Biennial Docent Tours
Aug 2, 2017
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Docent Gena Whitney talks about Jon Kessler’s Evolution, 2016
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The inside scoop on Pope.L’s installation, Claim (Whitney Version), 2017
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Unexpected views of Samara Golden’s installation, The Meat Grinder’s Iron Clothes, 2017
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Insights into Shara Hughes’s paintings
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Relaxing in Chemi Rosado-Seijo’s Salón–Sala–Salón (Classroom/Gallery/Classroom), 2017. Collaboration with the Lower Manhattan Arts Academy and instructor Julie Roinos
The Whitney’s Docents led free tours of the 2017 Biennial exhibition for over six thousand Museum visitors. With artwork that pushes boundaries and challenges viewers, a guided tour can be an invaluable resource for an exhibition like the Biennial. Docents provide insights into the ideas behind the works of art on view and help visitors make sense of it by offering interpretive content and providing a larger context for the work. The slideshow above highlights a docent tour of the Biennial. All photographs by Filip Wolak.
By Ellen Tepfer, Manager of Docent and Teaching Fellow Programs