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    May 27

    Welcome the warmer temperatures at the Whitney! Catch citywide views from our terraces, discover works by Julie Mehretu and Dawoud Bey, and see David Hammons's new permanent public sculpture, Day's End. Book timed tickets:

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  2. 16 hours ago

    The next stop on our virtual tour of Julie Mehretu is Hineni (E. 3:4) (2018). The painting's title references the burning bush in Exodus 3:4. Mehretu's Hineni (E. 3:4) considers the destructive, prophetic, and symbolic properties of fire.

    3 people look at a painting of multicolored shapes and strokes that overlap on an orange background.
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  3. Jul 2

    Just in time for summer! 🍹 We're thrilled to announce the opening of the new 8th floor Studio Bar today. Sip refreshing cocktails inside the Museum's dining space or enjoy views outside on the terrace. The Studio Bar will be open Fridays through Sundays, 12pm–close.

    A table with food and cocktails
    A view of NYC from the Studio Bar
    The Whitney's terrace overlooking the Hudson River
    Two cocktails on a serving platter
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  4. Jul 1

    Looking for something to do this weekend? Spend your day at the Whitney! Enjoy our new summer hours, including pay-what-you-wish evenings on Fridays until 10 pm. Get your timed tickets:

    A view of the Whitney's terrace with a tubular white sculpture overlooking NYC on a sunny day.
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  5. Jun 30

    "Prepare to spend hours gazing at the portraits in an intimate exchange with Bey’s sitters and situations." reviews Dawoud Bey: An American Project, on view at the Whitney through October 3.

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  6. Jun 30

    Summer has arrived! Today's toasty NYC weather calls for a popsicle. ☀️ — Gene Davis, Douglas Davis, Ed McGowin, and Michael Clark, Popsicle, 1969

    Compact columns of narrow lines in sky blue, candy pink, lime green, lavender, orange, turquoise, and kelly green alternating in a seemingly random order.
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  7. Jun 28

    This Wednesday at 6:30, join Whitney curators Adrienne Edwards and Elisabeth Sussman for a special edition of Ask a Curator. Reflecting on the recent completion of Day's End the curators will explore the interconnections between these two artists.

    A view of David Hammons's sculpture on the Hudson River at dusk.
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  8. Jun 27

    In honor of , we're sharing Hammer's Barbara and Terry (1972). The photograph depicts the artist and her then-partner, Terry Sendgraff, a dancer and choreographer. Naked and entangled, entwined in high grass, they're both present and lost in each other.

    Two nude white women lie in tall grass embracing one another.
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  9. Jun 26

    Hot vaxxed summer is here! Today we're throwing it back to the Whitney's 2007 exhibition Summer of Love: Art of the Psychedelic Era. The show surveyed the visual culture born from the 1960s and early '70s—a period of pleasure-seeking, civil unrest, and pervasive social change.

    Installation images in the Whitney's Breuer building featuring brightly colored paintings, sculptures, and video.
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  10. Jun 25

    Artist Katherine Hubbard moves between photography, performance, and writing. In blue stone bed rock (2019), which recently entered the Whitney’s collection, Hubbard depicts the basement of the house where the artist lives with her wife in upstate New York.

    A dark empty room with a low ceiling of exposed, wooden beams and an uneven dirt floor full or slopes. A washer and dryer sit in the corner of the frame.
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  11. Jun 24

    “We were fortunate to be able to talk to many great artists, writers and thinkers for the podcast because all were excited to speak about [David Hammons's] work.” Anne Byrd, our Director of Interpretation and Research, talks with .

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  12. Jun 24

    Enjoy the summer at the Whitney with spectacular city views from our terraces, an exciting lineup of exhibitions, including Julie Mehretu and Dawoud Bey: An American Project, plus David Hammons’s new public art project Day’s End. Book timed tickets:

    A person in a face mask and sunglasses looks out over the Whitney's outdoor terrace.
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  13. Jun 24

    During a residency at the Smart Museum of Art Dawoud Bey conceived of Class Pictures (1992–2006). This sympathetic series portraying American high schoolers challenged the reductive reputation of teenagers as either "socially problematic or as engines for a certain consumerism."

    A portrait of a student resting their arms on a school desk and facing the camera. "I know that I shouldn't but sometimes I wonder how other people look at me. What do they see first? My Brownness, my beard, my cap, my clothes, the color of my eyes, the design of my tee shirt? I think that people see my skin color first. They probably see me as a Brown guy. Then, they might see my black beard and my white kufi (prayer cap) and figure out that I am Muslim. They see my most earthly qualities first. Brown . . . that's the very color of the earth, the mud from which God created us. Sometime I wonder what color my soul is. I hope that it's the color of heaven. Omar"
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  14. Jun 24

    Join Julie Mehretu, whose mid-career survey is on view now at the Whitney, tonight for this virtual talk with :

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    Consider the languages of drawing in a live discussion with artist and MoMA curators Thursday at 6 p.m. ET about the exhibition "Cézanne Drawing." [Paul Cézanne. “Forest Landscape” (detail). 1904–06. Private Collection]
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  15. Jun 23

    Sprays of fuchsia, orange, and green in Julie Mehretu's Conjured Parts (eye) evoke the tear gas, fire, and fury of the 2014 protests in Ferguson, Missouri, which took place in response to the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown. Hear from the artist:

    A flurry of black strokes cover a gradient of green and purple.
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  16. Jun 22

    Happy birthday to artist Gordon Matta-Clark, who was born in 1943! Pictured is a photograph of Matta-Clark's Day's End (1975), a sculptural intervention created out of a dilapidated Hudson River pier shed.

    A cavernous, abandoned structure with exposed metal beams and a monumental, leaf-shaped aperture cut into the far wall and filling the space with sunlight.
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  17. Jun 22

    Join us this Friday at 6:30 pm for a free Queer History Walk! The walking tour explores the queer histories of the neighborhood surrounding the Whitney, culminating with David Hammons's Day's End. Read more + register 👇

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  18. Jun 21

    "The project, [Liza] Lou figured, would take about three months. This turned out to be a vast underestimation."— on Liza Lou's Kitchen (1991–96), on view now. Read the fascinating story behind this Whitney fan favorite:

    A brightly colored bead-encrusted oven with a pie on the rack.
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  19. Jun 20

    Wishing a happy to all dads today!

    A person holding a child looks at an abstract painting with densely packed lines, swirls, and geometric shapes.
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  20. Jun 19

    Today marks Juneteenth, which commemorates the end of slavery in the U.S. We're recognizing the holiday with a work from Dawoud Bey's series titled Night Coming Tenderly, Black (2017), on view now at the Museum. Read more about these powerful photographs:

    A greyscale close-up of a picket fence in front of a large house.
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  21. Jun 18

    You're invited to a Pride celebration next Thursday, 7–9:30 pm at the Museum! 🏳️‍🌈 In collaboration with artist Julie Mehretu, we're offering a free after-hours event with music by DJ REBORN and refreshments on the 5th floor terrace. Read more and register:

    A person taking a phone photo of a Julie Mehretu spray painted painting.
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