Whitney Reopens 9.3: Exhibits — ‘Downtown NY’ / Agnes Pelton / ‘Vida Americana’ …

RECONNECT WITH ART SAFELY IN OUR GALLERIES

We know how much you’ve missed being at the Whitney, and we’re thrilled to welcome you back when we reopen to the public on September 3.

What will you be able to see during your next visit?

We’ve been working hard to extend all of the exhibitions that were on view when we closed in March, giving you more opportunities to visit (or revisit!) each extraordinary show. From politically charged paintings by the Mexican muralists and Cauleen Smith’s video meditations on Black feminist and spiritual histories to longtime favorites from the Whitney’s collection, the works on view in these acclaimed exhibitions eagerly await your return to our galleries.

AROUND DAY’S END: DOWNTOWN NEW YORK, 1970–1986

Through October 25, 2020

Anticipating the completion in late fall 2020 of David Hammons’s Day’s End, this exhibition presents works by approximately fifteen artists—including Joan Jonas, Alvin Baltrop, Martin Wong, and Gordon Matta-Clark—that explore downtown Manhattan as site, history, and memory.

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AGNES PELTON: DESERT TRANSCENDENTALIST

Extended through November 1, 2020

Discover the work of the visionary symbolist Agnes Pelton, whose luminous, abstract paintings portraying the world that lies behind physical appearances are only now being fully recognized for their important place in early American modernism.

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VIDA AMERICANA: MEXICAN MURALISTS REMAKE AMERICAN ART, 1925–1945

Extended through January 31, 2021

Experience the show that rewrites art history: With nearly 200 works by more than sixty artists, Vida Americana reveals the profound impact the Mexican muralists had on their counterparts in the U.S. and the ways in which their example inspired American artists to use their art to protest economic, social, and racial injustices.

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CAULEEN SMITH: MUTUALITIES

Extended through January 31, 2021

Take in Cauleen Smith’s first solo show in New York, which presents two of the artist’s films, Sojourner and Pilgrim—moving reflections on memory and Afro-diasporic histories that showcase Smith’s poetic use of the camera—along with a new group of drawings collectively titled Firespitters.

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MAKING KNOWING: CRAFT IN ART, 1950–2019

Through February 2022

Featuring more than eighty works by sixty artists, this exhibition looks closely at how visual artists have explored the materials, methods, and strategies of craft over the past seventy years, inviting viewers to expand their definitions of “fine art” and imagine how it might feel to make each work.

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THE WHITNEY’S COLLECTION: SELECTIONS FROM 1900 TO 1965

Through May 2022

Explore how the Whitney’s collection has evolved over the past ninety years—from a selection of works from the Museum’s founding collection to recent acquisitions that help us continually reframe the history of life and artistic production in the United States.

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WHAT TO EXPECT

From buying advance tickets to our new visitor guidelines and more, we’ve outlined everything you need to know to make your trip to the Whitney as safe as possible. All visitors enjoy Pay-What-You-Wish admission through September 28.

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