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Welcome to the Whitney's online Press Office. Members of the media may view and download information for current and upcoming exhibitions and programs, access the press release archive, and download high-resolution images and video. 

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The Whitney's building viewed from Gansevoort Street
The Building
Charles Demuth (1883 1935). <i>Buildings, Lancaster</i>, 1930. Oil and graphite pencil on composition board, 24 1/8 × 20 1/8in. (61.3 × 51.1 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of an anonymous donor 58.63
Where We Are
April 28, 2017–
Annette Lemieux (b. 1957), <i>Black Mass</i>, 1991. Latex, acrylic, and oil on canvas, 95 13/16 x 105 x 1 13/16 in. (243.4 x 266.7 x 4.6 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; promised gift of Emily Fischer Landau P.2010.173 © Annette Lemieux
An Incomplete History of Protest: Selections from the Whitney’s Collection, 1940–2017
August 18, 2017-
Toyin Ojih Odutola. <i>Wall of Ambassadors</i>, 2017. Charcoal, pastel and pencil on paper, 40 x 30 inches. ©Toyin Ojih Odutola. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.
Toyin Ojih Odutola: To Wander Determined
October 20, 2017-February 25, 2018
Christine Sun Kim (b. 1980), <i>Too Much Future</i>, 2017. Charcoal on paper, 17 1/8 x 29 1/8 in. (43.5 x 74 cm). Collection of the artist. Image courtesy Sirio Magnabosco
Christine Sun Kim: Too Much Future
January 29,
2018-
Rendering of the proposed project,<i> Day’s End </i>by David Hammons, as seen from the Whitney Museum of American Art. Courtesy Guy Nordenson and Associates.
Proposed Public Art Project
David Hammons, Day’s End
Experiments in Electrostatics: Photocopy Art from the Whitney’s Collection, 1966–1986 November 17, 2017-March 25, 2018
Experiments in Electrostatics: Photocopy Art from the Whitney’s Collection, 1966–1986
November 17, 2017-March 25, 2018
Zoe Leonard, <i>Niagara Falls no.4</i>, 1986/1991, Gelatin silver print, 37 ¾ x 25 5/8 in. (95.9 × 65.1 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Zoe Leonard: Survey
March 2–June 10, 2018
Grant Wood, <i>American Gothic</i>, 1930. Oil on composition board, 30 3⁄4 x 25 3⁄4 in. (78 x 65.3 cm). Art Institute of Chicago; Friends of American Art Collection 1930.934. © Figge Art Museum, successors to the Estate of Nan Wood Graham/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. Photograph courtesy Art Institute of Chicago/Art Resource, NY
Grant Wood: American Gothic and Other Fables
March 2–June 10, 2018
Juan Antonio Olivares, still from<I> Moléculas</i>, 2017. High-definition video, color, sound; 10:00 min.; Whitney Museum of American Art; purchase with funds from the Film, Video, and New Media Committee. Image courtesy the artist
Juan Antonio Olivares: Moléculas
March 2, 2018–June 10, 2018
Carolina Caycedo, Esto No Es Agua / This Is Not Water (still), 2015. 1 channel HD video, sound by Daniel Pineda, 5 min. 20 sec. Courtesy the artist.
Between The Waters
March 9, 2018–
Photo courtesy of Nick Mauss
Nick Mauss: Transmissions
March 16, 2018–May 2018
Mary Corse (b. 1945),<i> Untitled (Electric Light)</i>, 1968/2017. Argon, Plexiglas, high frequency generator, light tubes, monofilament, 48 × 48 × 6 in (121.9 × 121.9 × 15.24 cm). Courtesy Kayne Griffin Corcoran, Los Angeles, and Lehmann Maupin, New York and Hong Kong. Photograph © Mary Corse
Mary Corse
June 2018–
Clarissa Tossin,<i> Ch’u Mayaa</i>, 2017, production still. Choreography/Performer: Crystal Sepúlveda; Cinematography: Jeremy Glaholt. Originally commissioned by the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs for the exhibition<i> Condemned to be Modern</i> as part of Getty Foundation’s Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA. Courtesy the artist
Pacha, Llaqta, Wasichay: Building the Indigenous Present
July 2018–
David Wojnarowicz,<i> Untitled (One day this kid . . .)</i>, 1990. Photostat, 30 × 40 1/8 in. (76.2 × 101.9 cm). Edition of 10. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase with funds from the Print Committee 2002.183. Courtesy of The Estate of David Wojnarowicz and P.P.O.W Gallery, New York, NY
David Wojnarowicz: History Keeps Me Awake at Night
July 13, 2018–
Kevin Beasley, <i>Rebuilding of the cotton gin motor</i>, 2016. Courtesy of the artist and Casey Kaplan, New York. Image courtesy of Carlos Vela-Prado.
Kevin Beasley
Fall 2018
Andy Warhol (1928-1987), <i>Green Coca-Cola Bottles</i>, 1962. Acrylic, screenprint, and graphite pencil on canvas, 82 3/4 × 57 1/8 in. (210.2 × 145.1 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase with funds from the Friends of the Whitney Museum of American Art 68.25. © 2017 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the visual Arts, Inc./ Artists Rights Society (ARS), N.Y.
Andy Warhol
November 2018–
Sibyl Kempson, 12 Shouts to the Ten Forgotten Heavens
Sibyl Kempson: 12 Shouts to the Ten Forgotten Heavens
Flash: Photographs by Harold Edgerton from the Whitney’s CollectionMarch 30, 2018–
Flash: Photographs by Harold Edgerton from the Whitney’s Collection
March 30, 2018–

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