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…
The Whitney Museum of American Art opened their latest Biennial on March 20th titled "Even Better Than the Real Thing". Featuring creations from 71 artists and collectives, spanning various mediums and fields, reflecting the changing landscape of American art. The 2024 Biennial marks the 81st edition of the Museum's landmark exhibition series, the longest-running…
The Whitney Museum of American Art's annual Art Party, held on January 30, 2024, transformed the museum into a botanical haven, drawing in a high-profile crowd. This year’s event, co-chaired by a distinguished group including Natalie Ball, Edward Barsamian, Steven Beltrani, Micaela Erlanger, and Kambui Olujimi, was a testament to the power of art, nature,…
Inheritance June 28th, 2023–February 2024 Whitney Museum of American Art 99 Gansevoort Street New York, NY, 10014 The Whitney Museum of American Art has announced Inheritance, an exhibition that will feature artworks by 43 prominent artists and examine the impacts of legacy on familial, historical, and aesthetic lines. Inheritance will open on June 28, 2023…
At the Dawn of a New Age: Early Twentieth-Century American Modernism A new exhibit by The Whitney Museum of American Art Exhibition on View May 7, 2022-January 2023 The Whitney Museum of American Art 99 Gansevoort Street, between Washington and West streets in New York City M, W, TH: 10:30am-6pm F: 10:30am-10pm …
The Whitney Museum of American Art is taking a further step into the world of merging artificial intelligence with art, or rather the future of curating. The museum recently launched The Next Biennial Should Be Curated by a Machine on their artport - their portal to Internet art and online gallery space for commissions of net…
Following several false starts, art lovers can finally delight as many of New York City’s most prominent museums will be reopening in the coming weeks. On Friday, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that starting August 24th, museums and other cultural institutions will be permitted to open to the public: https://twitter.com/NYGovCuomo/status/1294299267830611969?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1294299267830611969%7Ctwgr%5E&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lohud.com%2Fstory%2Fnews%2Fcoronavirus%2F2020%2F08%2F14%2Fny-allow-gyms-bowling-alleys-museums-open-what-know%2F3375518001%2F However, as New York City was…
David Wojnarowicz: History Keeps Me Awake At Night July 13th - September 30th, 2018 Whitney Museum of American Art: 99 Gansevoort Street, NYC The first comprehensive exhibit of artist, writer and activist David Wojnarowicz is set to open at the Whitney on July 13th. Wojnarowicz emerged as a key fixture in the downtown New York…
Artists, socialites and fashion industry giants gathered in New York City at the Whitney Museum last Tuesday, November 14th for its annual Art Party and dinner. Model-actress Ashley Graham and sculptor and performance artist Raúl de Nieves co-chaired this year's pre-Art Party dinner and musical artists Young Paris (the newest signee to Jay Z's Roc Nation) and…
On August 18th, An Incomplete History of Protest goes on view at the Whitney Museum from the Whitney's own collection. The exhibition displays how artists from the 1940s-2000s have confronted the political and social issues of their time. The artists' see their work as essential to challenging established thought and creating a more equitable culture, such…
Performance artist Istvan Kantor was removed from The Whitney Museum for splashing what was reportedly his own blood in the shape of an X on the third floor of the museum's current retrospective on the illustrious Jeff Koons. The Canadian self-described critic also managed to scribble "Monty Cantsin [his pseudonym] was here" and posed behind Koons' Rabbit sculpture, which…
Blending emerging and lesser-known artists, the Whitney Biennial is exhibits the best contemporary American art every two years at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City. Seeing its first exhibition in 1973, the biennial has garnered a reputation as one of the world's leading art events. This year, in the 2014 Whitney Biennial,…
Performa is dedicated to exploring the critical role of live performance in the history of twentieth century art and to encouraging new directions for the twenty-first century. Performa 13, the fifth iteration of NYC’s scattered biennial of live-visual art performances is back at it again from November 1st till the 24th. Launched in 2011 as…
On May 20th, the multimedia performance artist, K8 Hardy, probably best known for her zine FashionFashion, put on her Untitled Runway Show at the Whitney Museum in New York. Hardy put together over thirty looks as part of her exhibition for the 2012 Biennial. The exhibition piece had all the makings of any standard runway show, makeup…
Louis Vuitton has just announced their latest collaboration with 82-year-old Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, known for putting her trademark polka dots on everything, including cars, tree trunks, and herself. The collaboration will be unveiled on July 10, hitting stores just in time for Kusama's major retrospective at the Whitney Museum in New York. According to…
