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Exhibitions at The Westmoreland
Featured exhibitions
Featured exhibitions
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The Great Search: Art in a Time of Change, 1928–1945
The Great Search: Art in a Time of Change, 1928–1945 surveys the period from the beginning of the Great Depression to the end of World War II to demonstrate how pluralism was a hallmark of the modern American art world.
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65 Artists, 65 Years: An Anniversary Exhibition
As 2024 is the 65th anniversary of the Museum opening its doors to the public, the year will start off with an anniversary exhibition presenting 65 artists from the museum collection.
Current exhibitions
The Great Search: Art in a Time of Change, 1928–1945
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The Great Search: Art in a Time of Change, 1928–1945 surveys the period from the beginning of the Great Depression to the end of World War II to demonstrate how pluralism was a hallmark of the modern American art world.
All the Right Notes
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Inspired by the long-term loan of Terry Adkin’s kinetic Native Son (Circus) and Melissa Meyer’s monumental O The Times, O The Times, O The Manners, All The Right Notes presents artworks and objects inspired by the ethereality of music.
George Hetzel and Scalp Level
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George Hetzel and Scalp Level showcases the artwork of George Hetzel and his students from the Scalp Level School, celebrating the rich artistic heritage of Southwestern Pennsylvania.
The Westmoreland Collects…
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The Westmoreland Collects… featuring Scott Hunter, Bluffs, 2016. Oil and acrylic on canvas. Gift of The Westmoreland Society, 2017.
Upcoming exhibitions
Anila Quayyum Agha: Interwoven
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Anila Quayyum Agha: Interwoven surveys two decades of the artist’s practice across media, including sculpture, installation, embroidery, painting and drawing, and represents the most comprehensive exhibition to date of this important Pakistani-American visual artist.
Bryan Martello: Soft Fire
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Bryan Martello: Soft Fire features new photographs and assemblages by the Pittsburgh-based artist.
Past exhibitions
65 Artists, 65 Years: An Anniversary Exhibition
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As 2024 is the 65th anniversary of the Museum opening its doors to the public, the year will start off with an anniversary exhibition presenting 65 artists from the museum collection.
Creating Common Memory
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This exhibition presents select works from the Museum’s permanent collection through Hayden Haynes’s individual perspective as a member of the Onöndowa’ga:’ (Seneca) and Haudenosaunee (Iroquois Confederacy).
Toshiko Mori & Frank Lloyd Wright: Dialogue in Details
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This exhibition highlights the dialogue between two architectural works – Wright’s 1907 Martin House, the home complex for businessman Darwin D. Martin and his family, and Mori’s 2009 Eleanor and Wilson Greatbatch Pavilion, a visitor center and interpretive gallery for…
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Southwestern Pennsylvania
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Co-organized by The Westmoreland Museum of American Art and Fallingwater, a property entrusted to the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy. This exhibition offers a multi-sensory experience by presenting immersive videos and models of unrealized residential, commercial, and civic projects designed by Frank…
Block Party: Community and Celebration in American Art
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This exhibition takes as its point of departure the World War I innovation of the urban “block party,” and uses it as a lens to view ideas on belonging, activism, and mutual solidarity in historical and contemporary American art. Drawn largely…
Forests of Symbols
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This installation of five paintings shows the influence of European Symbolism on art as it developed in this country from the early to mid-twentieth century.
Past exhibitions
65 Artists, 65 Years: An Anniversary Exhibition
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As 2024 is the 65th anniversary of the Museum opening its doors to the public, the year will start off with an anniversary exhibition presenting 65 artists from the museum collection.
Creating Common Memory
—
This exhibition presents select works from the Museum’s permanent collection through Hayden Haynes’s individual perspective as a member of the Onöndowa’ga:’ (Seneca) and Haudenosaunee (Iroquois Confederacy).
Toshiko Mori & Frank Lloyd Wright: Dialogue in Details
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This exhibition highlights the dialogue between two architectural works – Wright’s 1907 Martin House, the home complex for businessman Darwin D. Martin and his family, and Mori’s 2009 Eleanor and Wilson Greatbatch Pavilion, a visitor center and interpretive gallery for…
Permanent collection
The Westmoreland’s expansive collection of American art with a strong focus on the art and artists of Southwestern Pennsylvania is always available in the Museum’s permanent collection galleries. There is always something new to discover!
