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Thursday, February 12, 2026

Carnegie Museum announces 61 artists and collectives for 2026 Carnegie International. https://ift.tt/fAmDJGl

The Carnegie Museum of Art announced 61 artists and collectives who will take part in the 2026 Carnegie International, the institution’s major survey of contemporary art staged every four years. Curated by Ryan Inouye, Danielle A. Jackson, and Liz Park, the 59th edition of the exhibition will run May 2, 2026 through January 3, 2027, at the Carnegie in Pittsburgh as well as at several partner institutions across the city, where a slate of new commissions will be presented.

Among the participants are internationally acclaimed artists including Dineo Seshee Bopape, Torkwase Dyson, Alia Farid, Beatriz González, Arturo Kameya, Claudia Martínez Garay, Cameron Rowland, and Wu Tsang.

Titled “If the word we,” the exhibition invites visitors to expand how we think about borders and belonging. “Rather than thinking about ‘we’ as a fixed or unified collective, the title proposes it as something much more dynamic—it’s a space for listening,” said Park during a press event in early February in New York. The curators approached the exhibition “by working closely with artists over time, listening to them attentively, and following how their works move across geographies, disciplines, and forms of knowledge,” Park added.

New commissions are a major focus of the 2026 edition. These include Torkwase Dyson’s immersive animation, which will premiere in the planetarium at Kamin Science Center; and a collaborative installation by Arturo Kameya and Claudia Martínez Garay that will be presented at the Mattress Factory, which is co-commissioning the work.

A cornerstone of the museum since 1896, the Carnegie International traces back to founder Andrew Carnegie’s visit to the first Venice Biennale in 1895. Blown away by the international exhibition, he returned home determined to establish something similar in Pittsburgh. “Since that time, it’s become a platform to introduce new artistic ideas, to expand the museum’s collection, and to position Pittsburgh as a place where international art happens,” said Carnegie director Eric Crosby at the same press event. The International is North America’s longest-running exhibition of international art.

Over the decades, the International has helped shape Carnegie Museum of Art’s impressive collection through acquisitions tied to past editions. Major artists who have participated in previous Internationals include Josef Albers, Louise Bourgeois, Mary Cassatt, Nicole Eisenman, Edward Hopper, Agnes Martin, Julie Mehretu, Sigmar Polke, Auguste Rodin, and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, among many others.

The full list of artists and collectives participating in the 2026 Carnegie International follows: