Whitney Museum of American Art: Watch and Listen: Gallery Talks

May 9, 2013Gallery Talk: Walead Beshty and Dana Miller on Jay DeFeo: A Retrospective

Whitney Museum of American Art — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:46:12 -0400

Walead Beshty uses the material conditions of photography to explore the gap between the physical world and the image world, between presence and absence, and between representation and abstraction. For this evening program, Beshty and exhibition curator Dana Miller examine the material practices of Jay DeFeo and her lasting influence on other artists.

January 5, 2012 Gallery Talk: Charles Ray and Michael Fried on David Smith: Cubes and Anarchy

Whitney Museum of American Art — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:10:37 -0500

Art historian Michael Fried joins contemporary sculptor Charles Ray for a special walk through of David Smith: Cubes and Anarchy. Fried and Ray, whose work has been featured in four Whitney biennials, consider modernist abstract sculpture and its lasting influence on contemporary art.

January 6, 2011Gallery Talk: Rachel Harrison and Elisabeth Sussman onthe Legacy of Paul Thek

Whitney Museum of American Art — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 11:39:00 -0500

Though overlooked by much of the American art establishment, Paul Thek’s ephemeral installations and collaborative strategies continue to inform and influence a generation of younger artists. Join Rachel Harrison, acclaimed conceptual artist, and Elisabeth Sussman, co-curator of Paul Thek: Diver A Retrospective, as they take a closer look at this “artist’s artist,” his work, and his broad-reaching impact on the contemporary art scene.

January 6, 2010Gallery Talk: Sasha Nicholas onGeorgia O’Keeffe: Abstraction

Whitney Museum of American Art — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 10:33:42 -0400

Although Georgia O’Keeffe’s abstract works have often been overlooked by critics and curators, abstraction was an ongoing concern for the artist throughout her career. As she once stated, “The abstraction is often the most definite form for the intangible thing in myself that I can only clarify in paint.” Sasha Nicholas, one of the co-curators of Georgia O’Keeffe: Abstraction, gives an inside look at the exhibition and O’Keeffe’s process and method.

July 24, 2008Gallery Talk: Stephanie Smith and Michael Hays on Buckminster Fuller: Starting with the Universe

Whitney Museum of American Art — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 10:31:10 -0500

Architect Stephanie Smith, founder of the L.A.-based green design studio Ecoshack, and exhibition co-curator Michael Hays discuss Buckminster Fuller’s engagement with architecture and design science.

July 17, 2008Gallery Talk: Linda Dalrymple Henderson on Buckminster Fuller: Starting with the Universe

Whitney Museum of American Art — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 10:31:30 -0500

Join art historian Linda Dalrymple Henderson for a walk through of Buckminster Fuller: Starting with the Universe.

January 17, 2008Gallery Talk: Lawrence Weiner and Liz Kotz on Lawrence Weiner: AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE

Whitney Museum of American Art — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 11:30:08 -0400

“Language itself is a component in the making of sculpture,” states Lawrence Weiner of his text-based structures. Weiner and Liz Kotz, assistant professor of art history at the University of California, Riverside, lead a gallery talk of the exhibition AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE.

November 29, 2007Gallery Talk: Lawrence Weiner and Donna De Salvo on Lawrence Weiner: AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE

Whitney Museum of American Art — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 11:02:39 -0400

Exhibition curator Donna De Salvo and Lawrence Weiner lead a special tour of Weiner’s retrospective, AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE.

January 25, 2007Gallery Talk: Helaine Posner and Eleanor Heartney on Kiki Smith: A Gathering, 1980-2005

Whitney Museum of American Art — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 10:55:53 -0400

Art historian Helaine Posner joins longtime colleague and friend of Kiki Smith, critic Eleanor Heartney, as they offer rare insight into the artist’s work and process. Posner and Heartney examine Smith’s career from her early explorations of the body to her more recent mythological motifs.

November 29, 2006Gallery Talks: Kenneth Silver and Christine Stansell on Picasso and American Art

Whitney Museum of American Art — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 14:37:29 -0400

Join art historian Kenneth Silver and historian Christine Stansell for a special gallery talk exploring Picasso’s varied and far-reaching impact on twentieth-century American artists.

November 14, 2006Gallery Talks: Barnaby Furnas on Picasso and American Art

Whitney Museum of American Art — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 14:37:39 -0400

Included in the 2004 Biennial exhibition, Barnaby Furnas’s paintings tackle American history, violent imagery, gesture, and lush color as they more effortlessly between abstraction and figuration. He is joined in this gallery talk by Whitney associate curator Dana Miller, who coordinated the exhibition.