Performance

Join us this summer and fall for a series of performance-based exhibitions.

Exhibitions See all

Off the Wall: Part 1—Thirty Performative ActionsJuly 1–September 19, 2010

Off the Wall: Part 1—Thirty Performative Actions through Sept. 19

Off the Wall: Part 2—Seven Works by Trisha Brown Sept. 30–Oct. 3, 2010

Christian Marclay: Festival through Sept. 26

Whitney Live See full schedule

Whitney Live: Javelin and Warpaint

Friday, August 13, 2010 7 PM

Lower Gallery and Sculpture Court

Whitney Live: DJ/rupture and Tanlines

Friday, August 27, 2010 7 PM

Lower Gallery and Sculpture Court

Past Performances More info

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Cage a Swallow Can’t You But You Can’t Swallow A Cage Can You: A Sonnet Sequence for Roni Horn

Friday, November 6, 2009 8 PM

Colin Gee/Erin Gee

Friday, October 30, 2009 7 PM

Alice Guy Blaché Film Score Project

Tuesday, September 29, 2009 8 PM

Performance Schedule

Thurs., Sept. 2 12:30 PM	Christian Marclay: Festival Performances Ephemera: Performed by Guy Klucevsek

Thurs., Sept. 2 2 PM	Christian Marclay: Festival Performances Pret-a-Porter: Performed by Peter Evans and Ulrich Krieger with special guests Alberto Denis and Esther m Palmer

Thurs., Sept. 2 4:30 PM	Christian Marclay: Festival Performances Manga Scroll: Performed by Theo Bleckmann

Fri., Sept. 3 4 PM	Christian Marclay: Festival Performances The Bell and the Glass: Performed by Peter Evans and Guy Klucevsek

history of performance at
the whitney

Trisha Brown’s Walking on the Wall, Part of Another Fearless Dance Concert, 1971. From the WMAA archives.

The Whitney’s vibrant, long-standing history of performing arts can be traced to museum founder Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney. She played a critical role in the experimental music circles of the 1920s, actively supporting such musical pioneers as Edgard Varèse, Carl Ruggles, and Carlos Salzedo, and their International Composers’ Guild. Her influence could still be felt when the Whitney first formally began presenting music in its galleries in the 1960s. Read more