How does this year’s International carry on the tradition begun by Andrew Carnegie with the first International?
LH: Carnegie wanted the International to be a repository for the “old masters of tomorrow.” We’ve done our best to choose the most promising lights in contemporary visual culture today. CM: Does the museum usually purchase works from the Carnegie International? LH: Yes, typically we do. Over the past three years we purchased a number of works of the artists in this International. Now that the exhibition is up, we might take a look and see what else we need to purchase. CM: Why is the International important to Pittsburgh? LH: The tradition of the exhibition is enormously important to Pittsburgh. It’s one of the things people know Pittsburgh for. Pittsburgh’s famous for the steel industry, for the PPG building, for the three rivers, and Pittsburgh’s famous for the Carnegie International. It’s one of the main draws for this region, and it has been since the 19th century. CM: Who do you expect to attend and appreciate the show? LH: I hope the entire region will attend. We had a huge atten
