Ai Weiwei’s monumental sculpture, Circle of Animals / Zodiac Heads adds a compelling new layer to CMOA’s magnificent Hall of Architecture. Comprising 12 bronze animal heads representing the traditional Chinese zodiac

May 28 – Aug 29, 2016

  • Exhibition
  • Hall of Architecture

Ai Weiwei: Circle of Animals / Zodiac Heads

One of the world’s leading political artists reinterprets a cultural and political remnant of China’s past.

Collection of animal and reptile wind-up toys

May 20 – Oct 24, 2016

  • Exhibition
  • Forum Gallery

Alison Knowles

Share in the artist’s experience through touchable, interactive works.

Multi-colored aluminum table with folded edges, red, white, and blue

Sep 26 2015 – Apr 1 2018

  • Exhibition
  • Charity Randall Gallery

Hot Metal Modern: Design in Pittsburgh and Beyond

A showcase of great design objects from around Pittsburgh, and the stories of innovation and industry behind them.