99 Objects: Lauren Haynes on Mars Dust by Alma Thomas Sat, Aug 22, 2015, 3 pm

99 Objects: Lauren Haynes on Mars Dust by Alma Thomas

Sat, Aug 22, 2015
3 pm

Abstract painting with red brushstrokes on a blue background, creating a textured, mosaic-like pattern.
Abstract painting with red brushstrokes on a blue background, creating a textured, mosaic-like pattern.

Alma Thomas, Mars Dust, 1972. Acrylic on canvas, 69 1/4 × 57 1/8 in. (175.9 × 145.1 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase with funds from The Hament Corporation 72.58. © 2024 Estate of Alma Thomas (Courtesy of the Hart Family) / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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Floor Five

Lauren Haynes, associate curator at the Studio Museum in Harlem, will address Mars Dust, 1972 by Alma Thomas (1891–1978).

Named in honor of the Whitney’s new address, 99 Gansevoort Street, 99 Objects is a series of in-gallery programs focusing on individual works of art from the Museum’s collection on view in America Is Hard to See. Speakers include artists, writers, Whitney curators and educators, and an interdisciplinary group of scholars. Programs take place daily.

Free with Museum admission.


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