artport Commissions

Access original works of art commissioned specifically for artport by the Whitney.

A computer-generated image of apartment layouts stacked into the shape of a pyramid

Sam Lavigne and Tega Brain: New York Apartment

2020

An overhead shot of a hand painting.

Michael Mandiberg: Live Study

2019

A screenshot of Public Key Private Key.

Public Key / Private Key

2019

A computer-generated image of a black snake with a feminine face

Morehshin Allahyari: The Laughing Snake

2018

Photograph of a man and a friend taking a selfie in the grass.

Eva and Franco Mattes: Riccardo Uncut

2018

A computer rendering of people in a line

eteam: The Line

2017

A cracked screen showing a distorted image of the American flag and a floral arrangement.

Addie Wagenknecht: Believe me

2017

Whitney lobby with red and green dots overlaid.

Will Pappenheimer: Proxy, 5-WM2A

2014

An American flag composed of colors and words.

Jonah Brucker-Cohen and Katherine Moriwaki: America's Got No Talent

2012

iPhone and a tablet

Scott Snibbe: Tripolar

2012

digital cats

UBERMORGEN.COM: Clickistan

2010

A grid of squares in varying shades of gray.

Marc Lafia and Fang-Yu Lin:
The Battle Of Algiers

2006

Andy Deck:
Screening Circle

2006

digital art

The Dumpster

2006

People in a gallery

Jennifer Crowe and Scott Paterson: Follow Through

Dec 1, 2005–Jan 29, 2006

Website screenshot of geometric shapes and numbers and text.

Casey Reas:
Software Structures

Launched 2004, Restored 2016

Computer code overlapping in blue.

Codedoc

Launched Sept 2002

Martin Wattenberg: Idea Line

2001

Tina LaPorta:
Voyeur Web

2001

Sunrise/Sunset

Sunrise/Sunset is a series of Internet art projects commissioned by the Whitney specifically for whitney.org to mark sunset and sunrise in New York City every day.

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Sunrise

Sunset

A 30-second online art project:
American Artist, Looted

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