Whitney Museum of American Art

You're invited to a special free outdoor dance class on Tuesday, July 23, in partnership with AILEY and the Meatpacking BID to celebrate Edges of Ailey, a multimedia exhibition opening at the Whitney this fall! 💃 Exhibition tickets will be going live that same day. Participants will learn excerpts from Alvin Ailey's timeless signature masterpiece "Revelations" led by Ailey Extension instructor and famed former Ailey Company member Linda Celeste Sims. Join us next Tuesday from 5:30 to 6:30 pm in Gansevoort Plaza. All ages and levels are welcome!

Have you heard? Alex Tatarsky is in the #WhitneyBiennial 🤡 Considering the word "material," as both the physical substances that comprise an object and the experiences that become a performance, Tatarsky will gather an array of items—from their clown closet, from the garbage, and from the audience—to generate scores and screeds towards a clown fever dream in which they attempt to be possessed, rather than possess, and to follow pleasure amidst the mess. Performance details and tickets: https://lnkd.in/e9qxAsdj

Get ready: We're about to celebrate Edward Hopper's birthday all weekend long! 🥳 Saturday, July 20 We've teamed up with the Meatpacking District and Edward Hopper House to plan a day of events and activities at the Whitney Museum, photo ops in Gansevoort Plaza, and festivities at the Edward Hopper House Museum and Study Center. The Whitney will also host our second annual Hopper Ride—a round-trip bike ride open to the public from the Museum to Hopper's birthplace of Nyack, NY. Space is limited—reserve your spot at the link in our profile. Sunday, July 21 The weekend will close with a Sunday concert from 5 to 7 pm at Edward Hopper House Museum by Night Hawk, a Hopper inspired indie band. Monday, July 22 Happy birthday, Hopper! 🎉 Get all the details: https://lnkd.in/eAQxXvSq

We've been teaming up with the teens from our education programs to make videos about the #WhitneyBiennial and beyond. For this segment, we asked them about the most interesting, impactful, and moving works in this year's Biennial. Psst: Want to be part of our Youth Insights (YI) program? NYC high school students are invited to apply to our fall 2024 YI Artists program now. Apps are due by Friday, August 2, at 11:59 pm! Details: https://lnkd.in/evu6PXCv

July is Disability Pride Month! In celebration, we've invited artists Liza Sylvestre and Christopher Jones present their elastic, experimental, and expansive Blue Description Project (BDP), created in collaboration with Dr. Sarah Hayden (Voices in the Gallery). Following the screening, Sylvestre and Jones will speak about the project with 2024 Whitney Biennial artist Constantina Zavitsanos and Executive Director of Visual AIDS Kyle Croft. The screening and conversation will take place on July 17 at 6:30 pm in the Museum's theater. Get all the details and book your tickets below.

#WestSideFestNYC is almost here! We're teaming up with our neighboring cultural institutions on July 12–14 for a free, multi-site celebration. At the Whitney, we'll have: 🖌️ Open Studio for Teens on Friday from 1 to 3 pm 🪩 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 While admission to the Museum is free on Friday nights and the second Sunday of every month, tickets are required, and capacity is limited.

We are heartbroken to learn of the passing of philanthropist and champion of the arts, Dorothy Lichtenstein. The widow of Pop artist Roy Lichtenstein and Founding Director of his eponymous foundation, died on July 4 at the age of 84. In a statement her family has shared, “Maximally generous and well informed about the many causes she supported, she extended her benevolence to family, friends, colleagues and employees, sharing her good fortune with all.” Here at the Whitney Museum, we were lucky enough to receive her thoughtfulness and good fortune, as the recipient of hundreds of Roy’s works and most recently, his former home and studio in Greenwich Village, which now houses our Independent Study Program. Our director Scott Rothkopf said it beautifully, “And she was so incredibly generous to so many institutions and people, whether brilliantly stewarding Roy’s legacy, or blessing Aggie Gund’s decision to fund Art for Justice with the sale of one of his masterpieces, or sending me home from a weekend at her house with a bag of cookies for my grandparents (I kid you not). She recently gave the Whitney Roy’s studio and their former home to be the new lodgings of our Independent Study Program. She liked the idea that this place that meant so much to her would continue to inspire artists, critics, and curators for decades to come. I wish she were around to see how that’s happening.” Sending warmth to her family, friends, and admirers who were touched by her wisdom and kindness. — Dorothy Lichtenstein at the Whitney Independent Study Program in the Lichtenstein Studio space, 2023. Photo: Filip Wolak

This Friday, July 12, we're pleased to present a film program organized by 2024 #WhitneyBiennial guest curator Zackary Drucker. Drucker brings together an intergenerational group of filmmakers whose work explores love, desire, and loss. The program features films by Miranda Haymon, Aron Kantor, Gbenga Komolafe and Tee Park, Nyala Moon, Edward Owens, Penelope Spheeris, and Chanelle Tyson and will be followed by a conversation between Drucker and select artists. Get all the details and book your tickets below.

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