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Free Daily Tours
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Richard Artschwager!
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12:30 PM
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Sinister Pop

12:30 PM

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Sinister Pop
Sinister Pop
1–3 PM
Whitney Studio
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Whitney Kids
Family Workshops For families with kids of all ages

We are consumers! Come visit Sinister Pop to check out artists such as Claes Oldenburg and Andy Warhol, who depict the things that we buy and eat in their artwork. Then join us at the Whitney Studio to transform everyday things into your own masterpieces.

Free with Museum admission. No registration required.

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Sinister Pop
Open Studio: _Sinister Pop_
2 PM
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Wade Guyton OS
Wade Guyton OS
3 PM
Access Programs

Whitney Signs is a free American Sign Language gallery tour with voice interpretation. Join us this month for a tour of Sinister Pop at 4 pm, with a free pre-tour reception from 3–4 pm.

Sinister Pop presents an inventive take on the Museum’s rich and diverse holdings of Pop art from the movement’s inception in the early 1960s through its aftershocks a decade later. Although Pop art often calls to mind a celebration of postwar consumer culture, this exhibition focuses on Pop’s darker side, as it distorts and critiques the American dream. Themes of exaggerated consumption, film noir and the depiction of women in art, the dystopic American landscape, and the intersection of popular culture and politics, are explored through works by acknowledged masters such as Jasper Johns, Claes Oldenburg, Ed Ruscha, and Andy Warhol, as well as by many artists not traditionally associated with Pop whose art may be understood within its wider field of reference. These include William Eggleston, Peter Saul, Christina Ramberg, and Vija Celmins, among others.

Please note: we regret that complimentary tickets will no longer be available for ASL students. Museum staff/interpreters will not be able to sign student assignments.

Admission to tour and reception is free. Registration is required; RSVP to asl_tours@whitney.org. Please bypass the admissions line and pick up your tickets at the check-in location in the Museum lobby.

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