Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Museum of Art has revealed the 61 artists and collectives who will participate in its 59th Carnegie International (2 May-3 January 2027). These include a record 36 freshly commissioned pieces created specifically for the longest running recurring exhibition in North America. Joining the 14 artists previously announced in November, among the more than 40 new participants are a number of Indigenous artists as well as the 2024 Turner Prize-winner Jasleen Kaur and Li Yi-Fan, who will represent Taiwan at this year’s Venice Biennale.
Curated by Carnegie Museum of Art’s Ryan Inouye and Liz Park, and Danielle A. Jackson of Artists Space in New York, this year’s exhibition is titled If the word we, reflecting a spirit of collaboration and community that transcends national borders. Featured works will span a wide variety of media—painting, photography, sculpture, installation, video, performance and theatre.
Silät’s Hilulis tenkay (Yicas That Are Songs) (2024) Courtesy of the artists
“This International emerged through sustained relationships rather than a single curatorial framework,” the curators said in a joint statement. “Projects developed through extended exchanges with artists, writers and collaborators—often over several years—allow works to evolve in response to specific sites, contexts and forms of knowledge. This process shaped an exhibition attentive to how ideas move across places, disciplines and histories as they take form in the present.”
The newly announced participants include the Benin-born octogenarian conceptual artist Georges Adéagbo, the Montreal-based Inuk artist asinnajaq, the South African artist Dineo Seshee Bopape, the Korean artists Chung Seoyoung and Hong Lee Hyunsook, the Norway-based Sámi artist and architect Joar Nango, the Palestinian artist Khalil Rabah, the Argentina-based Wichí women artists collective Silät, the Japanese artist Reina Sugihara and the Zurich- and London-based filmmaker Wu Tsang. Works by the late artists Donald Rodney, Saloua Raouda Choucair and Beatriz González (who died last month at age 93) will also be on view.