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Past Exhibitions

2020
A photo of various fruits and vegetables perched on wood plinths

fruits, vegetables; fruit and vegetable salad

Jan 15–Feb 17, 2020

2019
A TV, trash can, and a large colorful object.

Rachel Harrison Life Hack

Oct 25, 2019–Jan 12, 2020

 
A purple-tinted, pixellated image of two wolves

Alan Michelson: Wolf Nation

Oct 25, 2019–Jan 12, 2020

 
Reflections of water in test tank in the artist's studio

Pope.L: Choir

Oct 10, 2019–Mar 8, 2020

 
A print of an architectural entablature.

Order and Ornament:
Roy Lichtenstein’s Entablatures

Sept 27, 2019–Mar 22, 2020

 
5 men in hats in a circle, facing away from each other and playing 5 different pianos

Jason Moran

Sept 20, 2019–Jan 5, 2020

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

Whitney Biennial 2019

May 17–Oct 27, 2019

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

Moved by the Motion: Sudden Rise

Apr 26–Apr 27, 2019

 
Painting of a woman and legs in bright colors.

Spilling Over: Painting Color in the 1960s

Mar 29–Aug 18, 2019

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

exonemo: 0 to 1 / 1 to 0

Feb 6–Nov 18, 2019

2018
A cotton gin motor

Kevin Beasley: A view of a landscape

Dec 15, 2018–Mar 10, 2019

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

Andy Warhol—
From A to B and 
Back Again

Nov 12, 2018–Mar 31, 2019

 
TV screens stacked on top of each other with faces.

Programmed: Rules, Codes, and Choreographies in Art, 1965–2018

Sept 28, 2018–Apr 14, 2019

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

Derek Fordjour: Half Mast

Sept 24, 2018–May 5, 2019

 
A model with a bag on her head.

Eckhaus Latta: Possessed

Aug 3–Oct 8, 2018

 
Sketch of elongated nude female bodies.

The Face in the Moon: Drawings and Prints by Louise Nevelson

July 20–Oct 8, 2018

 
Self portrait with collage.

David Wojnarowicz: History Keeps Me Awake at Night

July 13–Sept 30, 2018

 
A woman in a leopard suit scaling a wall

Pacha, Llaqta, Wasichay: Indigenous Space, Modern Architecture, New Art

July 13–Sept 30, 2018

 
Glowing white artwork.

Mary Corse: A Survey in Light

June 8–Nov 25, 2018

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

Carla Gannis: Lady Ava Interface

Apr 10, 2018–Feb 6, 2019

 
Drop of milk against red background.

Flash: Photographs by Harold Edgerton from the Whitney's Collection

Mar 30–July 15, 2018

 
Slides.

Nick Mauss: Transmissions

Mar 16–May 14, 2018

 
Painting of person with fin.

Between the Waters

Mar 9–July 22, 2018

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

Grant Wood: American Gothic and Other Fables

Mar 2–June 10, 2018

 
Photograph of Niagara Falls.

Zoe Leonard: Survey

Mar 2–June 10, 2018

 
A stuffed bear looking at itself in two mirrors.

Juan Antonio Olivares: Moléculas

Mar 2–June 10, 2018

 
Installation view of "Too Much Future"

Christine Sun Kim:
Too Much Future

Jan 29–Sept 23, 2018

2017
Photocopy collage of a woman's hand holding a flower.

Experiments in Electrostatics:
Photocopy Art from the Whitney’s
Collection, 1966–1986

Nov 17, 2017–Mar 25, 2018

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

Laura Owens

Nov 10, 2017–Feb 26, 2018

 
A man holding a stone in front of his face

Jimmie Durham: At the Center of the World

Nov 3, 2017–Jan 28, 2018

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

Elisa Giardina Papa: Labor of Sleep

Oct 24, 2017–Apr 9, 2018

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

Toyin Ojih Odutola:
To Wander Determined

Oct 20, 2017–Feb 25, 2018

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

An Incomplete History of Protest: Selections from the Whitney’s Collection, 1940–2017

Aug 18, 2017–Aug 27, 2018

 
Beach-like installation.

