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2013

Download ISP Presents _Maintenance Required_ ISP Presents Maintenance Required
Download The Whitney Presents Large-Scale Installation by Robert Irwin The Whitney Presents Large-Scale Installation by Robert Irwin
Download _Stewart Uoo and Jana Euler: Outside Inside Sensibility_ Stewart Uoo and Jana Euler: Outside Inside Sensibility
Download _The Jugglers, July 24th 2012_ The Jugglers, July 24th 2012
Download _I, YOU, WE_ I, YOU, WE
Download _Hopper Drawing_ Hopper Drawing
Download Three Museums Receive Gift of Steichen Photographs from Richard and Jackie Hollander Three Museums Receive Gift of Steichen Photographs from Richard and Jackie Hollander
Download _Blues for Smoke_ Blues for Smoke

2012

Download The Whitney Celebrates the Topping Out of its Future Home The Whitney Celebrates the Topping Out of its Future Home
Download _Jay DeFeo: A Retrospective_ Jay DeFeo: A Retrospective
Download New Role for Scott Rothkopf at the Whitney New Role for Scott Rothkopf at the Whitney
Download _American Legends_ American Legends
Download Whitney Museum Names Curators for 2014 Biennial Whitney Museum Names Curators for 2014 Biennial
Download _Emergency Cheesecake_ Emergency Cheesecake
Download _Dark and Deadpan: Pop in TV and the Movies_ Dark and Deadpan: Pop in TV and the Movies
Download _Plymouth Rock 2_ Plymouth Rock 2
Download _Whitney Announces Grant from the Keith Haring Foundation_ Whitney Announces Grant from the Keith Haring Foundation
Download Eighth Annual Annenberg Lecture: _Sarah Sze in Conversation with Adam D. Weinberg_ Eighth Annual Annenberg Lecture: Sarah Sze in Conversation with Adam D. Weinberg
Download High Line Art and Whitney Museum Present Richard Artschwager's _blps_ High Line Art and Whitney Museum Present Richard Artschwager’s blps
Download _Sinister Pop_ Sinister Pop
Download _Richard Artschwager!_ Richard Artschwager!
Download _Wade Guyton OS_ Wade Guyton OS
Download Jay Sanders Named Whitney Curator Jay Sanders Named Whitney Curator
Download _Oskar Fischinger: Space Light Art - A Film Environment_ Oskar Fischinger: Space Light Art – A Film Environment
Download _Yayoi Kusama_ Yayoi Kusama
Download _Signs & Symbols_ Signs & Symbols
Download _Sharon Hayes: There's so much I want to say to you_ Sharon Hayes: There’s so much I want to say to you
Download ISP Presents _Creative Destruction_ ISP Presents Creative Destruction
Download Sarah Michelson Receives 2012 Bucksbaum Award Sarah Michelson Receives 2012 Bucksbaum Award
Download Whitney Receives Grant from Henry Luce Foundation Whitney Receives Grant from Henry Luce Foundation
Download Whitney Builds Education Studio Designed by LOT-EK Whitney Builds Education Studio Designed by LOT-EK
Download Extraordinary Gift from Thea Westreich Wagner and Ethan Wagner Extraordinary Gift from Thea Westreich Wagner and Ethan Wagner
Download _2012 Whitney Biennial_ 2012 Whitney Biennial
Download The Whitney and Storm King Art Center Receive Major Work by David Smith The Whitney and Storm King Art Center Receive Major Work by David Smith

