Things to Come: OUTLINES, 1941–1947
Anni Albers, Alexander Calder, Joseph Cornell, Julio De Diego, Maya Deren, Werner Drewes, Gertrude Glass Greene, Balcomb Greene, Stanley William Hayter, Sam Kramer, Paul Mayén, Peter Müller-Munk, Isamu Noguchi, Irene Rice Pereira, Jackson Pollock, Jens Risom, Art Smith, Russell Gould Twiggs, Eva Zeisel
March 24 – August 16, 2026
155 N. Craig Street, Suite 110
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Things to Come: OUTLINES, 1941–1947, co-curated by Brittany Reilly, revisits the history and impact of Outlines, an experimental gallery active in Pittsburgh between 1941 and 1947. Founded by 21-year-old artist Elizabeth “Betty” Rockwell (1920–1998) along the city’s Boulevard of the Allies, Outlines created a radically interdisciplinary program and meeting ground for the avant-garde that expanded thinking toward hybrid models. Things to Come—titled after H.G. Wells’s speculative fiction screenplay and its 1936 film adaptation shown at Outlines as part of Rockwell’s robust film series—will unfold over the course of five months and as a subtle backdrop for Romance’s concurrent gallery programming. Alongside select archival material and works by artists and designers exhibited at Outlines—including original pieces shown at the historic gallery—an ongoing series of programs featuring emerging and contemporary artists will engage the model of what Rockwell described as a “public–gallery–library–theater of modern art.” Read full press release here.