Past Exhibitions

2019

Text that says Whitney Biennial 2019 with a round clock in the middle.

Image of two people sitting on the ground with their eyes downcast

Painting of a woman and legs in bright colors.

A laptop with whitney.org onscreen sits on a table by the water as the sun rises.

2018

A cotton gin motor

A block of four, blue tinted self portraits, by Andy Warhol

TV screens stacked on top of each other with faces.

An installation image of a billboard artwork across from the Whitney Museum.

A model with a bag on her head.

Sketch of elongated nude female bodies.

Self portrait with collage.

A woman in a leopard suit scaling a wall

Glowing white artwork.

An animated robot with cookie print skin and unicorns in their hair overlaying whitney.org.

Drop of milk against red background.

Slides.

Painting of person with fin.

Painting of man holding a pitch fork and a woman in front of a house.

Photograph of Niagara Falls.

A stuffed bear looking at itself in two mirrors.

Installation view of "Too Much Future"

2017

Photocopy collage of a woman's hand holding a flower.

A painting of a boy and a dog by Laura Owens.

A man holding a stone in front of his face

A person underneath a table next to a plant overlaid on top of bubblewrap overlaid on top of whitney.org.

Drawing of a woman standing in a room wearing a pink dress.

Black and white photograph of protesters with black rectangles covering their signs.

Beach-like installation.

Photograph of a mirrored floor with leopard-print butterfly leaning against a small bed.

Digital image of a dark theater with a piano on stage.

Installation view of 95 Horatio Street billboard from the High Line.

A distorted, rough-edged image of a sunrise over a mountain overlays whitney.org

Labeled blue color swatches overlay whitney.org.

painting of industrial buildings

A painting of two sculptures and a cartoonish figure holding a flower.

2016

Two photographs by artist MPA. A desert landscape is the backdrop as a figure crouches on the ground.

An immersive video installation by artist Hito Steyerl.

Virginia Overton's windmills artwork installed in a tree on the Randall's Island waterfront.

White and green artwork by Carmen Herrera.

A woman kneels on a stage surrounded by sculptural objects.

A video still by Sophia Al Maria. A view of a dark figure laying on the floor of a large, marbled hall.

A woman in a red dress looking directly at the camera.

A painting of geometric colorful shapes and letters.

Virginia Overton's garden artwork installed on an outdoor terrace of the Whitney Museum.

A hand holds a smartphone where a portrait of Anne Frank appears

A sculpture by Rochelle Goldberg and a wall piece by Win.

People sit and stand in a dark room with a screen displaying a document.

A dense ink sketch of a figure by June Leaf.

Cecil Taylor sitting at a baby grand piano.

A black and white photograph by Dawoud Bey. Two young African American boys wear scout uniforms, with somber faces.

A black and white, projected work by Michael Heizer.

Three men standing in a barren field of short grass walking towards the camera.

A performer points to a sculpture installed in the Whitney's stairwell. Spectators surround her

Paintings and couches form a lounge in Lucy Dodd's installation.

The empty fifth-floor gallery looking out onto Hudson River.

A surveillance image. Brightly colored streaks, with another small black and white image inset.

Felix Bernstein and Luke Smithers performing on a set.

A painting by Orion Martin. A lamp, flowers, and flat planes do not spatially resolve.

2015

A collaged portrait by Njideka Crosby. A woman sits at a table with photographs behind her.

A photograph of a woman and a vase lying on a mirror, stylized like a fashion magazine

A flat, geometric painting by Frank Stella.

An flat, abstract image that resembles different liquids resisting one another.

A poster promoting a play by New Theater.

A sculpture by Jared Madere made from many different materials. Pink fabric billows from it.

A painting by Archibald Motley. Men and woman dance in a tightly packed crowd.

A work by Willem de Kooning. An abstract painting of a woman with a bicycle depicted in vivid colors

The artist stands with a bicycle which is wired to electrical contraptions

Matana Roberts leans against a wall with a saxophone.

Two women dressed as neanderthals, on a stage set.

A player piano roll

A black-and-white photograph of William Winant and David Rosenboom.

An image by Yuji Agematsu. The Whitney Museum is tinted pink and overlaid with flowers.

A mural faces the gallery windows and the Hudson River.

Mary Heilmann's installation on the terrace. Colorful, blocky chairs are clustered in loose groups.

An abstract collage by Michele Abeles.

2014

A painting by Alex Katz. Two women, one in sunglasses.

A watercolor of a gas station in primary colors by Ed Ruscha.

A painting by Edward Hopper. A woman and man sit in the sun on a second-story balcony.

A brightly-colored abstract painting by Jeff Koons. Balloons against a silver backdrop.

An animated gif reading Whitney Biennial in different colors

Three dancers stand on a floor plan of the Whitney.

