Art Everywhere U.S.
See Eleven Whitney Works outdoors, Across the Country

People throughout the United States have voted for the works of American art they most want to see installed in Art Everywhere US, the initiative that transforms billboards, bus shelters, subway platforms and more into a free, open-air art gallery across the country.

A nationwide celebration of America’s artistic legacy, Art Everywhere US launched on August 4, 2014 with an event in New York’s Times Square, where digital billboards displayed all 58 of the selected artworks. Through August 31, Art Everywhere US will be installed on as many as 50,000 displays, both static and digital, in all 50 states.

The full list of 58 selected artworks was officially presented to civic leaders at an event on Saturday, June 21, in Dallas, at the annual meeting of the United States Conference of Mayors.

“The Whitney Museum is one of New York City’s preeminent cultural institutions and its collection has played a key role in expanding recognition of the quality and diversity of American art around the world,” said New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio. “I join my counterparts in cities across the US in applauding this unique partnership that will allow these great works of art to reach an even broader audience in public spaces across the country.” 

Art Everywhere US is organized through a collaboration among five major museums—the Art Institute of Chicago, the Dallas Museum of Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York—and the Outdoor Advertising Association of America (OAAA) and its members, with the co-operation of artists, estates, foundations and rights agencies.

View the eleven works selected from the Whitney's collection below. 

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View the locations across the country where works will be on display

  • William H. Johnson (1901–1970), Blind Singer, c. 1942. Screenprint; 17 1/2 × 11 9/16 in. (44.5 × 29.4 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Print Committee 95.53

  • Cindy Sherman, _Untitled_, 2008. Chromogenic print, with frame, 70 1/16 × 63 3/8 × 3 7/8 in. (178 × 161 × 9.8 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase with funds from the Painting and Sculpture Committee and the Photography Committee 2009.46a–b © Cindy Sherman; courtesy Metro Pictures, N.Y.

  • A portrait drawing of Philip Glass.
    A portrait drawing of Philip Glass.

    Chuck Close, Phil, 1969. Acrylic and graphite pencil on canvas, 108 1/4 × 84 in. (275 × 213.4 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from Mrs. Robert M. Benjamin 69.102 © Chuck Close, 1969

  • Painting of a subway station filled with people. At the center of the image stands a woman in a red dress with a fearful expression.
    Painting of a subway station filled with people. At the center of the image stands a woman in a red dress with a fearful expression.

    George Tooker, The Subway, 1950. Egg tempera on composition board, 18 1/8 × 36 1/8 in. (46 × 91.8 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase with funds from the Juliana Force Purchase Award 50.23. © George Tooker

  • Large industrial building with rays of light crossing it.
    Large industrial building with rays of light crossing it.

    Charles Demuth, My Egypt, 1927. Oil and graphite pencil on fiberboard, 35 3/4 × 30 in. (90.81 x 76.2 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Purchase, with funds from Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney 31.172

  • A painting of 4 people playing poker and 2 women behind a curtain.
    A painting of 4 people playing poker and 2 women behind a curtain.

    Thomas Hart Benton, Poker Night (from A Streetcar Named Desire), 1948. Tempera and oil on linen mounted on composition board. Sheet (sight): 36 × 48 in. (91.4 × 121.9 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Mrs. Percy Uris Bequest 85.49.2 Art (c) Thomas Hart Benton and Rita P. Benton Testamentary Trusts/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY

  • A painting of an animal skull in the sky above flowers and desert landscape.
    A painting of an animal skull in the sky above flowers and desert landscape.

    Georgia O’Keeffe, Summer Days, 1936. Oil on canvas, 36 1/8 × 30 1/8 in. (91.8 × 76.5 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Calvin Klein 94.171. © The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

  • An angular painting of the Brooklyn Bridge, looking up towards the tower. The perspective is unrealistic, and almost abstract, and filled with blues and greens and grays.
    An angular painting of the Brooklyn Bridge, looking up towards the tower. The perspective is unrealistic, and almost abstract, and filled with blues and greens and grays.

    Joseph Stella, The Brooklyn Bridge: Variation on an Old Theme, 1939. Oil on canvas, overall: 70 1/4 × 42 3/16 in. (178.4 × 107.2 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Purchase 42.15

  • Plants and flowers next to a fence and house.
    Plants and flowers next to a fence and house.

    Charles Burchfield, Noontide in Late May, 1917. Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on paper, 22 × 18 in. (55.9 × 45.7 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase  31.408

    All works by Charles Burchfield are reproduced with permission of the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation

  • Three American flags on top of each other.
    Three American flags on top of each other.

    Jasper Johns, Three Flags, 1958. Encaustic on canvas (three panels), 30 7/8 × 45 3/4 in. (78.4 × 116.2 cm) overall. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Gilman Foundation, Inc., The Lauder Foundation, A. Alfred Taubman, Laura-Lee Whittier Woods, Howard Lipman, and Ed Downe in honor of the Museum’s 50th Anniversary 80.32. © 2021 Jasper Johns / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

  • Hopper's iconic painting of empty street scene.
    Hopper's iconic painting of empty street scene.

    Edward Hopper, Early Sunday Morning, 1930. Oil on canvas, 35 3/16 × 60 1/4 in. (89.4 × 153 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase with funds from Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney 31.426. © Heirs of Josephine N. Hopper/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY

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