Hélio Oiticica: To Organize Delirium

July 14–Oct 1, 2017

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

Willa Nasatir

July 14–Oct 1, 2017

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

Bunny Rogers: Brig Und Ladder

July 7–Oct 9, 2017

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

Do Ho Suh:
95 Horatio Street

June 26, 2017–Jan 28, 2018

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

Lorna Mills: Caughtinmoment

June 21–Oct 23, 2017

 

Calder: Hypermobility

June 9–Oct 23, 2017

 
Labeled blue color swatches overlay whitney.org.

Allard van Hoorn: Sunrise / Sunset Haiku Engine

May 22–June 21, 2017

 
painting of industrial buildings

Where We Are: Selections from the Whitney’s Collection, 1900–1960

Apr 28, 2017–June 2, 2019

 

Whitney Biennial 2017

Mar 17–June 11, 2017

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

Fast Forward: Painting from the 1980s

Jan 27–May 14, 2017

2016
Two photographs by artist MPA. A desert landscape is the backdrop as a figure crouches on the ground.

MPA: RED IN VIEW

Nov 11, 2016–Feb 27, 2017

 
An immersive video installation by artist Hito Steyerl.

Dreamlands: Immersive Cinema and Art, 1905–2016

Oct 28, 2016–Feb 5, 2017

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

Virginia Overton: Winter Garden

Oct 28, 2016–Feb 5, 2017

 
White and green artwork by Carmen Herrera.

Carmen Herrera: Lines of Sight

Sept 16, 2016–Jan 9, 2017

 
A woman kneels on a stage surrounded by sculptural objects.

Jill Kroesen:
Collecting Injustices, Unnecessary Suffering

July 27–July 31, 2016

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

Sophia Al-Maria: Black Friday

July 26–Oct 31, 2016

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

Danny Lyon: Message to the Future

June 17–Sept 25, 2016

 
A painting of geometric colorful shapes and letters.

Stuart Davis: In Full Swing

June 10–Sept 25, 2016

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

Virginia Overton: Sculpture Gardens

June 10–Sept 25, 2016

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

Torbjørn Rødland: Blue Portrait (Nokia N82)

June 7, 2016–Mar 6, 2017

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

Mirror Cells

May 13–Aug 21, 2016

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

Open Plan: Steve McQueen

Apr 29–May 14, 2016

 
A dense ink sketch of a figure by June Leaf.

June Leaf: Thought Is Infinite

Apr 27–July 17, 2016

 
Cecil Taylor sitting at a baby grand piano.

Open Plan: Cecil Taylor

Apr 15–Apr 24, 2016

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

Human Interest: Portraits from the Whitney’s Collection

Apr 2, 2016–Apr 2, 2017

 
A black and white, projected work by Michael Heizer.

Open Plan: Michael Heizer

Mar 25–Apr 10, 2016

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

The Necks In Concert with Alvin Curran and Arnold Dreyblatt

Mar 24–Mar 25, 2016

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

Sibyl Kempson: 12 Shouts to the Ten Forgotten Heavens

Every solstice and equinox through 2018

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

Open Plan: Lucy Dodd

Mar 17–Mar 20, 2016

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

Open Plan: Andrea Fraser

Feb 26–Mar 13, 2016

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

Laura Poitras: Astro Noise

Feb 5–May 1, 2016

 
Felix Bernstein and Luke Smithers performing on a set.

Felix Bernstein:
Bieber Bathos Elegy

Jan 15–Jan 16, 2016

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

Flatlands

Jan 14–Apr 17, 2016

2015
A collaged portrait by Njideka Crosby. A woman sits at a table with photographs behind her.

Njideka Akunyili Crosby: Before Now After (Mama, Mummy and Mamma)

Nov 23, 2015–June 6, 2016

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

Collected by Thea Westreich Wagner and Ethan Wagner

Nov 20, 2015–Mar 6, 2016

 
A flat, geometric painting by Frank Stella.

