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Explore the Whitney's collection of over 25,000 works, created by more than 3,600 American artists during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

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23,322 of 25,385 works

Jonathan Lyndon Chase
Run away with me
2019

Milano Chow
Floor Plan I
2019

John Edmonds
Young man holding up Kuba cloth
2019

Janiva Ellis
Uh Oh, Look Who Got Wet
2019

Black football player Colin Kaepernick kneels on the sidelines among standing teammates and servicemen

Kota Ezawa
National Anthem (San Francisco 49ers)
2019

Ellie Ga
Gyres 1-3
2019

On view
Floor 3

Kahlil Robert Irving
Black Space ≈ Street Freedom (⊕Real Road ⊥imbedded flags⊗) “No I don’t smoke”
2019

Layered blue and orange prints of two Black women and a 19th century village. Text across the bottom reads: Squatter Settlement 1855. Now Central Park.

Tomashi Jackson
New Money (Mary had a plot of land & so did Ms. Marlene)
2019

A pinkish-red print of two Black men’s upper bodies, merged like kings on a playing card and oriented sideways

Tomashi Jackson
Make Two Black Property Owners Look Like One (Limited Value Exercise) (Mr. Lyons & Mr. Dorce)
2019

Tomashi Jackson
Hometown Buffet-Two Blues (Limited Value Exercise)
2019

Josh Kline
United States Capitol, Washington D.C.
2019

Eric N. Mack
Proposition: for wet Gee’s Bend Quilts to replace the American flag – Permanently
2019

Harold Mendez
A new place to drown
2019

Jason Moran
Two Wings 2
2019

A hanging, transparent blob with bold swaths of black and patches of pale colors.

Ragen Moss
Bullfighter (with one other Bullfighter)
2019

On view
Floor 6

Alternating geometric patterns of green red and blue shapes, arranged in wide, horizontal rows.

Jordan Nassar
A Lost Key
2019

Two fuzzy, magenta figures stare at the viewer as they float among plants and other hazy details.

Jennifer Packer
A Lesson in Longing
2019

Gala Porras-Kim
La Mojarra Stela negative space
2019

Gala Porras-Kim
La Mojarra Stela and its shapes
2019

Two anthropomorphized broomsticks sit in big round windows that look out onto a landscape.

Emily Mae Smith
Brooms with a View
2019

On view
Floor 1

Salman Toor
Bar Boy
2019

On view
Floor 1

Salman Toor
The Star
2019

On view
Floor 1

Salman Toor
Man with Face Creams and Phone Plug
2019

A cluttered, leisurely room with low seating and an array of potted plants

Jonas Wood
Inglewood Listing
2019

On view
Floor 6

Erica Baum
Fold Coat
2018

On view
Floor 6

Erica Baum
Hem Allowed
2018

Alexandra Bell
Sunday, April 23, 1989 - Page 3
2018–2019

Alexandra Bell
Sunday, April 23, 1989 - Page 2
2018–2019

Alexandra Bell
Monday, April 24, 1989 - Front Page
2018–2019

Alexandra Bell
Sunday, April 23, 1989 - Page 5
2018–2019

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