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Every Friday evening from 5–10 pm and on the second Sunday of every month, admission to the Museum is free. Both offerings include free access to exhibitions, special programming, city views, and more. Visitors 25 and under are always free, every day. 

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Gap–Lichtenstein–Whitney

Our collaboration with Gap and the Estate of Roy Lichtenstein brings the artist’s bold visual language to an 18-piece collection of clothing and accessories. Bold patterns on sherpa. Graphic prints on tees. This is art—worn by you.

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Whitney family programs offer artmaking workshops, special events and tours, in-gallery activity guides, and at-home artmaking challenges. Join us for upcoming family events or Free Second Sundays.

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Watch our latest video series to dive deeper into art at the Whitney.

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artport

Check out art that's created specifically for the web on artport—the Whitney's gallery space for Internet and new-media art.


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  • A person lies motionless in the middle of a dim, blue-lit street surrounded by red flares.
    A person lies motionless in the middle of a dim, blue-lit street surrounded by red flares.

    Asco, Decoy Gang War Victim, 1974, printed 2011. Chromogenic print, sheet: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm) Image: 12 11/16 × 19 in. (32.2 × 48.3 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Photography Committee 2014.46. © 1974, Harry Gamboa Jr.

  • A deer skull with large antlers floats above a desert while colorful flowers bloom below.
    A deer skull with large antlers floats above a desert while colorful flowers bloom below.

    Georgia O'Keeffe, Summer Days, 1936. Oil on canvas, overall: 36 1/8 × 30 1/8 in. (91.8 × 76.5 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Calvin Klein 94.171. © Georgia O'Keeffe Museum / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

  • Painted with angular lines and emotionless faces, three suited men gaze over two open caskets, with a courthouse in the background
    Painted with angular lines and emotionless faces, three suited men gaze over two open caskets, with a courthouse in the background

    Ben Shahn, The Passion of Sacco and Vanzetti, 1931–1932. Tempera on canvas mounted on composition board, overall: 84 × 48 in. (213.4 × 121.9 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Edith and Milton Lowenthal in memory of Juliana Force 49.22. © Estate of Ben Shahn / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

  • People in a boat with blue ropes, wearing patterned clothing, appear thoughtful and somber.
    People in a boat with blue ropes, wearing patterned clothing, appear thoughtful and somber.

    Jacob Lawrence, War Series: Going Home, 1947. Tempera on composition board, overall: 16 1/8 × 20 3/16 in. (41 × 51.3 cm) Image: 15 7/8 × 20 1/16 × 1/8 in. (40.3 × 51 × 0.3 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Roy R. Neuberger 51.17a-b. © The Jacob and Gwendolyn Lawrence Foundation, Seattle / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

  • A geometric industrial building with two large silos, a tall smokestack, and crisscrossing power lines.
    A geometric industrial building with two large silos, a tall smokestack, and crisscrossing power lines.

    Charles Demuth, My Egypt, 1927. Oil, fabricated chalk, and graphite pencil on composition board, overall: 35 15/16 × 30 in. (91.3 × 76.2 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney 31.172

  • A woman wearing red lipstick smiles softly, her face in profile against a more vivid red background.
    A woman wearing red lipstick smiles softly, her face in profile against a more vivid red background.

    Alex Katz, The Red Smile, 1963. Oil on linen, overall: 78 7/8 × 115 in. (200.3 × 292.1 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Painting and Sculpture Committee 83.3. © Alex Katz / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

On the Hour

A 30-second online art project:
Frank WANG Yefeng, The Levitating Perils #2

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