Frank Stella: A Retrospective

Oct 30, 2015–Feb 7, 2016

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

Rachel Rose: Everything and More

Oct 30, 2015–Feb 7, 2016

 
A poster promoting a play by New Theater.

New Theater: Selected Plays 2013–2015

Oct 17–Oct 24, 2015

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

Jared Madere

Oct 16, 2015–Jan 3, 2016

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

Archibald Motley: Jazz Age Modernist

Oct 2, 2015–Jan 17, 2016

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

The Whitney's Collection

Sept 28, 2015–Apr 4, 2016

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

Takehisa Kosugi:
Music Expanded

Sept 12–Sept 13, 2015

 
Matana Roberts leans against a wall with a saxophone.

Matana Roberts:
i call america

Aug 5–Aug 9, 2015

 
Two women dressed as neanderthals, on a stage set.

DANCENOISE: Don’t Look Back

July 22–July 26, 2015

 
A player piano roll

Anywhere in Time:
A Conlon Nancarrow Festival

June 17–June 28, 2015

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

David Rosenboom: Propositional Music

May 22–May 24, 2015

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

Yuji Agematsu: Walk On A,B,C,

May 6–May 11, 2015

 
A mural faces the gallery windows and the Hudson River.

America Is Hard to See

May 1–Sept 27, 2015

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

Mary Heilmann: Sunset

May 1–Sept 27, 2015

 

Rafaël Rozendaal: Sunrise/Sunset

May 1, 2015–May 21, 2017

 
An abstract collage by Michele Abeles.

Michele Abeles: Baby Carriage on Bike or Riot Shield as Carriage

Apr 6–Nov 22, 2015

2014
A painting by Alex Katz. Two women, one in sunglasses.

Alex Katz: Katherine and Elizabeth

Oct 3, 2014–Apr 5, 2015

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

Shaping a Collection: Five Decades of Gifts

July 17–Oct 19, 2014

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

Edward Hopper and Photography

July 17–Oct 19, 2014

 

Collecting Calder

July 17–Oct 19, 2014

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

Jeff Koons: A Retrospective

June 27–Oct 19, 2014

 
An animated gif reading Whitney Biennial in different colors

Whitney Biennial 2014

Mar 7–May 25, 2014

 
Three dancers stand on a floor plan of the Whitney.

Sarah Michelson: 4

Jan 24–Feb 2, 2014

2013
A black and white photograph of foxglove flowers by Edward Steichen

Edward Steichen in the 1920s and 1930s: A Recent Acquisition

Dec 6, 2013–Feb 23, 2014

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

Rituals of Rented Island:
Object Theater, Loft Performance, and the New Psychodrama—Manhattan, 1970–1980

Oct 31, 2013–Feb 2, 2014

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

Robert Indiana: Beyond LOVE

Sept 26, 2013–Jan 5, 2014

 

T. J. Wilcox: In the Air

Sept 19, 2013–Feb 9, 2014

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

Test Pattern

Aug 22–Dec 1, 2013

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

Robert Irwin: Scrim veil—Black rectangle—Natural light, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (1977)

June 27–Sept 1, 2013

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

In Parts

June 13, 2013–Feb 23, 2014

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

David Hockney: The Jugglers

May 23–Sept 1, 2013

 
A drawing of a street corner cafe.

Hopper Drawing

May 23–Oct 6, 2013

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

Stewart Uoo and Jana Euler: Outside Inside Sensibility

May 10–Aug 11, 2013

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

I, YOU, WE

Apr 25–Sept 1, 2013

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

THE WHITE ROSE

Apr 25–May 12, 2013

 

JODI: goodmorning goodnight

Mar 5, 2013–May 1, 2015

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

Jay DeFeo: A Retrospective

Feb 28–June 2, 2013

 
A portrait of a woman by Mark Morrisroe.

Blues for Smoke

Feb 7–Apr 28, 2013

2012
A pop still life of a bowl of fruit by Roy Lichtenstein

American Legends: From Calder to O’Keeffe

Dec 22, 2012–June 29, 2014

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

Sinister Pop

Nov 15, 2012–Mar 31, 2013

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

Dark and Deadpan:
Pop in TV and the Movies

Nov 15, 2012–Mar 31, 2013

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

Trisha Baga: Plymouth Rock 2

Nov 9, 2012–Jan 27, 2013

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

Richard Artschwager!

