Carnegie International

Carnegie International

The Carnegie International is the oldest North American exhibition of contemporary art from around the globe. It was first organized at the behest of industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie in 1896. Carnegie established the International to educate and inspire the public as well as to promote international understanding and peace. He intended the International to provide a periodic sample of contemporary art from which Carnegie Museum of Art could enrich its [http://cmoa.org/searchcollections/ permanent collection] . The work of thousands of artists has been exhibited in the Carnegie International, including that of Winslow Homer, James MacNeill Whistler, Mary Cassatt, Camille Pissarro, Auguste Rodin, Willem de Kooning, Henry Moore, Jackson Pollock, René Magritte, Joan Miró, Alberto Giacometti, Andy Warhol, Joseph Beuys, Sigmar Polke, and William Kentridge.

External links

* [http://cmoa.org/exhibitions/ci08.asp Carnegie International website] , site for current information
* [http://blackandwhiteprogram.com/interview/douglas-fogle-life-on-mars-carnegie-international interview with Douglas Fogle] , curator of 2008 exhibit

* [http://blackandwhiteprogram.com/?s=Carnegie+International Interview series with the Artists at the 55th Carnegie International]


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