Free at the Whitney

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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Family Programs

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.

Podcasts

Listen to Artists Among Us, featuring long-form and short-form podcasts exploring artworks and events in and around the Whitney through conversation.

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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  • Three overlapping American flags with stars and stripes, arranged in a layered pattern.
    Three overlapping American flags with stars and stripes, arranged in a layered pattern.

    Jasper Johns, Three Flags, 1958. Encaustic on canvas, overall: 30 5/8 × 45 1/2 × 4 5/8 in. (77.8 × 115.6 × 11.7 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Gilman Foundation, Inc., The Lauder Foundation, A. Alfred Taubman, Laura-Lee Whittier Woods, Howard Lipman, and Ed Downe in honor of the Museum's 50th Anniversary 80.32. © Jasper Johns / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

  • A steep pinkish cliff with a cascading waterfall and a lone pine tree in the foreground.
    A steep pinkish cliff with a cascading waterfall and a lone pine tree in the foreground.

    Chiura Obata, Evening Glow of Yosemite Fall, 1930. Woodblock print, sheet: 17 7/8 × 13 1/8 in. (45.4 × 33.3 cm) Image: 15 7/16 × 10 7/8 in. (39.2 × 27.6 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Gyo Obata 2014.280. © Gyo Obata

  • 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

  • A black plaque with gold letters advising to limit acting against your nature, like sleeping with people you hate.
    A black plaque with gold letters advising to limit acting against your nature, like sleeping with people you hate.

    Jenny Holzer, Untitled with selection from "Living Series", 1980–1982. Bronze wall plaque, overall: 7 15/16 × 10 × 1/4 in. (20.2 × 25.4 × 0.6 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Promised gift of Thea Westreich Wagner and Ethan Wagner P.2011.179. © Jenny Holzer/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

  • A diverse group of women posing together in a living room, some seated and smiling.
    A diverse group of women posing together in a living room, some seated and smiling.

    Sylvia Sleigh, A.I.R. Group Portrait, 1977–1978. Oil on canvas, overall: 75 × 82 in. (190.5 × 208.3 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of the Estate of Sylvia Sleigh 2016.234. © Whitney Museum of American Art

  • A Black man wearing a black beret, suit jacket, and slacks sits in a peacock chair. The back of his chair is various shades of grey and features glimpses of newspaper clippings throughout. He holds a spear in his left hand and a rifle in the other. The floor is rust colored with an irregularly shaped zebra print rug. The wall behind him is off-white with rust colored intersecting lines.
    A Black man wearing a black beret, suit jacket, and slacks sits in a peacock chair. The back of his chair is various shades of grey and features glimpses of newspaper clippings throughout. He holds a spear in his left hand and a rifle in the other. The floor is rust colored with an irregularly shaped zebra print rug. The wall behind him is off-white with rust colored intersecting lines.

    Henry Taylor, Huey Newton, 2007. Acrylic and collaged photocopies on canvas, overall: 94 9/16 × 76 1/4 in. (240.2 × 193.7 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Martin and Rebecca Eisenberg in honor of Adam D. Weinberg 2016.86. © Henry Taylor

On the Hour

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

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