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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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  • 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.

  • Large black X-shaped geometric graphic centered on a white background with a faint vertical seam.
    Large black X-shaped geometric graphic centered on a white background with a faint vertical seam.

    Wade Guyton, Untitled, 2007. Inkjet print on linen, overall: 84 1/4 × 69 1/2 in. (214 × 176.5 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Donna and Benjamin Rosen in honor of Donna De Salvo and Scott Rothkopf 2015.322. © Wade Guyton

  • A cardboard shipping box covered with multiple black and white "Flint Water" stickers.
    A cardboard shipping box covered with multiple black and white "Flint Water" stickers.

    Pope.L, Flint Water 12 Pack, 2017. Plastic bottles, water obtained from Flint, MI, cardboard box, overall: 9 3/4 × 13 1/8 × 9 1/2 in. (24.8 × 33.3 × 24.1 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the List Purchase Fund 2019.17.4. © Pope.L

  • A thin green triangular strip runs horizontally near the top of a large white canvas.
    A thin green triangular strip runs horizontally near the top of a large white canvas.

    Carmen Herrera, Blanco y Verde, 1959. Acrylic on canvas, overall: 68 1/8 × 60 1/2 in. (173 × 153.7 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Painting and Sculpture Committee 2014.63. © Carmen Herrera; courtesy Lisson Gallery, London

    2016:
    © Carmen Herrera

  • A naked Black man balances on one leg while looking out into the glistening light from a window in a dilapidated room
    A naked Black man balances on one leg while looking out into the glistening light from a window in a dilapidated room

    Alvin Baltrop, Untitled, 1977. Gelatin silver print, sheet: 9 × 6 7/8 in. (22.9 × 17.5 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Photography Committee 2009.31. Photographs used courtesy of The Alvin Baltrop Trust, © 2010, The Alvin Baltrop Trust and Galerie Buchholz. All rights reserved.

On the Hour

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

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