Upcoming Special Exhibitions

 

     
Artists Making Photos   Artists Making Photographs: Chamberlain, Rauschenberg, Samaras, Ruscha, Warhol
Opens January 16, 2009

Edward Ruscha (b. 1937), Swollen Eye, 1973. Gelatin silver print, Sheet: 7 15/16 x 9 15/16in. (20.2 x 25.2cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New  York; Gift of Carla Emil and Rich Silverstein, 2007.80. © Ed Ruscha
     
Synthetic   Synthetic
Opens January 22, 2009

Peter Halley (b. 1953), detail of The Acid Test, 1991–92. Synthetic polymer, polymer emulsion, and fluorescent paint on canvas in four parts, 90 1/8 x 182 5/16 in. (228.9 x 463.1 cm) overall. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Louis and Bessie Adler Foundation, Inc., and the Painting and Sculpture Committee 92.28a-d. Photograph by Steven Sloman
     
Elad Lassry   Elad Lassry: Three Films
Opens January 22, 2009

Elad Lassry (b. 1977), detai of Untitled, 2008. 16mm film, color, silent; 9:20 minutes. Courtesy David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles
     
Sites   Sites
Opens February 19, 2009

Agnes Denes (b. 1938). detail of Isometric Systems in Isotropic Space—Map Projections: The Snail, 1979. Ink, gouache on paper, and mylar, 27 x 33 in. (68.6 x 83.8 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from Charles Tanenbaum 2001.167
     
Holzer   Jenny Holzer
Opens March 12, 2009

Jenny Holzer, detail of Red Yellow Looming, 2004. Kunsthaus Bregenz, Austria. Text: declassified U.S. government documents. © 2008 Jenny Holzer/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
     
Dan Graham   Dan Graham: Beyond
Opens June 25, 2009

Dan Graham (b. 1942), detail of Figurative, 1965. Printed matter in two framed parts, 24 x 24 7/16 in. (61 x 62 cm) each. Collection Herbert. Image courtesy the artist