Oct 25, 2012–Feb 3, 2013

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

Wade Guyton OS

Oct 4, 2012–Jan 13, 2013

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

Yayoi Kusama

July 12–Sept 30, 2012

 
A painting of geometric masks.

Signs & Symbols

June 28–Oct 28, 2012

 
Three abstract images of shapes and color.

Oskar Fischinger: Space Light Art—A Film Environment

June 28–Oct 28, 2012

 
A woman with short hair staring directly at the camera.

Sharon Hayes: There’s so much I want to say to you

June 21–Sept 9, 2012

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

Yayoi Kusama's:
Fireflies on the Water

June 13–Oct 28, 2012

 
A print of an eagle against an American flag.

. . . as apple pie

June 8, 2012–June 9, 2013

 
Two people standing in an empty gallery at the Whitney.

Whitney Biennial 2012

Mar 1–May 27, 2012

2011

Ursula Endlicher: Sunrise/Sunset

Dec 15, 2011–Mar 5, 2013

 
A skull made of frosted glass.

SHERRIE LEVINE: MAYHEM

Nov 10, 2011–Jan 29, 2012

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

Aleksandra Mir: The Seduction of Galileo Galilei

Oct 20, 2011–Feb 19, 2012

 

Real/Surreal

Oct 6, 2011–Feb 12, 2012

 
Steel sculpture art by David Smith.

David Smith: Cubes and Anarchy

Oct 6, 2011–Jan 8, 2012

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

Three Landscapes: A Film Installation by
Roy Lichtenstein

Oct 6, 2011–Feb 12, 2012

 
Abstract painting of people on a city street.

Lyonel Feininger: At the Edge of the World

June 30–Oct 16, 2011

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

Xavier Cha: Body Drama

June 30–Oct 9, 2011

 
A blue, pin, orange, and yellow artwork.

Cory Arcangel: Pro Tools

May 26–Sept 11, 2011

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

Designing the Whitney of the Future

May 26, 2011–Feb 19, 2012

 
Abstract artwork by Max Weber.

Breaking Ground: The Whitney’s Founding Collection

Apr 28–Sept 18, 2011

 
Two men sit on horseback in an open field.

More Than That: Films by Kevin Jerome Everson

Apr 28–Sept 18, 2011

 
Colorful oil painting on a wooden frame.

Dianna Molzan: Bologna Meissen

Apr 8–June 19, 2011

 
Neon artwork with the words America backwards.

Glenn Ligon: AMERICA

Mar 10–June 5, 2011

 

R. Luke Dubois: Sunrise/Sunset

Mar 10–Dec 15, 2011

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

Legacy: The Emily Fisher Landau Collection

Feb 10–May 1, 2011

2010
A cloth sculpture of a belly dancer on a red podium.

Singular Visions

Dec 16, 2010–Aug 5, 2012

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

Karthik Pandian: Unearth

Dec 15, 2010–Mar 27, 2011

 
A blue jacket filled with small, colorful dresses.

Charles LeDray: workworkworkworkwork

Nov 18, 2010–Feb 13, 2011

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

Modern Life: Edward Hopper and His Time

Oct 28, 2010–Apr 10, 2011

 

Slater Bradley and Ed Lachman: Shadow

Oct 28, 2010–Apr 10, 2011

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

Paul Thek: Diver, A Retrospective

Oct 21, 2010–Jan 9, 2011

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

Off the Wall: Part 2—Seven Works by Trisha Brown

Sept 30–Oct 3, 2010

 
A tall sculpture.

Sara VanDerBeek: To Think of Time

Sept 17–Dec 5, 2010

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

Lee Friedlander: America By Car

Sept 4–Nov 28, 2010

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

Christian Marclay: Festival

July 1–Sept 26, 2010

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

Jill Magid: A Reasonable Man in a Box

July 1–Sept 12, 2010

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

Off the Wall: Part 1—Thirty Performative Actions

July 1–Sept 19, 2010

 
Dark clouds and bleak landscape.

