Whitney Museum of American Art
Robin Newman | Apr 25, 2021
Long before its abandoned train track was turned into a famous park (The High Line), the streets of New York’s Meatpacking District were lined with racks of raw meat, drug dealers and transexual prostitutes. …
in: Focus on the American EastRobin Newman | Oct 9, 2018
David Wojnarowicz was first shown at the Whitney Museum in 1985 as a part of the museum’s Biennial which focused on avant-garde artists based in New York City’s East Village. Now, some 33 years later …
in: Focus on the American EastMatilde Soligno | Feb 9, 2016
The NEW SEASON OF ART SHOWS that begun with the New Year brought remarkable new projects – and brought new effort to long-term projects – to the New York museums-and-galleries scene. Here a …
in: A Walk Through The Art, Focus on the American EastRobin Newman | Apr 30, 2015
With the May 1st opening of their new ‘home’ the Whitney Museum of American Art looks to the future while symbolically returning to their roots. The new building on Gansevoort Street in New …
in: Focus on the American EastKuoure Thomas | Mar 12, 2014
With 103 participants, three curators, Michelle Grabner, Anthony Elms and Stuart Comer, designed each floor of the Whitney Museum for the 2014 Whitney Biennial to their liking while reminding us that American art comprises a …
in: Focus on the American EastRobin Newman | Dec 24, 2013
Rituals of Rented Island currently on view at The Whitney Museum is a groundbreaking reinvestigation of downtown New York art from 1970-1980. The exhibition returns to the beginnings of New York performance art in a …
in: Focus on the American EastMary Coyne | Dec 20, 2013
Last month I was able to sit down with Babette Mangolte, the filmmaker and photographer whose work is currently featured in at the Whitney’s Rituals of Rented Island: Object Theater, Loft Performance, and the New …
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