2011

Download Artists Announced for Whitney Biennial 2012 Artists Announced for Whitney Biennial 2012
Download For Kids Web Pages Launched For Kids Web Pages Launched
Download _Sherrie Levine MAYHEM_ Sherrie Levine MAYHEM
Download Artist Documentation Program, Online Archive, Launches Artist Documentation Program, Online Archive, Launches
Download Aleksandra Mir's _The Seduction of Galileo Galilei_ Aleksandra Mir’s The Seduction of Galileo Galilei
Download The Whitney Announces Team for Second Volume Devoted to Warhol's Films The Whitney Announces Team for Second Volume Devoted to Warhol’s Films
Download _Three Landscapes: A Film Installation by Roy Lichtenstein_ Three Landscapes: A Film Installation by Roy Lichtenstein
Download _David Smith: Cubes and Anarchy_ David Smith: Cubes and Anarchy
Download _Real/Surreal_ Real/Surreal
Download Whitney to Present Streb Performances Downtown Whitney to Present Streb Performances Downtown
Download Xavier Cha’s _Body Drama_ Xavier Cha’s Body Drama
Download Mayor Bloomberg Joins Whitney Museum for Downtown Groundbreaking Mayor Bloomberg Joins Whitney Museum for Downtown Groundbreaking
Download Metropolitan Museum and the Whitney Announce Collaborative Agreement Metropolitan Museum and the Whitney Announce Collaborative Agreement
Download ISP Presents _Foreclosed: Between Crisis and Possibility_ ISP Presents Foreclosed: Between Crisis and Possibility
Download _Lyonel Feininger: At the Edge of the World_ Lyonel Feininger: At the Edge of the World
Download _Cory Arcangel: Pro Tools_ Cory Arcangel: Pro Tools
Download _More Than That: Films by Kevin Jerome Everson_ More Than That: Films by Kevin Jerome Everson
Download The Whitney Announces Multi-Year Series of Collection Exhibitions The Whitney Announces Multi-Year Series of Collection Exhibitions
Download Dianna Molzan’s First Solo Museum Show Dianna Molzan’s First Solo Museum Show
Download USHG Announces Forthcoming Whitney Cafe: Untitled USHG Announces Forthcoming Whitney Cafe: Untitled
Download _Glenn Ligon: AMERICA_ Glenn Ligon: AMERICA
Download _Legacy: The Emily Fisher Landau Collection_ Legacy: The Emily Fisher Landau Collection

2010

Download Staff Promotions Lead to New Management Structure Staff Promotions Lead to New Management Structure
Download _Singular Visions_, An Experimental New Installation Singular Visions, An Experimental New Installation
Download Whitney Museum Names Curators for 2012 Biennial Whitney Museum Names Curators for 2012 Biennial
Download Sixth Annual Annenberg Lecture: _Susan Rothenberg in Conversation with Adam D. Weinberg_ Sixth Annual Annenberg Lecture: Susan Rothenberg in Conversation with Adam D. Weinberg
Download _Charles LeDray: workworkworkworkwork_ Charles LeDray: workworkworkworkwork
Download Curate Your Own Membership Curate Your Own Membership
Download _Modern Life: Edward Hopper and His Time_ Modern Life: Edward Hopper and His Time
Download _Paul Thek: Diver, A Retrospective_ Paul Thek: Diver, A Retrospective
Download John Jonas Gruen Exhibition Extended John Jonas Gruen Exhibition Extended
Download Rockwell Group to Design New Cafe Rockwell Group to Design New Cafe
Download _Off the Wall <br> Part 1: Thirty Performative Actions <br> Part 2: Seven Works by Trisha Brown_ Off the Wall
Part 1: Thirty Performative Actions
Part 2: Seven Works by Trisha Brown
Download Whitney To Break Ground on New Downtown Building in 2011 Whitney To Break Ground on New Downtown Building in 2011
Download Emily Fisher Landau Gives Major Gift to the Whitney Emily Fisher Landau Gives Major Gift to the Whitney
Download _Christian Marclay: Festival_ Christian Marclay: Festival
Download 2010 Bucksbaum Award-Winner Announced 2010 Bucksbaum Award-Winner Announced
Download _Whitney on Site: New Commissions Downtown_ Whitney on Site: New Commissions Downtown
Download _Heat Waves in a Swamp: The Paintings of Charles Burchfield_ Heat Waves in a Swamp: The Paintings of Charles Burchfield
Download Union Square Hospitality Group and the Whitney present Sandwiched: New “Pop-Up” Cafe Union Square Hospitality Group and the Whitney present Sandwiched: New “Pop-Up” Cafe
Download Danny Meyer's Union Square Hospitality Group to Serve as Exclusive Caterer and Operate New Cafe Danny Meyer’s Union Square Hospitality Group to Serve as Exclusive Caterer and Operate New Cafe

