Edges of Ailey THE WHITNEY MUSEUM 99 Gansevoort St, New York, NY 10014 Sept 25, 2024–Feb 9, 2025 Edges of Ailey, now open at the Whitney Museum of American Art, is the first large-scale museum exhibition to celebrate the life, dances, influences, and enduring legacy of visionary artist and choreographer Alvin Ailey (b. 1931, Rogers,…
The Whitney Museum of American Art has updated its exhibition schedule through summer 2025, showcasing its dedication to exhibiting diverse and representative American art. The schedule includes a variety of media such as painting, sculpture, photography, dance, performance, and digital art. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKRpexJZfOk Christine Sun Kim: All Day All Night February 8–July 2025 All Day All…
New York City’s annual month-long pride celebration kicks off on May 31, ushering in a month of celebrating the city’s LGBTQIA+ community. NYC Pride unveiled the 2024 theme earlier this year as “Reflect. Empower. Unite.,” which was chosen to commemorate the intersectionality of the annual celebration. This year also marks the 40th anniversary of Heritage…
The Whitney Museum Whitney Biennial 2024: Even Better Than the Real Thing March 20 - August 11, 2024 (open to the public) 99 Gansevoort St, New York, NY 10014 The Whitney Museum of American Art has announced that 69 artists and 2 collectives will participate in Whitney Biennial 2024: Even Better Than the Real Thing.…
"Henry Taylor: B Side" & "Fragments of a Faith Forgotten: The Arts of Harry Smith" October 4th, 2023 to January 28th, 2024 The Whitney Museum of Art 99 Gansevoort St, New York, NY 10014 The Whitney Museum of Art in New York City is set to present two exhibitions opening on October 4th: "Henry Taylor:…
VIEW PHOTO GALLERY FROM THE WHITNEY ART PARTY (51 PHOTOS) On January 31st, the Whitney Museum of American Art’s annual Art Party made its long-awaited return after a two-year hiatus. The event, hosted by the Whitney Contemporaries, raises funds for the museum’s world-renowned Independent Study Program. ISP has remained one of the country’s leading postgraduate…
The Whitney Museum of American Art Edward Hopper’s New York October 19th, 2022 - March 5th, 2023 On October 19th, The Whitney Museum of American Art will become Edward Hopper’s New York. The exhibition, which is the first to focus on Edward Hopper’s lifelong enchantment with New York City, will house more than 200 paintings,…
New York Art Week May 5-12, 2022 From May 5-12, more than 20 New York–based art organizations, galleries, museums and auction houses have banded together to launch the first official New York Art Week, which is set to take place when four art fairs—Independent, TEFAF, NADA, and The Future Fair—open in the city this spring.…
"Vida Americana: Mexican Muralists Remake American Art, 1925–1945" February 17 - May 17, 2020 The Whitney Museum Mexico underwent a radical cultural transformation at the end of its Revolution in 1920. A new relationship between art and the public was established, giving rise to art that spoke directly to the people about social justice and…
Whitney Biennial 2019: Film Screenings and Performances Now - Sept. 22 The Whitney Museum NYC In the final weeks of the 2019 Whitney Biennial, the Whitney Museum will host a variety of performances by Biennial artists, including Brendan Fernandes, Autumn Knight, Steffani Jemison, and Madeline Hollander. The final installment of the exhibition’s film program, guest…
Rachel Harrison Life Hack Oct 25, 2019–Jan 12, 2020 The Whitney Museum Rachel Harrison "Life Hack" is the first full-scale survey to track the development of Harrison’s career over the past twenty-five years, assembling approximately one hundred works, including sculptures, photographs, drawings, and installations, ranging in date from 1991 to the present. Harrison combines pop-cultural,…
Andy Warhol—From A to B and Back Again Nov 12, 2018–Mar 31, 2019 Whitney Museum 99 Gansevoort Street Few American artists are as ever-present and instantly recognizable as Andy Warhol (1928–1987). Through his carefully cultivated persona and willingness to experiment with non-traditional art-making techniques, Warhol understood the growing power of images in contemporary life and helped…
The artist roster of the 2017 Whitney Biennial is one of the most ethnically diverse in the event’s history (or really in the history of any biennial at a major art institution) but it is a painting by a white woman that is receiving the most attention in the show and has quickly become the…
IT IS NO SECRET THAT THE ART WORLD, though responsible for propagating spectacular, history-shaping movements, has been at best an uneven playing field for men versus women in the fight for respect and artistic reification. At worst it’s served as an unassailable fortress wherein institutionalized sexism is not just a latent function of the system…
America Is Hard to See The Whitney Museum of American Art, 99 Gansevoort Street New York NY 10014 May 1 2015 - September 27 2015 The Whitney Museum of American Art will open its new Renzo Piano–designed home at 99 Gansevoort Street on May 1, 2015, with an exhibition America Is Hard to See that reexamines…
Jeff Koons: A Retrospective The Whitney Museum of American Art June 27th - October 19th, 2014 On June 27th, 2014, The Whitney Museum of American Art opened their highly anticipated final exhibition at their 945 Madison Avenue location, Jeff Koons: A Retrospective, which closes on October 19th. Coinciding with the end of the Koons retrospective will be the closure of…