Heat Waves in a Swamp: The Paintings of Charles Burchfield

June 24–Oct 17, 2010

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

Facing the Artist: Portraits by John Jonas Gruen

June 3–Sept 5, 2010

 

Stephanie Rothenberg: Sunrise/Sunset

Mar 30, 2010–Mar 10, 2011

 

Whitney Biennial 2010

Feb 25–May 30, 2010

 
A painting of a girl looking out onto a landscape.

Collecting Biennials

Jan 16–Nov 28, 2010

2009
A film still of soldiers holding flashlights in the dark.

Omer Fast: Nostalgia

Dec 10, 2009–Feb 14, 2010

 

ecoarttech: Untitled Landscape #5

Nov 12, 2009–Mar 30, 2010

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

Alice Guy Blaché: Cinema Pioneer

Nov 6, 2009–Jan 24, 2010

 
A woman's face up close to the camera.

Roni Horn aka Roni Horn

Nov 6, 2009–Jan 24, 2010

 
Artwork of faces, text, and shapes.

Steve Wolfe on Paper

Sept 30–Nov 29, 2009

 
Artwork of two men kissing.

A Few Frames: Photography and the Contact Sheet

Sept 25, 2009–Jan 3, 2010

 
Abstract artwork by Georgia O'Keeffe.

Georgia O’Keeffe: Abstraction

Sept 17, 2009–Jan 17, 2010

 
A man stands in front of an audience.

Dan Graham: Beyond

June 25–Oct 11, 2009

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

Photoconceptualism, 1966–1973

May 22–Sept 20, 2009

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

Lucinda Childs: Dance

May 10–Nov 8, 2009

 
A darkened gallery with people sitting on benches.

Claes Oldenburg: Early Sculpture, Drawings, and Happenings Films

Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen: The Music Room

May 7–Sept 6, 2009

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

Sadie Benning: Play Pause

Apr 22–Sept 20, 2009

 
Projected text through lights on a gallery floor.

Jenny Holzer: PROTECT PROTECT

Mar 12–May 31, 2009

 
A large circular sculpture in a gallery.

Sites

Feb 19–May 3, 2009

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

Elad Lassry: Three Films

Jan 22–Apr 19, 2009

 
Colorful abstract paintings line walls and floor.

Synthetic

Jan 22–Apr 19, 2009

 
A gallery in the Whitney Museum.

Artists Making Photographs: Chamberlain, Rauschenberg, Ruscha, Samaras, Warhol

Jan 16–May 17, 2009

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

Alex Bag

Jan 9–Apr 12, 2009

2008
A lightbulb attached to the ceiling of a red room.

William Eggleston:
Democratic Camera
Photographs and Video, 1961-2008

Nov 7, 2008–Jan 25, 2009

 
Installation in the gallery of Alexander Calder artwork.

Alexander Calder:
The Paris Years, 1926–1933

Oct 16, 2008–Feb 15, 2009

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

Corin Hewitt: Seed Stage

Oct 3, 2008–Jan 4, 2009

 
Books in a video still.

Between the Still and Moving Image

Oct 1, 2008–Jan 4, 2009

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

Signs of the Time

Sept 19, 2008–Jan 11, 2009

 
Artwork on the walls of a gallery.

“Progress”

July 11, 2008–Jan 4, 2009

 

Paul McCarthy: Film List

July 11–Sept 28, 2008

 
A geodesic dome and architectural exhibits in a gallery.

Buckminster Fuller: Starting with the Universe

June 26–Sept 21, 2008

 
Installation by Paul McCarthy in the Whitney Museum.

Paul McCarthy: Central Symmetrical Rotation Movement
Three Installations, Two Films

June 26–Oct 12, 2008

 
A woman poses in a black and white photo.

Polaroids: Mapplethorpe

May 3–Sept 14, 2008

 
Installation of a sculptures during the Whitney Biennial.

