The Milton and Sheila Fine Collection
Carnegie Museum of Art announces a landmark gift from prominent Pittsburgh philanthropists and art collectors Milton and Sheila Fine. Promised to Carnegie Museum of Art in 2015, their gift includes more than 100 works from their collection of contemporary painting, sculpture, and photography.
The Carnegie International heavily influenced the trajectory of the Fines鈥� collection. The couple actively collected alongside the flagship exhibition series, with museum leadership and the exhibition鈥檚 curators shaping the development of the Fines鈥� personal interests and acquisitions. The Fines and Carnegie Museum of Art cultivated a long-standing and reciprocal relationship with one another over decades as the Fines built their collection with the intention to one day gift it to the museum.
The Milton and Sheila Fine Collection is offered as a celebration and remembrance of Milton Fine, who passed away on March 27, 2019. The exhibition opens with an introduction that provides context about the Fines鈥� and their collection, featuring notable works by artists such as Mark Bradford, Christopher Wool, and Rosmarie Trockel鈥攁ll of whom previously exhibited at Carnegie Museum of Art and in the Carnegie International. Within each gallery, there are highlight moments that set artworks into varying genre defining relationship. Visitors enjoy emblematic works in photography, moments of growth in the Fines鈥� collection during 1980s, paintings and sculptures that range from abstract to minimalist forms, a collector鈥檚 salon and significant contemporary artworks.
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Carnegie Museum of Art announces a landmark gift from prominent Pittsburgh philanthropists and art collectors Milton and Sheila Fine. Promised to Carnegie Museum of Art in 2015, their gift includes more than 100 works from their collection of contemporary painting, sculpture, and photography.
The Carnegie International heavily influenced the trajectory of the Fines鈥� collection. The couple actively collected alongside the flagship exhibition series, with museum leadership and the exhibition鈥檚 curators shaping the development of the Fines鈥� personal interests and acquisitions. The Fines and Carnegie Museum of Art cultivated a long-standing and reciprocal relationship with one another over decades as the Fines built their collection with the intention to one day gift it to the museum.
The Milton and Sheila Fine Collection is offered as a celebration and remembrance of Milton Fine, who passed away on March 27, 2019. The exhibition opens with an introduction that provides context about the Fines鈥� and their collection, featuring notable works by artists such as Mark Bradford, Christopher Wool, and Rosmarie Trockel鈥攁ll of whom previously exhibited at Carnegie Museum of Art and in the Carnegie International. Within each gallery, there are highlight moments that set artworks into varying genre defining relationship. Visitors enjoy emblematic works in photography, moments of growth in the Fines鈥� collection during 1980s, paintings and sculptures that range from abstract to minimalist forms, a collector鈥檚 salon and significant contemporary artworks.
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