2009

Download Artists Announced for Whitney Biennial, <em>2010</em> Artists Announced for Whitney Biennial, 2010
Download The Whitney Announces Two Curatorial Appointments The Whitney Announces Two Curatorial Appointments
Download _Omer Fast: Nostalgia_ Omer Fast: Nostalgia
Download Whitney.org Redesign and Relaunch Whitney.org Redesign and Relaunch
Download Fifth Annual Annenberg Lecture: _Bill Viola in Conversation with Adam D. Weinberg_ Fifth Annual Annenberg Lecture: Bill Viola in Conversation with Adam D. Weinberg
Download _Alice Guy Blaché: Cinema Pioneer_ Alice Guy Blaché: Cinema Pioneer
Download _A Few Frames: Photography and the Contact Sheet_ A Few Frames: Photography and the Contact Sheet
Download _Roni Horn aka Roni Horn_ Roni Horn aka Roni Horn
Download Special Exhibition Exploring Lucinda Childs's Legendary _Dance_ Special Exhibition Exploring Lucinda Childs’s Legendary Dance
Download The Feelies to Kick Off a Series of Indie-Rock Concerts and Special Events as Part of Dan Graham Retrospective The Feelies to Kick Off a Series of Indie-Rock Concerts and Special Events as Part of Dan Graham Retrospective
Download _Georgia O’Keeffe: Abstraction_ Georgia O’Keeffe: Abstraction
Download _Claes Oldenburg: Early Sculpture, Drawings, and Happenings Films_ and _Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen: The Music Room_ Claes Oldenburg: Early Sculpture, Drawings, and Happenings Films and Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen: The Music Room
Download Sadie Benning’s _Play Pause_ Sadie Benning’s Play Pause
Download _Dan Graham: Beyond_ Dan Graham: Beyond
Download _Jenny Holzer: PROTECT PROTECT_ Jenny Holzer: PROTECT PROTECT
Download _Sites_ Sites
Download _Elad Lassry: Three Films_ Elad Lassry: Three Films

2008

Download _Artists Making Photographs_ Artists Making Photographs
Download 2009 Composers’ Showcase Features Meredith Monk Performance Marathon 2009 Composers’ Showcase Features Meredith Monk Performance Marathon
Download Whitney Museum Names Curators for 2010 Biennial Whitney Museum Names Curators for 2010 Biennial
Download New Video Installation by Alex Bag New Video Installation by Alex Bag
Download _Synthetic_ Synthetic
Download Fourth Annual Annenberg Lecture: John Baldessari in Conversation with Adam Weinberg Fourth Annual Annenberg Lecture: John Baldessari in Conversation with Adam Weinberg
Download Whitney Museum Announces Appointment of New Education Director Whitney Museum Announces Appointment of New Education Director
Download _Corin Hewitt: Seed Stage_ Corin Hewitt: Seed Stage
Download William Eggleston Retrospective William Eggleston Retrospective
Download _“Progress”_ --A Selection of Works from Museum’s Permanent Collection “Progress” —A Selection of Works from Museum’s Permanent Collection
Download Whitney Museum of American Art Appoints John S. Stanley as Deputy Director Whitney Museum of American Art Appoints John S. Stanley as Deputy Director
Download _Alexander Calder: The Paris Years, 1926-1933_ Alexander Calder: The Paris Years, 1926-1933
Download Whitney Museum Announces New Officers for Board of Trustees Whitney Museum Announces New Officers for Board of Trustees
Download 2008 Whitney Biennial Now in Final Weeks 2008 Whitney Biennial Now in Final Weeks
Download Whitney Independent Study Program Presents _For Reasons of State_ at The Kitchen Whitney Independent Study Program Presents For Reasons of State at The Kitchen
Download Whitney Unveils Design by Renzo Piano for New Downtown Building Whitney Unveils Design by Renzo Piano for New Downtown Building
Download Johanna Burton Named Associate Director and Senior Faculty Member of ISP Johanna Burton Named Associate Director and Senior Faculty Member of ISP
Download Omer Fast to Receive 2008 Bucksbaum Award Omer Fast to Receive 2008 Bucksbaum Award
Download _Wordless_ at Whitney Live Wordless at Whitney Live
Download Whitney Museum Launches _Whitney Focus_ Video Series Whitney Museum Launches Whitney Focus Video Series
Download Landmark Exhibition on Buckminster Fuller to Open in June Landmark Exhibition on Buckminster Fuller to Open in June
Download _Polaroids: Mapplethorpe_ Polaroids: Mapplethorpe
Download _Paul McCarthy: Central Symmetrical Rotation Movement--Three Installations, Two Films_ Paul McCarthy: Central Symmetrical Rotation Movement—Three Installations, Two Films
Download Whitney Museum Announces Largest Gift in Its History--$131 Million from The American Contemporary Art Foundation Whitney Museum Announces Largest Gift in Its History—$131 Million from The American Contemporary Art Foundation
Download Artists Selected for 2008 Whitney Biennial Artists Selected for 2008 Whitney Biennial
Download Clifford Chance and Whitney Museum Partner for Whitney After Hours Clifford Chance and Whitney Museum Partner for Whitney After Hours
Download Reinstallation of the Whitney’s Collection Reinstallation of the Whitney’s Collection
Download Whitney Branch at Altria to Close Whitney Branch at Altria to Close
Download Kara Walker Survey to Close Kara Walker Survey to Close
Download Iconic Demuth Paintings of Lancaster to Go on View in February Iconic Demuth Paintings of Lancaster to Go on View in February

