Whitney Museum of American Art

It's a Whitney AMA! 2024 #WhitneyBiennial co-curator Meg Onli is answering all your burning questions about our signature exhibition, starting with Jes Fan's sculpture titled Gut, which is embedded inside the gallery wall and only visible through three sculpted holes. Stay tuned for more answers from Meg in the coming weeks!

🍊Now open!🍊 Our newest exhibition is made up of 18 live citrus trees on the eighth floor of the Museum. The project—conceived in 1972 by Helen Mayer Harrison and Newton Harrison—explores the need for a productive and sustainable food system in an imagined future where natural farming practices are obsolete and cannot be taken for granted. Experience the indoor grove for yourself at the Whitney through Jan 1, 2025. Book tickets: https://bit.ly/4ch3dUO

Get in loser, we’re going plant spotting. 🚗🌴 New York Botanical Garden's Director of Exhibitions Content & Interpretation Michaela Wright took us for a tour of the botanical garden with stops inspired by our #WhitneyBiennial digital map. Many of the works on the map, including those that were displayed in the very first Biennial in 1932, feature plant life on view at the garden. In honor of this crossover, the Whitney is coming to the Bronx! Meet us at NYBG’s Azalea Garden this Saturday, June 29 for a tour and watercoloring. 🌸 The artmaking project is inspired by artist Joseph Stella, an Italian immigrant who would visit the New York Botanical Garden in the 1920s for artistic inspiration. Check out the Biennial map at whitney.org/map learn more about Saturday’s artmaking event here: https://lnkd.in/eTADwh5w

2,700 photographs form Carmen Winant's collective portrait of the ordinary, daily tasks required to provide abortion health care—a project that became much more urgent with the overturning of Roe v. Wade two years ago on this day. The Last Safe Abortion (2023) is on view in the #WhitneyBiennial through August 11.

We're thrilled to present artist Holland Andrews's debut of Speaker, a new performance commissioned for the 2024 #WhitneyBiennial. Andrews draws inspiration from a variety of music and performance genres throughout their body of work. In this performance, the artist engages harmonic disintegration and radical changes to language to call forward the wisdom held inside the body and, through sound, achieve physical relief. Performance schedule: Saturday, June 29, 8 pm Sunday, June 30, 8 pm Monday, July 1, 8 pm Read more + book tickets: https://lnkd.in/eUTd65SM

In honor of the release of The Bikeriders today, check out this 1966 photograph by Danny Lyon from our collection. 🏍️ The film is inspired by Lyon's 1968 book of the same name that follows the stories and characters of the Chicago Outlaws Motorcycle Club, including the subjects of this photograph. — Danny Lyon, The Stoplight Cafe, Cicero, 1966. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase with funds from Michèle Gerber Klein, Elizabeth Kabler and Nina Rosenwald 98.48. © Danny Lyon / Magnum Photos

In the 1920s and 30s, NYC's 14th Street became a hub of commercial activity catering to the middle and working-class. See how artist Edward Laning depicted this location in 1931 alongside how it looks today. Laning was one of the artists motivated by an embrace of populist urban life who established the Fourteenth Street School, settling in studios in that locale to depict lively scenes of the "poor man's Fifth Avenue." Often working through his disenchantment with the political and social uncertainties of post-Depression America, Laning did not shy away from depicting the challenges experienced by residents of the area. In honor of the 2024 #WhitneyBiennial, we're looking back at works depicting NYC featured in the very first Biennial in 1932, including Laning's Fourteenth Street. We've created a digital map featuring the locations of Biennial artist studios, NYC spots depicted by Biennial artists, NY subway stations that include artworks by Biennial artists, and much more at whitney.org/map. Visit the locations and tag us @whitneymuseum in your photos! — Edward Laning, Fourteenth Street, 1931. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase 33.17 © Edward Laning Photo: Max Touhey

West Side Fest returns this July! Join the Whitney alongside our neighboring cultural institutions for a weekend of free fun July 12 to 14. Join us at the Whitney for 🪩 Free Friday Nights (as always!) from 5 to 10 pm 🖼️ Gallery tours throughout the day on Saturday (free with Museum admission) 🧑🎨 Free Second Sundays featuring free admission all day, artmaking activities, tours, and more Read more and reserve your free tickets below. See you there!

Did somebody say ✨slay✨? LGBTQ+ youth and allies are invited to the Whitney's Queer Teen Night this Friday, June 14! The Whitney's Youth Insights Leaders and 2024 #WhitneyBiennial artist Nyala Moon, in collaboration with The Door and Haus of Us, will lead an evening of artmaking, performances, dancing, giveaways, and a tour of the Biennial. Grab your bestie and join us for free, but make sure to register in advance: https://lnkd.in/eiH8h6cv

For the 2024 #WhitneyBiennial, Cannupa Hanska Luger (Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara, Lakota) presents Uŋziwoslal Wašičuta, a Lakota phrase meaning "the fat-taker’s world is upside down." The work uses the form of a tipi, which Luger says "feels like a way to address this belonging to place rather than place belonging to you." Watch the full video: https://lnkd.in/e24X5A-y