Idea Furnace Retrospective is the second iteration of this exhibition, showcasing the work of six artists from other media who participated in the Idea Furnace program and were inspired by glass.
@Pittsburgh Glass Center, opens October 3, 6-9pm

 

The Tangled Web is an installation made up of many places, experiences, feelings, thoughts, creatures, and characters.

@Bunker Project, through October 12

 

The Pittsburgh Group Show is a living archive of creativity, care, and collaboration that is rooted in place but not bound by it.

@BoxHeart Gallery, through October 17

 

One Year, One Outfit is a cohort-based project that responds to consumerism and the damaging effects of fast fashion.

@Brew House Arts, through October 18

 

As It Is and Meanwhile in Detroit are two solo contemporary photography exhibitions that explore themes, including relationships with nature.

@Silver Eye Center for Photography, through October 18

 

But Wait, There's More! is an exhibition featuring the work of six artists that explore the acceleration of consumerism from the Golden Age of Capitalism to the present.

@AAP Exhibition Space, through October 24

 

Familiar Rabbits and Persistent Beasts by Patricia Bellan-Gillen presents new work where personal narrative mixes with fairytales. Historical events intertwine with the imagined and a veil of nostalgia blurs the border between fact and fiction.

 

Machine Turn Quickly considers the material and social histories of hyper-specific but humble tools—"frog gigs," wheels, labyrinths, paint, to name a few—taking them as starting points for abstract, decompositional art making.

@Romance Gallery, through November 2

 

Facing Abstraction brings together six of Pittsburgh's influential contemporary artists, each of whom explores shape, color, line, and form in ways that connect to one another, yet remain uniquely their own.

@ICON Fine Art Gallery, through November 8

 

Distill Life encourages reflection on consumption, disposability, and the value of mass-produced objects that often end up in landfills.

@Concept Gallery Annex, through November 15

 

In Biota, the works not only feature flora, fauna, and figures—life in its many forms—but the artists themselves represent the creative biome born out of Pittsburgh’s own distinctness.

@Pittsburgh Center for Arts & Media, through November 30

 

Transformation 12: Contemporary Works in Wood features the work of 19 finalists, each exploring the expressive and technical possibilities of wood. Through techniques such as intarsia, marquetry, woodturning, carving, and sculptural construction, these artists transform raw material into compelling work.

 

a Rose is a Rose is a Rose is a poetic play of mixed media assemblages—varying in shape, scale, and texture—grounded in Lavett Ballard’s richly layered narrative style.

@August Wilson African American Cultural Center, through March 29, 2026