Mattress Factory Contemporary Art Museum
Art museum · Central North Side ·
Pioneering museum for site-specific installations in rowhouses
Pioneering museum for site-specific installations in rowhouses
"All installation art, the Mattress Factory curates stories. It is best known for interactive art in room-sized or "site-specific" environments. Previously a mattress warehouse, the museum has worked with over 650 artists since its foundings in the late 70's. Light and space artist, James Turrell, along with Yayoi Kusama's mirrored room and Greer Lankton (all pictured below) are only a few of the internationally-acclaimed artists who have laid a golden egg here." - Wall-to-Wall Studios
"The Mattress Factory is a museum featuring contemporary installation art, located in the North Side of Pittsburgh." - Travel + Leisure Editors
"The Mattress Factory Museum, North Side. All installation art, the Mattress Factory curates stories. It is best known for interactive art in room-sized or "site-specific" environments. Previously a mattress warehouse, the museum has worked with over 650 artists since its foundings in the late 70's. Light and space artist, James Turrell, along with Yayoi Kusama's mirrored room and Greer Lankton (all pictured below) are only a few of the internationally-acclaimed artists who have laid a golden egg here."
"Housed in a former mattress warehouse built in 1900, Mattress Factory describes itself as a research and development lab for artists. Since 1983, the art space has shown 17 Turrell works, and it has three pieces on view: Danaë, Pleiades, and Big Red."
"Pittsburgh's Mattress Factory contemporary art museum has two Kusama rooms in its permanent collection. One is enclosed by mirrors and has red polka dots covering the floor and two gray-haired mannequins. The other, Infinity Dots Mirrored Room, is mirrored as well, with a floor covered in multi-colored polka dots. Admission to the museum is $20 for adults; Tuesday's are half-off."