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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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  • Painted with angular lines and emotionless faces, three suited men gaze over two open caskets, with a courthouse in the background
    Painted with angular lines and emotionless faces, three suited men gaze over two open caskets, with a courthouse in the background

    Ben Shahn, The Passion of Sacco and Vanzetti, 1931–1932. Tempera on canvas mounted on composition board, overall: 84 × 48 in. (213.4 × 121.9 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Edith and Milton Lowenthal in memory of Juliana Force 49.22. © Estate of Ben Shahn / 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

  • Crowded nighttime street with brass musicians playing while people dance, walk, and watch from porches.
    Crowded nighttime street with brass musicians playing while people dance, walk, and watch from porches.

    Archibald John Motley, Jr., Gettin' Religion, 1948. Oil on linen, overall: 32 × 39 7/16 in. (81.3 × 100.2 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, Josephine N. Hopper Bequest, by exchange 2016.15. © Valerie Gerrard Browne

  • Small CRT monitor with blue screen showing clouds mounted on a white gallery wall with cord.
    Small CRT monitor with blue screen showing clouds mounted on a white gallery wall with cord.

    Cory Arcangel, Super Mario Clouds, 2002. Handmade hacked Super Mario Brothers cartridge and Nintendo NES video game system, dimensions variable. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Painting and Sculpture Committee 2005.10. © Cory Arcangel. Courtesy of the artist

  • 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

On the Hour

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

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