2013

A black and white photograph of foxglove flowers by Edward Steichen

The artist Jared Bark, masked and wrapped in a string of light bulbs.

An abstract painting by Robert Indiana with the words Chicago, Bar, and South Ferry.

An abstract image by Nick Mauss. Strong black vertical stripes, with thin stripes forming a grid

A translucent scrim runs across the gallery in a 1977 installation by Robert Irwin.

A poster that reads, "Who's afraid of the New Now?"

A still from David Hockney's panoramic installation depicting jugglers against a red and blue backdrop.

A drawing of a street corner cafe.

A painting by Jana Euler and a sculpture by Stewart Uoo. Both depict figures.

A black-and-white photograph by Nicholas Nixon. A woman touches the face of a younger man.

A film still in which a person raises both arms in front of Jay DeFeo's painting, The Rose

A collage of a white rose against a black background by Jay DeFeo.

A portrait of a woman by Mark Morrisroe.

2012

A pop still life of a bowl of fruit by Roy Lichtenstein

A painting by Jasper Johns. An American flag whose colors are inverted, green for red, orange for blue, and black for white.

A still from a film. A seated man points a camera at a woman in her underwear.

A video projection of a man with a metal detector on the beach, on top of other materials and documents.

A sculpture by Richard Artschwager. A giant neon yellow exclamation point.

A Wade Guyton inkjet print. The letter U two times, with flames underneath.

The artist Yayoi Kusama with her signature orange wig, wearing a print that is repeated in the backdrop.

A painting of geometric masks.

Three abstract images of shapes and color.

A woman with short hair staring directly at the camera.

Yayoi Kusama staring at camera in the middle of her mirrored rooms.

A print of an eagle against an American flag.

Two people standing in an empty gallery at the Whitney.

2011

A skull made of frosted glass.

Video still of a construction worker and a sculpture of tires.

Steel sculpture art by David Smith.

A print by Roy Lichtenstein. Ben Day dots are above a surface that resembles water.

Abstract painting of people on a city street.

A video still of a man holding his hand to his head in a gallery installation.

A blue, pin, orange, and yellow artwork.

Architectural rendering of the new Whitney Museum from the High Line.

Abstract artwork by Max Weber.

Two men sit on horseback in an open field.

Colorful oil painting on a wooden frame.

Neon artwork with the words America backwards.

A tree hangs upside down in a black and white photography.

2010

A cloth sculpture of a belly dancer on a red podium.

A flash of light in the middle of a dark digital photograph.

A blue jacket filled with small, colorful dresses.

Painting by Edward Hopper. Painting of a woman in dress facing away from the viewer.

Artwork of four fingers on a hand coming out of a base.

A film still of two people attached to a wall by harnesses.

A tall sculpture.

The view from the driver's seat in a car looking at another car on a pole.

A black and white photo of a man doing a hand stand with red lines running through it.

A scorpion's tale showing on an artwork by Jill Magic.

An artwork featuring a naked body with cones on the hands and feet.

Dark clouds and bleak landscape.

A black and white photo of a man smoking in a chair.

A painting of a girl looking out onto a landscape.

2009

A film still of soldiers holding flashlights in the dark.

A woman starts to eat something in a black and white photo.

A woman's face up close to the camera.

Artwork of faces, text, and shapes.

Artwork of two men kissing.

Abstract artwork by Georgia O'Keeffe.

A man stands in front of an audience.

Two hands holding the word "hot" next to a paint can.

A bench in the middle of a gallery with artworks on the walls.

A darkened gallery with people sitting on benches.

A black and white painting of a people in a group.

Projected text through lights on a gallery floor.

A large circular sculpture in a gallery.

Three women and a man sit on a blue and yellow box.

Colorful abstract paintings line walls and floor.

A gallery in the Whitney Museum.

People watching a video in a gallery with a furry rug.

2008

A lightbulb attached to the ceiling of a red room.

Installation in the gallery of Alexander Calder artwork.

The artist Corin Hewitt in his studio during a residency at the Whitney.

Books in a video still.

A close up of a face in a black and white photo.

Artwork on the walls of a gallery.

A geodesic dome and architectural exhibits in a gallery.

Installation by Paul McCarthy in the Whitney Museum.

A woman poses in a black and white photo.

Installation of a sculptures during the Whitney Biennial.

Painting of a black water tower and red chimney tower.

2007

Image of a soap opera star superimposed with an upside down woman.

Lamps as part of a gallery exhibit.

Artwork of migrants heading through doors marked Chicago, New York and St. Louis.

A gallery installation featuring text art by Lawrence Weiner.

A man in a cowboy hat from a film still.

Gallery view of a bench with artwork on surrounding walls.

Cut paper silhouettes of people by Kara Walker cover a gallery wall.

Green plants grow out of the floor in a white gallery.

Mixed media collage by Mark Bradford.

