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☆ Exploring Pittsburgh’s Legacy of Steel
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-27 | by ( Leslie Wayne | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

This article is part of our Museums special section about how institutions are striving to offer their visitors more to see, do and feel. If there is one word that defines Pittsburgh, it is steel. Steel is in Pittsburgh’s DNA. It’s embedded in the name of the city’s football team and is the source of the industrial wealth that put Pittsburgh on the map. This month, steel is being celebrated in a different way at the city’s Carnegie Museum of Art.

Persons: Marie Watt, Watt, Eric Crosby, “, ’ ’ Organizations: city’s Carnegie Museum of Art Locations: Pittsburgh, New York

☆ Election Updates: Biden courts labor unions, with a speech to electrical workers planned today.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-19 | by ( Chris Cameron | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +9 min

Members of this prominent Democratic family, including most of Mr. Kennedy’s siblings, had already signaled their support for Mr. Biden. Just as President Biden does today.”“Nearly every single grandchild of Joe and Rose Kennedy supports Joe Biden,” she said. “That’s right: The Kennedy family endorses Joe Biden for president.”Responding on social media, Mr. Kennedy avoided engaging with his family’s rejection of his candidacy. “I know you’re never supposed to reject a gift,” Mr. Kennedy joked as he held them. He then encouraged the roughly dozen people there to volunteer for the Biden campaign, arguing that their help could decide the election.

Persons: Kennedy, Biden, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, I’m, Kathleen, Rory, Joe, Chris, Max, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, —, Kennedy’s, Biden’s, Jim Wilson, Donald, ” Kerry Kennedy, “ Daddy, Rose Kennedy, ”, “, Mr, John, Kennedy —, John F, Martin Luther King, Donald J, Trump, Conor Lamb, Teenie Harris, Edward M, ” Joseph P, Kennedy II, Joseph P, Kennedy III, you’re, ” Mr Organizations: America, Biden, White, Democratic, Black, New York Times, Trump, PAC, Voters, Marquette Law School, Carnegie Museum of Art, Getty, Mr, Republican, MAGA Inc, Philly Locations: Philadelphia, America, Michigan, United States, Wisconsin, American, Pennsylvania, Kennedy, Washington, Pa, Harlem, Massachusetts

☆ The Crochet Coral Reef Keeps Spawning, Hyperbolically
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-15 | by ( Siobhan Roberts | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Last year, this natural spectacle coincided with the woolly propagation of two new colonies of the Crochet Coral Reef, a long-running craft-science collaborative artwork now inhabiting the Schlossmuseum in Linz, Austria, and the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh. The project also explores mathematical themes, since many living reef organisms biologically approximate the quirky curvature of hyperbolic geometry. By contrast, the surface of a sphere displays constant positive curvature; at all points, the surface bends inward toward itself. And a hyperbolic plane exhibits constant negative curvature; at all points, the surface curves away from itself. Reef life thrives on hyperbolism, so to speak; the curvy surface structure of coral maximizes nutrient intake, and nudibranchs propel through water with frilly flanges.

Organizations: Carnegie Museum of Art Locations: Linz, Austria, Pittsburgh

☆ Schiele Works Believed to Be Stolen Are Seized From U.S. Museums
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Tom Mashberg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“Whether you are a plaintiff, prosecutor or defense counsel, attorneys are always looking for new precedents,” Mark Vlasic, an adjunct professor of law at Georgetown University and former United Nations war crimes prosecutor, said in an email. The art will be transported to New York at a later date. In a statement, the Art Institute said: “We are confident in our legal acquisition and lawful possession of this work. Before Wednesday’s actions, the Grünbaum heirs had filed civil claims not just against the three museums, but also against the Museum of Modern Art and the Morgan Library and Museum, both in New York City; the Santa Barbara Museum of Art in California; and several individual defendants. The plaintiffs in this case had filed claims seeking the return of other Schiele works at other museums.

Persons: ” Mark Vlasic, ” Organizations: Georgetown University, United, Art Institute, Carnegie Museum of Art, Carnegie, Oberlin, Museum of Modern Art, Morgan Library and Museum, Santa Barbara Museum of Art Locations: United Nations, Oberlin, New York, New York City, California

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Dr. Richard W. Moriarty, a retired pediatrician from Pittsburgh who helped create the bright green Mr. Yuk sticker that warns kids away from poisonous substances, has died. Moriarty passed away on Thursday, according to Jeffrey Fugh of the funeral home John A. Freyvogel Sons Inc., which is handling arrangements in Pittsburgh. Moriarty was involved in establishing and developing the Pittsburgh Poison Center, where he served as director. He told the newspaper that the response by children in focus groups to the Mr. Yuk sticker's sickly green color and upset face was instrumental — "the Mr. Yuk symbol was designed by kids for kids.” The poison awareness campaign began in 1971. Visitation is Sunday and Monday, with a private funeral on Tuesday.

Persons: Dr, Richard W, Moriarty, Yuk, Jeffrey Fugh, John A, David Hairhoger Organizations: PITTSBURGH, Inc, Pittsburgh Poison Center, UPMC, Pittsburgh Post, Gazette, University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Museum of, Pittsburgh Public Theater Locations: Pittsburgh, UPMC Shadyside, Pittsburgh's Lawrenceville

They are buoyed by experts who say the arsenic risk is overblown, the mounts nothing short of art. The Endangered Species Act protects animals even in death, so the collection can’t be sold. But by the time he died in 1978, international laws and the Endangered Species Act were cracking down. In August, the results came back: 79% of specimens tested positive for detectable levels of arsenic, the city said. With protective gear, taxidermy can be moved safely despite arsenic, said Jennifer Menken, the public collections manager at the Bell Museum of Natural History.

Persons: “, ”, John Janelli, Fran Ritchie, Gretchen Anderson, Dave Pfeifle, Henry Brockhouse, ’, Becky Dewitz, Jennifer Menken, Paul, encasing, Christina Meister, Dewitz, she's, Paul TenHaken, Barbara Philips, Jason Haack, Abby Normal’s, ” Haack Organizations: Sioux Falls City Council, National Taxidermists Association, Society for, Carnegie Museum of, Sioux Falls, West Sioux Hardware, Plains, The Associated Press, Bell Museum of, University of Minnesota’s, National Wildlife, U.S . Fish, Wildlife Service, City, Abby Normal’s Museum, City Council Locations: South, Sioux Falls, Pittsburgh, China, University of Minnesota’s St, Denver, U.S

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