Whitney Biennial 2008

Mar 6–June 1, 2008

 
Painting of a black water tower and red chimney tower.

Chimneys and Towers: 
Charles Demuth’s Late Paintings of Lancaster

Feb 23–Apr 27, 2008

2007
Image of a soap opera star superimposed with an upside down woman.

Television Delivers People

Dec 12, 2007–Feb 17, 2008

 
Lamps as part of a gallery exhibit.

Beth Campbell: Following Room

Dec 7, 2007–Feb 24, 2008

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

Jacob Lawrence's
Migration Series: Selections from the Phillips Collection

Nov 21, 2007–Jan 6, 2008

 
A gallery installation featuring text art by Lawrence Weiner.

Lawrence Weiner:
AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE

Nov 15, 2007–Feb 10, 2008

 
A man in a cowboy hat from a film still.

Piotr Uklanski: Summer Love

Oct 17–Dec 9, 2007

 
Gallery view of a bench with artwork on surrounding walls.

Two Years

Oct 17, 2007–Feb 17, 2008

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

Kara Walker: My Complement, My Enemy, My Oppressor, My Love

Oct 11, 2007–Feb 3, 2008

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

Undone: Tom Holmes, Tony Matelli, Eileen Quinlan, and Heather Rowe

Sept 20, 2007–Jan 29, 2008

 
Mixed media collage by Mark Bradford.

Neither New nor Correct: New Work by Mark Bradford

Sept 14–Nov 25, 2007

 
Mohammad Ali and photographer Danny Lyon.

Danny Lyon: Montage, Film, and Still Photography

Sept 7, 2007–Jan 13, 2008

 
Modernist artwork in a gallery at the Whitney Museum.

Modernisms

Aug 29, 2007–Jan 13, 2008

 
Five men gathered around a table.

Resistance Is. . .

June 29–Sept 2, 2007

 
People gather at the walls in a gallery.

Rudolf Stingel

June 28–Oct 14, 2007

 
People in a gallery looking at artwork on the wall.

Profiling

June 8–Sept 9, 2007

 
Installation view of Love sculpture and signs on wall.

Summer of Love: Art of the Psychedelic Era

May 24–Sept 16, 2007

 
A biological drawing of a man with his spine showing.

Lincoln Kirstein: To See Deeply

Apr 25–Aug 26, 2007

 
Gallery room with paintings on wall and window in middle.

Taryn Simon: An American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar

Mar 9–June 24, 2007

 
Large photos on the walls of a gallery.

Lorna Simpson

Mar 1–May 6, 2007

 

Gordon Matta-Clark: “You Are The Measure”

Feb 22–June 3, 2007

 
A crowd assembles on green grass under flood lights.

Lights, Camera, Action: Artists’ Films for the Cinema

Feb 8–Apr 1, 2007

 
A white sculpture hangs from the ceiling in a gallery.

Uncontained

Feb 8–Apr 29, 2007

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

Terence Koh

Jan 19–May 27, 2007

2006
Two rows of photographs and a large photograph on gallery walls.

Photography and the Self:
The Legacy of F. Holland Day

Dec 20, 2006–Mar 4, 2007

 
A geometric sculpture of interconnecting shapes.

Burgeoning Geometries: Constructed Abstractions

Dec 7, 2006–Mar 4, 2007

 
Sculptures and a painting in a gallery.

Kiki Smith: A Gathering, 1980–2005

Nov 16, 2006–Feb 11, 2007

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

Albers and Moholy-Nagy: From the Bauhaus to the New World

Nov 2, 2006–Jan 21, 2007

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

Beryl Korot and Steve Reich: Three Tales

Oct 4–Oct 15, 2006

 
Large paintings by Picasso on the walls of a gallery.

Picasso and American Art

Sept 28, 2006–Jan 28, 2007

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

Mark Grotjahn

Sept 15, 2006–Jan 7, 2007

 
View of wooden structures in front of steps of Whitney.

Trace

June 30–Nov 12, 2006

 
Large artworks in a Whitney Museum gallery.

