The Whitney Biennial | Whitney Museum of American Art
WEBThe Whitney Biennial is the longest-running survey of American art, and has been a hallmark of the Museum since 1932. Initiated by the Museum's founder Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney as an invitational exhibition featuring artwork created in the preceding two years, the biennials were originally organized by medium, with painting alternating with sculpture and works on paper.
Edward Hopper’s New York | Whitney Museum of American Art
WEBOct 19, 2022 · The Whitney is the largest repository of Edward Hopper’s artwork in the world and we always have works by Hopper on view. See them on Floor 7 or browse the Hopper collection online.. For Edward Hopper, New York was a city that existed in the mind as well as on the map, a place that took shape through lived experience, memory, and the collective imagination.
Edward Hopper | Whitney Museum of American Art
WEBEdward Hopper (July 22, 1882 – May 15, 1967) was an American realist painter and printmaker. He is one of America's most renowned artists and known for his skill in capturing American life and landscapes through his art. Born in Nyack, New York, to a middle-class family, Hopper's early exposure to art was nurtured by his parents.
Archibald Motley: Jazz Age Modernist - Whitney Museum
WEBOct 2, 2015 · Archibald John Motley Jr. (1891–1981) was a bold and highly original modernist and one of the great visual chroniclers of twentieth-century American life. He first came to prominence in the 1920s during the early days of the Harlem Renaissance—the cultural flowering of African American art, music, …
Whitney Museum of American Art
WEBTuesdays Closed. Wednesdays 10:30 am–6 pm. Thursdays 10:30 am–6 pm. Fridays 10:30 am–10 pm*. Saturdays 10:30 am–6 pm. Sundays 10:30 am–6 pm**. *Museum admission is free on Fridays, 5–10 pm. **Museum admission is free every second Sunday of every month. Modern and Contemporary artist inspired …
Museum Map | Whitney Museum of American Art
WEBMuseum Map. See all exhibitions at the Museum. Stairs. Staircases may be used to reach each floor of the Museum. Please follow signs and instructions from Whitney staff. Elevators. Elevators provide additional access to the entire Museum. Leonard A. Lauder Building. Floor 8.
Free Friday Nights | Whitney Museum of American Art
WEBFree Friday Nights. Admission to the Whitney is free for all visitors every Friday evenings from 5–10 pm. Enjoy art, drinks, special programming, music, and views of the Statue of Liberty, Empire State Building, and more from the Museum’s iconic terraces. Named one of the best free things to do in NYC by Time Out NY, Free Friday Night is a ...
Man Ray | Whitney Museum of American Art
WEBMan Ray1890–1976. Man Ray. 1890–1976. Wikipedia entry. Man Ray (born Emmanuel Radnitzky; August 27, 1890 – November 18, 1976) was an American visual artist who spent most of his career in Paris. He was a significant contributor to the Dada and Surrealist movements, although his ties to each were informal. He produced major works in a ...
Andy Warhol | Green Coca-Cola Bottles - Whitney Museum
WEBAug 27, 2015 · Green Coca-Cola Bottles was created the year that Andy Warhol developed his pioneering silkscreen technique, which allowed him to produce his paintings through a mechanical process that paralleled his use of mass culture subjects. Here, the image of a single Coca-Cola bottle is repeated in regular rows, seven high by sixteen across, above the company’s logo.
At the Dawn of a New Age: Early Twentieth-Century American …
WEBMay 7, 2022 · Installation view of At the Dawn of a New Age: Early Twentieth-Century American Modernism (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, May 4, 2022-January 2023). From left to right: Marsden Hartley, Forms Abstracted, 1914; Oscar Bluemner, Space Motive, a New Jersey Valley, 1913-14; Agnes Pelton, Ahmi in Egypt, 1931; Georgia O’Keeffe, Black and White, 1930.