2007

Download Lawrence Weiner: Complete Films and Videos to Be Presented at Anthology Film Archives Lawrence Weiner: Complete Films and Videos to Be Presented at Anthology Film Archives
Download _Television Delivers People_ Television Delivers People
Download _Beth Campbell: Following Room_ Beth Campbell: Following Room
Download Jacob Lawrence’s _Migration Series: Selections from The Phillips Collection_ Moves from Studio Museum to Whitney Jacob Lawrence’s Migration Series: Selections from The Phillips Collection Moves from Studio Museum to Whitney
Download Kara Walker’s First American Museum Survey to Open Kara Walker’s First American Museum Survey to Open
Download Whitney at Altria to Open _Undone_ Whitney at Altria to Open Undone
Download Whitney Museum Launches _Learning@Whitney_ Whitney Museum Launches Learning@Whitney
Download Whitney Announces Fall 2007 Performance Series Whitney Announces Fall 2007 Performance Series
Download First Major U.S. Retrospective of the Work of Lawrence Weiner First Major U.S. Retrospective of the Work of Lawrence Weiner
Download _Neither New Nor Correct: New Work by Mark Bradford_ Neither New Nor Correct: New Work by Mark Bradford
Download Whitney Announces July 2007 Performance Series, In Conjunction with the Exhibition _Summer of Love: Art of the Psychedelic Era_ Whitney Announces July 2007 Performance Series, In Conjunction with the Exhibition Summer of Love: Art of the Psychedelic Era
Download _Resistance Is . . ._ Resistance Is . . .
Download _Rudolf Stingel_ Rudolf Stingel
Download Whitney Announces Appointment of Two New Senior Staff Members Whitney Announces Appointment of Two New Senior Staff Members
Download _The Price of Everything . . . Perspectives on the Art Market_ Presented by Whitney Independent Study Program The Price of Everything . . . Perspectives on the Art Market Presented by Whitney Independent Study Program
Download _Grab It! The Music of Jacobtv (Jacob Ter Veldhuis)_ Grab It! The Music of Jacobtv (Jacob Ter Veldhuis)
Download _Summer of Love: Art of the Psychedelic Era_ Summer of Love: Art of the Psychedelic Era
Download A Tribute to Lincoln Kirstein A Tribute to Lincoln Kirstein
Download Whitney at Altria to Present _Matthew Brannon: Where Were We_ Whitney at Altria to Present Matthew Brannon: Where Were We
Download _Gordon Matta-Clark: You Are the Measure_ Gordon Matta-Clark: You Are the Measure
Download _Lights, Camera, Action: Artists’ Films for the Cinema_ Lights, Camera, Action: Artists’ Films for the Cinema
Download New Work by Terence Koh New Work by Terence Koh

2006

Download Whitney Signs Letter of Intent with City to Aquire High Line Site at Gansevoort and Washington Streets and to Build a Second Museum Facility Whitney Signs Letter of Intent with City to Aquire High Line Site at Gansevoort and Washington Streets and to Build a Second Museum Facility
Download Kiki Smith Retrospective Traverses Artist’s 25-Year Career Kiki Smith Retrospective Traverses Artist’s 25-Year Career
Download _Albers and Moholy-Nagy: From the Bauhaus to the New World_ Albers and Moholy-Nagy: From the Bauhaus to the New World
Download _Edward Hopper_ Extended Edward Hopper Extended
Download Whitney to Present New Work by Mark Grotjahn Whitney to Present New Work by Mark Grotjahn
Download _Picasso and American Art_ Picasso and American Art
Download Whitney at Altria to Open _Trace_ Whitney at Altria to Open Trace
Download _Full House: Views of the Whitney’s Collection at 75_ Full House: Views of the Whitney’s Collection at 75
Download A Full Floor of Edward Hopper’s Works Opens as Part of _Full House: Views of the Whitney’s Collection at 75_ A Full Floor of Edward Hopper’s Works Opens as Part of Full House: Views of the Whitney’s Collection at 75
Download _Succor: A Festival of Live Performance_ Succor: A Festival of Live Performance
Download _Whitney Biennial 2006: Day for Night_ Whitney Biennial 2006: Day for Night
Download Definitive Book on Andy Warhol’s Screen Tests, Underway for 15 Years, Provides Unique Portrait of Warhol’s World Definitive Book on Andy Warhol’s Screen Tests, Underway for 15 Years, Provides Unique Portrait of Warhol’s World