Full House: Views of the Whitney’s Collection at 75

June 29–Sept 3, 2006

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

Edward Hopper

June 7–Dec 3, 2006

 
A gallery filled with works of art.

Whitney Biennial 2006:
Day for Night

Mar 2–May 28, 2006

2004

Whitney Biennial 2004

Mar 11–May 30, 2004

2002
Cover for 2002 Biennial catalogue

Whitney Biennial 2002

Mar 7–May 26, 2002

2000

Whitney Biennial 2000

Mar 23–June 4, 2000

1997

Whitney Biennial 1997

Mar 20–June 1, 1997

1995

Whitney Biennial 1995

Mar 23–June 4, 1995

1993

Whitney Biennial 1993

Mar 4–June 20, 1993

1991

Whitney Biennial 1991

Jan 1–June 16, 1991

1989

Whitney Biennial 1989

Apr 18–July 16, 1989

1987

Whitney Biennial 1987

Apr 10–July 5, 1987

1985

Whitney Biennial 1985

Mar 13–June 9, 1985

1983

Whitney Biennial 1983

Mar 15–May 29, 1983

1981

Whitney Biennial 1981

Jan 20–Apr 12, 1981

1979

Whitney Biennial 1979

Feb 6–Apr 1, 1979

1977

Whitney Biennial 1977

Feb 19–Apr 3, 1977

1975

Whitney Biennial 1975

Jan 20–Apr 9, 1975

1973

Whitney Biennial 1973

Jan 10–Mar 18, 1973

1972
Catalogue cover for 1972 Annual Exhibition: Contemporary American Painting

1972 Annual Exhibition: Contemporary American Painting

Jan 25–Mar 19, 1972

1970
Catalogue cover for 1970 Annual exhibition: Contemporary American Sculpture

1970 Annual Exhibition: Contemporary American Sculpture

Dec 12, 1970–Feb 7, 1971

1969
Catalogue cover for 1969 Annual Exhibition: Contemporary American Painting

1969 Annual Exhibition: Contemporary American Painting

Dec 16, 1969–Feb 1, 1970

1968
Catalogue cover for the 1968 Annual Exhibition: Contemporary American Sculpture

1968 Annual Exhibition: Contemporary American Sculpture

Dec 17, 1968–Feb 9, 1969

1967
Cover for 1967 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Painting catalogue

1967 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Painting

Dec 13, 1967–Feb 4, 1968

1966
Catalogue cover for Annual Exhibition 1966: Contemporary Sculpture and Prints

Annual Exhibition 1966: Contemporary Sculpture and Prints

Dec 16, 1966–Feb 5, 1967

1965
Cover for 1965 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting catalogue

1965 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting

Dec 8, 1965–Jan 30, 1966

1964
Cover for 1964 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture catalogue

1964 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture

Dec 9, 1964–Jan 31, 1965

1963
Catalogue cover for Annual Exhibition 1963: Contemporary American Painting

Annual Exhibition 1963: Contemporary American Painting

Dec 11, 1963–Feb 2, 1964

1962
Catalogue cover for Annual Exhibition 1962: Contemporary Sculpture and Drawings

Annual Exhibition 1962: Contemporary Sculpture and Drawings

Dec 12, 1962–Feb 3, 1963

1961
Catalogue cover for Annual Exhibition 1961: Contemporary American Painting

Annual Exhibition 1961: Contemporary American Painting

Dec 13, 1961–Feb 4, 1962

1960
Catalogue cover for Annual Exhibition 1960: Contemporary Sculpture and Drawings

Annual Exhibition 1960: Contemporary Sculpture and Drawings

Dec 7, 1960–Jan 22, 1961

1959
Cover for 1959 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting catalogue

1959 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting

Dec 9, 1959–Jan 31, 1960

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

1958 Annual Exhibition: Sculpture, Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings

Nov 19, 1958–Jan 4, 1959

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

1957 Annual Exhibition: Sculpture, Paintings, Watercolors

Nov 20, 1957–Jan 12, 1958

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

1956 Annual Exhibition: Sculpture, Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings

Nov 14, 1956–Jan 6, 1957

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

1956 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture, Watercolors and Drawings

