All Roads Lead to New York: The City as Context and Subject for American Modernism

The Standard, High Line, Garden Rooms, 69 Little West 12th Street, between Washington Street and Tenth Avenue

Friend, Patron, Circle, Fellow, and Sponsor-level members

How did artists living in New York City during the first half of the twentieth century respond to the modern metropolis? This lecture with Whitney teaching fellow Frances Jacobus-Parker considers how American modernists represented—and shaped—the city’s rapidly shifting social, political, and architectural landscape. Treating New York City as our lens, we will examine the development of modern American art across a diversity of styles, movements, and artists’ circles. The lecture will focus on some of the most celebrated artists represented in the Whitney’s collection, including Stuart Davis, Edward Hopper, Georgia O’Keeffe, Jacob Lawrence, Reginald Marsh, Charles Sheeler, and Alfred Stieglitz.

March 15
Option 1: 11 am–12:30 pm
Option 2: 1–2:30 pm

Open to members at the Friend level and higher. Become a member or upgrade your membership by calling (212) 570-3641. Please note: this event takes place at The Standard, High Line, Garden Rooms, 69 Little West 12th Street, between Washington Street and Tenth Avenue.