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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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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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  • Bold text reads I KNOW YOU HAVE A LOT OF STRENGTH LEFT against a geometric pattern and framed by bead-like metal tacks
    Bold text reads I KNOW YOU HAVE A LOT OF STRENGTH LEFT against a geometric pattern and framed by bead-like metal tacks

    Jeffrey Gibson, I Know You Have A Lot of Strength Left, 2017. Rawhide, acrylic, graphite, metal tacks, and canvas on panel, overall: 82 1/8 × 65 1/8 × 2 3/4 in. (208.6 × 165.4 × 7 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of the artist 2018.40. © Jeffrey Gibson

  • A series of fire hoses arranged vertically, painted in various shades of blue, green, orange, and white
    A series of fire hoses arranged vertically, painted in various shades of blue, green, orange, and white

    Theaster Gates, Minority Majority, 2012. Decommissioned fire hoses and vinyl on plywood, overall: 66 × 111 1/2 × 3 3/4 in. (167.6 × 283.2 × 9.5 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Barbara and Michael Gamson 2016.262

  • Orange reclining nude silhouette leans back beside a blue window against an olive background.
    Orange reclining nude silhouette leans back beside a blue window against an olive background.

    Kay WalkingStick, April Contemplating May, 1972. Acrylic on canvas, overall: 49 7/8 × 49 7/8 in. (126.7 × 126.7 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Painting and Sculpture Committee 2018.138. © Kay WalkingStick

  • Against a black background, chalky organic shapes stack to form a totem-like structure.
    Against a black background, chalky organic shapes stack to form a totem-like structure.

    Norman Lewis, American Totem, 1960. Oil on canvas, overall: 73 11/16 × 43 1/8 in. (187.2 × 109.5 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund in memory of Preston Robert and Joan Tisch, the Painting and Sculpture Committee, Director’s Discretionary Fund, Adolph Gottlieb, by exchange, and Sami and Hala Mnaymneh 2018.141. © Norman Lewis, courtesy of Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, LLC.

  • Dark smoke stacks towering against a gray sky
    Dark smoke stacks towering against a gray sky

    Elsie Driggs, Pittsburgh, 1927. Oil on canvas, overall: 34 1/4 × 40 1/4 in. (87 × 102.2 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney 31.177. © Estate of Elsie Driggs

  • A long line of people waits beneath a billboard reading "World's highest standard of living."
    A long line of people waits beneath a billboard reading "World's highest standard of living."

    Margaret Bourke-White, The Louisville Flood, 1937, printed c. 1970. Gelatin silver print, image: 9 11/16 × 13 3/8 in. (24.6 × 34 cm) Mount (board): 15 15/16 × 19 7/8 in. (40.5 × 50.5 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Sean Callahan 92.58. © Estate of Margaret Bourke-White / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, NY

On the Hour

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

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