Mohammad Ali and photographer Danny Lyon.

Modernist artwork in a gallery at the Whitney Museum.

Five men gathered around a table.

People gather at the walls in a gallery.

People in a gallery looking at artwork on the wall.

Installation view of Love sculpture and signs on wall.

A biological drawing of a man with his spine showing.

Gallery room with paintings on wall and window in middle.

Large photos on the walls of a gallery.

A crowd assembles on green grass under flood lights.

A white sculpture hangs from the ceiling in a gallery.

White room with a bright light and a black ball on ground.

2006

Two rows of photographs and a large photograph on gallery walls.

A geometric sculpture of interconnecting shapes.

Sculptures and a painting in a gallery.

Installation of furniture and art at a Bauhaus exhibit in the Whitney.

A man in a baseball hat standing on the Brooklyn Bridge.

Large paintings by Picasso on the walls of a gallery.

Three artworks with black and white stripes on the wall of a gallery.

View of wooden structures in front of steps of Whitney.

Large artworks in a Whitney Museum gallery.

A painting of people sitting at cafe with a mostly blue color palette.

A gallery filled with works of art.

2004

2002

Cover for 2002 Biennial catalogue

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1972

Catalogue cover for 1972 Annual Exhibition: Contemporary American Painting

1970

Catalogue cover for 1970 Annual exhibition: Contemporary American Sculpture

1969

Catalogue cover for 1969 Annual Exhibition: Contemporary American Painting

1968

Catalogue cover for the 1968 Annual Exhibition: Contemporary American Sculpture

1967

Cover for 1967 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Painting catalogue

1966

Catalogue cover for Annual Exhibition 1966: Contemporary Sculpture and Prints

1965

Cover for 1965 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting catalogue

1964

Cover for 1964 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture catalogue

1963

Catalogue cover for Annual Exhibition 1963: Contemporary American Painting

1962

Catalogue cover for Annual Exhibition 1962: Contemporary Sculpture and Drawings

1961

Catalogue cover for Annual Exhibition 1961: Contemporary American Painting

1960

Catalogue cover for Annual Exhibition 1960: Contemporary Sculpture and Drawings

1959

Cover for 1959 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting catalogue

1958

Catalogue cover for 1958 Annual Exhibition: Sculpture, Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings

1957

Catalogue cover for 1957 Annual Exhibition: Sculpture, Paintings, Watercolors

1956

Catalogue cover for 1956 Annual Exhibition: Sculpture, Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings

Cover for 1956 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture, Watercolors and Drawings catalogue

1955

Cover for 1955 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting catalogue

Cover for 1955 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting, Sculpture, Watercolors and Drawings catalogue

1954

Cover for 1954 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture, Watercolors and Drawings catalogue

1953

Cover for 1953 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting catalogue

Cover for 1953 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture, Watercolors and Drawings catalogue

1952

Cover for 1952 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting catalogue

Cover for 1952 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture, Watercolors and Drawings catalogue

1951

Cover for 1951 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting catalogue

Cover for 1951 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture, Watercolors and Drawings catalogue

1950

Cover for 1950 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting catalogue

Cover for 1950 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture, Watercolors and Drawings catalogue

1949

Cover for 1949 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting catalogue

Cover for 1949 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture, Watercolors and Drawings catalogue

1948

Cover for 1948 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting catalogue

Cover for 1948 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture, Watercolors and Drawings catalogue

1947

Cover for 1947 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting catalogue

Cover for 1947 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Ameirican Sculpture, Watercolors and Drawings catalogue

1946

Cover for 1946 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting catalogue

Cover for 1946 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture, Watercolors and Drawings catalogue

1945

Cover for 1945 Annual catalogue

Cover for 1945 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture, Watercolors and Drawings catalogue

1944

Cover for 1944 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting catalogue

1943

Cover for 1943 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Art catalogue

1942

Cover for 1942 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Art catalogue

1941

Cover for 1941 Annual Exhibition of Paintings by American Artists Under 40 catalogue

Cover for 1941 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture, Watercolors, Drawings and Prints catalogue

1940

Cover for 1940 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting catalogue

Cover for 1940 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Art catalogue

1939

Cover for 1939 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Watercolors catalogue

Cover for 1939 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture, Drawings and Prints catalogue

1938

Cover for 1938 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting catalogue

Cover for 1938 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture, Watercolors, Drawings and Prints catalogue

1937

Cover for 1937 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting catalogue

1936

Cover for the Third Biennial catalogue

Catalogue cover for Second Biennial Exhibition Part Two—Watercolors, and Pastels

Catalogue cover for Second Biennial Exhibition Part One—Sculpture, Drawings and Prints

1934

Cover for Second Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting catalogue

1933

1932

Cover for First Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting catalogue

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