Apr 18–June 10, 1956

1955
Cover for 1955 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting catalogue

1955 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting

Nov 9, 1955–Jan 8, 1956

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

1955 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Paintings, Sculpture, Watercolors and Drawings

Jan 12–Feb 20, 1955

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

1954 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture, Watercolors and Drawings

Mar 17–Apr 18, 1954

1953
Cover for 1953 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting catalogue

1953 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting

Oct 15–Dec 6, 1953

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

1953 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture, Watercolors and Drawings

Apr 9–May 29, 1953

1952
Cover for 1952 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting catalogue

1952 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting

Nov 6, 1952–Jan 4, 1953

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

1952 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture, Watercolors and Drawings

Mar 13–May 4, 1952

1951
Cover for 1951 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting catalogue

1951 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting

Nov 8, 1951–Jan 6, 1952

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

1951 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture, Watercolors and Drawings

Mar 17–May 6, 1951

1950
Cover for 1950 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting catalogue

1950 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting

Nov 10–Dec 31, 1950

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

1950 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture, Watercolors and Drawings

Apr 1–May 28, 1950

1949
Cover for 1949 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting catalogue

1949 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting

Dec 16, 1949–Feb 5, 1950

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

1949 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture, Watercolors and Drawings

Apr 2–May 8, 1949

1948
Cover for 1948 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting catalogue

1948 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting

Nov 13, 1948–Jan 2, 1949

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

1948 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture, Watercolors and Drawings

Jan 31–Mar 21, 1948

1947
Cover for 1947 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting catalogue

1947 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting

Dec 6, 1947–Jan 25, 1948

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

1947 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture, Watercolors and Drawings

Mar 11–Apr 17, 1947

1946
Cover for 1946 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting catalogue

1946 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting

Dec 10, 1946–Jan 16, 1947

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

1946 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture, Watercolors and Drawings

Feb 5–Mar 13, 1946

1945
Cover for 1945 Annual catalogue

1945 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting

Nov 27, 1945–Jan 10, 1946

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

1945 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture, Watercolors and Drawings

Jan 3–Feb 8, 1945

1944
Cover for 1944 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting catalogue

1944 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting

Nov 14–Dec 12, 1944

1943
Cover for 1943 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Art catalogue

1943 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Art

Nov 23, 1943–Jan 4, 1944

1942
Cover for 1942 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Art catalogue

1942 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Art

Nov 24, 1942–Jan 6, 1943

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

1941 Annual Exhibition of Paintings by Artists Under Forty

Nov 12–Dec 30, 1941

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

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

Jan 15–Feb 19, 1941

1940
Cover for 1940 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting catalogue

1940 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting

Nov 27, 1940–Jan 8, 1941

 
Cover for 1940 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Art catalogue

1940 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Art

Jan 10–Feb 18, 1940

1939
Cover for 1939 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Watercolors catalogue

1939 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Watercolors

Feb 22–Mar 15, 1939

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

1939 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture, Drawings and Prints

Jan 24–Feb 17, 1939

1938
Cover for 1938 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting catalogue

1938 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting

Nov 2–Dec 11, 1938

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

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

Mar 8–Apr 10, 1938

1937
Cover for 1937 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting catalogue

1937 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting

Nov 10–Dec 12, 1937

1936
Cover for the Third Biennial catalogue

Third Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting

Nov 10–Dec 10, 1936

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

Second Biennial Exhibition: Part Two—Watercolors and Pastels

Feb 18–Mar 18, 1936

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

Second Biennial Exhibition: Part One—Sculpture, Drawings and Prints

Jan 24–Feb 13, 1936

1934
Cover for Second Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting catalogue

Second Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting

Nov 27, 1934–Jan 10, 1935

1933

First Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture, Watercolors and Prints

Dec 5, 1933–Jan 11, 1934

1932
Cover for First Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting catalogue

First Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting

Nov 22, 1932–Jan 5, 1933

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