My America Fri, Jan 20, 2017, 11 am

My America

Fri, Jan 20, 2017
11 am

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A painting by John Sonsini. Two central figures, Byron and Ramiro, stand with their arms crossed and hands on their hips. Each has two or three packed suitcases next to them
A painting by John Sonsini. Two central figures, Byron and Ramiro, stand with their arms crossed and hands on their hips. Each has two or three packed suitcases next to them

John Sonsini (b. 1950), BYRON & RAMIRO, 2008. Acrylic on canvas, 80 1/8 × 84 1/8 × 2 9/16 in. (203.5 × 213.7 × 6.5 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Jean Crutchfield and Robert Hobbs 2010.70 © John Sonsini

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Floor Seven

Explore immigration, ethnicity, race, and the complexity of American identity through the works on view in Human Interest: Portraits from the Whitney’s Collection. These hour-long tours are given by Whitney Teaching Fellows.

January 20
11 am; 1, 3, 5, 7, 8:30 pm

Free with Museum admission, which is pay-what-you-wish all day on January 20.

On the Hour

A 30-second online art project:
Maya Man, A Realistic Day In My Life Living In New York City

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