The 59th Carnegie International, curated by Ryan Inouye, Danielle A Jackson and Liz Park, is set to take place from 2 May to 3 January 2027 at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh and four partner locations around the city: the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, Kamin Science Center, Mattress Factory and the Thelma Lovette YMCA.
This year’s edition takes place under the theme If the word we, the title of which is derived from a commissioned catalogue essay by Haytham el-Wardany and posits the first-word plural “we” as having an open-ended and shifting meaning.
The exhibition will feature 61 artists and collectives participating this year, with 36 pieces commissioned for the upcoming show, the most in Carnegie International’s history.
Carnegie International is the longest-running recurring exhibition in North America and will see participants explore the selected theme through painting, photography, sculpture, installation work, video, performance and theatre, touching upon subjects ranging from politics to geography to unearth the meaning of collective experiences and exchanges across time and place amid rapid changes.
Participating artists (*denotes commissioned projects):
Georges Adéagbo*
asinnajaq*
Fe Avila
Maithili Bavkar
Dineo Seshee Bopape (Raisibe)*
Saloua Raouda Choucair
Chung Seoyoung*
Dang A Dang Radio
Torkwase Dyson*
Elle Márjá Eira*
Alia Farid*
Sanchayan Ghosh*
Beatriz González
Jonathan González*
Abraham González Pacheco*
Kearra Amaya Gopee*
Priyesh Gothwal
Eric Gyamfi*
d harding with Jordan Upkett*
Jason Hirata
Hong Lee Hyunsook*
Hyun Nahm
Firman Ichsan*
G. Peter Jemison in collaboration with Jay Carrier, Katsitsionni Fox, Hayden Haynes, Tom Huff, Craig Marvin, Diane Schenandoah and Randee Spruce*
Liz Johnson Artur*
Arturo Kameya*
Jasleen Kaur*
Li Yi-Fan
Cinthia Marcelle*
Claudia Martínez Garay*
Hans Ragnar Mathisen
RJ Messineo*
Shala Miller*
Joar Nango*
Sarah Ndele
Brooke O’Harra*
Gabriela Pinilla
Khalil Rabah*
Ana Raylander Mártis dos Anjos*
Miller Robinson*
Donald Rodney
Cameron Rowland
Daid Roy*
Walter Scott*
Mohit Shelare*
Silät*
Reina Sugihara*
Ginger Brooks Takahashi*
Camara Taylor*
Sōfū Teshigahara and Sogetsu Foundation*
Natasha Tontey
Wu Tsang*
Jonathan Yu
Zhao Yao*
