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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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Video

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 Internet and new-media art.


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  • Hand-scribbled colorful letters read "Crossing all the borders" in green, blue, and red.
    Hand-scribbled colorful letters read "Crossing all the borders" in green, blue, and red.

    Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds, Crossing All the Borders, 1987. Pastel on paper, sheet: 22 × 29 7/8 in. (55.9 × 75.9 cm) Image: 22 × 29 7/8 in. (55.9 × 75.9 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Drawing Committee 2018.137.10. © Hock E Aye VI Edgar Heap of Birds

  • Empty two-story commercial buildings along an unoccupied street cast in soft sunlight.
    Empty two-story commercial buildings along an unoccupied street cast in soft sunlight.

    Edward Hopper, Early Sunday Morning, 1930. Oil on canvas, overall: 35 3/16 × 60 1/4 in. (89.4 × 153 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney 31.426. © Heirs of Josephine N. Hopper/Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

  • Colorful abstract artwork with faces, text, and symbols, including "Hollywood Africans" and "200 Yen."
    Colorful abstract artwork with faces, text, and symbols, including "Hollywood Africans" and "200 Yen."

    Jean-Michel Basquiat, Hollywood Africans, 1983. Acrylic and oil stick on canvas, overall: 84 1/16 × 84 in. (213.5 × 213.4 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Douglas S. Cramer 84.23. © The Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat. Licensed by Artestar, New York

  • Strings of hanging light bulbs cascade down a stairwell, with several bulbs coiled on the floor.
    Strings of hanging light bulbs cascade down a stairwell, with several bulbs coiled on the floor.

    Felix Gonzalez-Torres, "Untitled" (America), 1994. Twelve parts, each: 42 light bulbs, waterproof rubber light sockets, and waterproof electrical cord, dimensions variable . Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Contemporary Painting and Sculpture Committee 96.74.1a-l. © The Felix Gonzalez-Torres Foundation, Courtesy of Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York

  • Wooden sculptures of four people and a dog, featuring multiple faces and geometric clothing designs.
    Wooden sculptures of four people and a dog, featuring multiple faces and geometric clothing designs.

    Marisol, Women and Dog, 1963–1964. Wood, plaster, synthetic polymer, and taxidermied dog head, overall: 73 9/16 × 76 5/8 × 26 3/4 in. (186.8 × 194.6 × 67.9 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Friends of the Whitney Museum of American Art 64.17a-i. © Estate of Marisol / Albright-Knox Art Gallery / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

  • A pixilated purple-tinted scene of five wolves standing on a low hill in a wooded area
    A pixilated purple-tinted scene of five wolves standing on a low hill in a wooded area

    Alan Michelson, Wolf Nation, 2018. Video, color, sound, 9:59 min., aspect Ratio: 4.014. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Director’s Discretionary Fund 2019.327. © Alan Michelson
    Laura Ortman, sound

On the Hour

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

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