Performative reading by artist Maithili Bavkar, featured in the 59th Carnegie International, that blends spoken word and printed matter.
Maithili Bavkar is performing a reading at Carnegie Music Hall on Saturday, October 31, from 12 PM to 12:15 PM. It's a short, focused piece—fifteen minutes—that sits inside the 59th Carnegie International, the museum's big international exhibition that comes around every four years. Bavkar is one of the artists featured in this edition, and her work is included in the exhibition's catalogue.
She describes the piece as a performative reading that looks at domestic gesture, voice, and materiality. In it, spoken word meets printed matter, and the work unfolds with the viewer right there. It's a small window into her practice, and because it's part of the larger International, it's one of many things happening around the museum this fall.
To get some context on the exhibition itself: the Carnegie International is the longest-running exhibition of international art in North America, and the 59th edition is being called the most collaborative and far-reaching one to date. If you're interested in Bavkar's work beyond this reading, her pieces and printed matter are also available at the 2026 Pittsburgh Art Book Fair.
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The reading is free, and it runs from 12 PM to 12:15 PM on Saturday, October 31, at Carnegie Music Hall.
