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Every Friday evening from 5–10 pm and on the second Sunday of every month, admission to the Museum is free. Both offerings include free access to exhibitions, special programming, city views, and more. Visitors 25 and under are always free, every day. 

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Gap–Lichtenstein–Whitney

Our collaboration with Gap and the Estate of Roy Lichtenstein brings the artist’s bold visual language to an 18-piece collection of clothing and accessories. Bold patterns on sherpa. Graphic prints on tees. This is art—worn by you.

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Whitney family programs offer artmaking workshops, special events and tours, in-gallery activity guides, and at-home artmaking challenges. Join us for upcoming family events or Free Second Sundays.

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Watch our latest video series to dive deeper into art at the Whitney.

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artport

Check out art that's created specifically for the web on artport—the Whitney's gallery space for commissions of net art.


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  • Three people sit at a curved diner counter under bright interior lights on a quiet city street.
    Three people sit at a curved diner counter under bright interior lights on a quiet city street.

    Edward Hopper, Study for Nighthawks, 1941 or 1942. Fabricated chalk and charcoal on paper, sheet: 11 1/8 × 15 in. (28.3 × 38.1 cm) Image (irregular): 8 1/8 × 14 1/8 in. (20.6 × 35.9 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, Josephine N. Hopper Bequest, by exchange 2011.65. © Heirs of Josephine N. Hopper/Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

  • Broad swaths of black, navy, gray, orange, and pink soar across a white canvas.
    Broad swaths of black, navy, gray, orange, and pink soar across a white canvas.

    Ed Clark, Winter Bitch, 1959. Acrylic, oil, and pastel on canvas, overall: 77 × 77 in. (195.6 × 195.6 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Painting and Sculpture Committee and partial gift of the artist 2019.307. © Ed Clark

  • A wall with a portrait of a Black woman, with additional portraits and hands holding a vase of lillies surrounding her.
    A wall with a portrait of a Black woman, with additional portraits and hands holding a vase of lillies surrounding her.

    Toyin Ojih Odutola, Wall of Ambassadors, 2017. Charcoal, pastel, and pencil on paper, sheet (sight): 38 1/2 × 29 7/8 in. (97.8 × 75.9 cm) Image (sight): 38 1/2 × 29 7/8 in. (97.8 × 75.9 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the O’Grady Foundation 2018.101. © Toyin Ojih Odutola, courtesy Jack Shainman Gallery, New York

  • A woman wearing red lipstick smiles softly, her face in profile against a more vivid red background.
    A woman wearing red lipstick smiles softly, her face in profile against a more vivid red background.

    Alex Katz, The Red Smile, 1963. Oil on linen, overall: 78 7/8 × 115 in. (200.3 × 292.1 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Painting and Sculpture Committee 83.3. © Alex Katz / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

  • Camera on tripod faces a white wall collage showing a person's legs and small photos.
    Camera on tripod faces a white wall collage showing a person's legs and small photos.

    Paul Mpagi Sepuya, Self-Portrait Study with Roses at Night (1709), 2015. Inkjet print, sheet: 87 5/16 × 60 1/16 in. (221.8 × 152.6 cm) Image: 83 7/8 × 59 5/8 in. (213 × 151.4 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Photography Committee 2017.59. © Paul Mpagi Sepuya

  • Stylized torso wearing textured, wrapped black garments with cutouts against a gray background.
    Stylized torso wearing textured, wrapped black garments with cutouts against a gray background.

    Christina Ramberg, Istrian River Lady, 1974. Acrylic on composition board, with wood frame, overall: 35 3/8 × 31 1/4 × 1 5/8 in. (89.9 × 79.4 × 4.1 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from Mr. and Mrs. Frederic M. Roberts in memory of their son, James Reed Roberts 74.12a-b. Courtesy of the Estate of Christina Ramberg & Corbett vs. Dempsey.

On the Hour

A 30-second online art project:
Frank WANG Yefeng, The Levitating Perils #2

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