2005

Download _Skin Is a Language,_ An Exhibition of Sculpture, Drawing, Photography, and Prints from the Collection Skin Is a Language, An Exhibition of Sculpture, Drawing, Photography, and Prints from the Collection
Download Whitney at Altria to Open _Andrea Zittel: Small Liberties_ Whitney at Altria to Open Andrea Zittel: Small Liberties
Download Whitney in Association with Harvard University Art Museums to Present _Ed Ruscha’s Course of Empire_ Whitney in Association with Harvard University Art Museums to Present Ed Ruscha’s Course of Empire
Download Whitney Museum and Antenna Audio to Launch _Follow Through, A Mobile Media Project_ Whitney Museum and Antenna Audio to Launch Follow Through, A Mobile Media Project
Download Public Art Fund and Whitney Announce Collaboration for the 2006 Whitney Biennial Public Art Fund and Whitney Announce Collaboration for the 2006 Whitney Biennial
Download Morgan Fisher Retrospective Morgan Fisher Retrospective
Download An American Modernist Rediscovered — Whitney Presents _Oscar Bluemner: A Passion for Color_ An American Modernist Rediscovered — Whitney Presents Oscar Bluemner: A Passion for Color
Download Whitney at Altria to Open _Rob Fischer_ Whitney at Altria to Open Rob Fischer
Download _Building and Breaking the Grid, 1962-2002_ Building and Breaking the Grid, 1962-2002
Download New Work by Raymond Pettibon New Work by Raymond Pettibon

2004

Download Whitney Museum Appoints Carter Foster Curator of Drawings Whitney Museum Appoints Carter Foster Curator of Drawings
Download Whitney Museum Announces Three New Curatorial Appointments Whitney Museum Announces Three New Curatorial Appointments
Download Raymond Pettibon Receives 2004 Bucksbaum Award Raymond Pettibon Receives 2004 Bucksbaum Award
Download _Strange Pilgrims: A Festival of Live Performance_ Strange Pilgrims: A Festival of Live Performance
Download _Architecture by Numbers_ at the Whitney at Altria Architecture by Numbers at the Whitney at Altria
Download _Lot-Ek: Mobile Dwelling Unit_ Lot-Ek: Mobile Dwelling Unit
Download Retrospective of Ed Ruscha’s Drawings Retrospective of Ed Ruscha’s Drawings
Download _Ana Mendieta: Earth Body, Sculpture and Performance_ Ana Mendieta: Earth Body, Sculpture and Performance
Download _Ed Ruscha and Photography_ Ed Ruscha and Photography

2003

Download Whitney Announces Major Acquisition of Ed Ruscha Photographs Whitney Announces Major Acquisition of Ed Ruscha Photographs
Download Bucksbaum Award-Winner Irit Batsry’s Latest Work Is Part of The Contemporary Series Bucksbaum Award-Winner Irit Batsry’s Latest Work Is Part of The Contemporary Series
Download Related Events Expand Dimensions of 2004 Biennial Related Events Expand Dimensions of 2004 Biennial
Download Expanded Line-Up of Performances for Whitney’s Friday-Evening Soundcheck Series During 2004 Biennial Expanded Line-Up of Performances for Whitney’s Friday-Evening Soundcheck Series During 2004 Biennial
Download _Inside-Out: Portrait Photographs_ Inside-Out: Portrait Photographs
Download _2004 Whitney Biennial_ 2004 Whitney Biennial
Download _Luis Gispert: Urban Myths Part II (Return of the Hypenaholics)_ Luis Gispert: Urban Myths Part II (Return of the Hypenaholics)

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