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  • 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

  • A figure with pale skin in a bright yellow blouse surrounded by flurries of pinks, greens, and yellows
    A figure with pale skin in a bright yellow blouse surrounded by flurries of pinks, greens, and yellows

    María Berrío, A Universe of One, 2018. Collage, watercolor, and charcoal on canvas, overall: 72 × 60 in. (182.9 × 152.4 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Gary and Anne Borman Trust 2019.306. © María Berrío

  • 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 geometric industrial building with two large silos, a tall smokestack, and crisscrossing power lines.
    A geometric industrial building with two large silos, a tall smokestack, and crisscrossing power lines.

    Charles Demuth, My Egypt, 1927. Oil, fabricated chalk, and graphite pencil on composition board, overall: 35 15/16 × 30 in. (91.3 × 76.2 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney 31.172

  • 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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