Exhibition Tour / Whitney Biennial 2024: Even Better than the Real Thing Mar 29–Sept 29, 2024

Exhibition Tour
Whitney Biennial 2024: Even Better than the Real Thing

Mar 29–Sept 29, 2024

A sturdy welded frame holds delicate crochet white lace threaded between the bars, with tools of the craft like upholstery needle and crochet hook hanging from it, with a spool of thread still attached sitting on the floor nearby.
A sturdy welded frame holds delicate crochet white lace threaded between the bars, with tools of the craft like upholstery needle and crochet hook hanging from it, with a spool of thread still attached sitting on the floor nearby.

ektor garcia, teotihuacan, 2018. Welded steel, waxed thread, cotton, bone crochet hook, upholstery needle, spur, welded frame, crochet white lace, and loose parts embedded attached to lace, 77 1/2 × 31 1/2 × 9 3/4in. (196.9 × 80 × 24.8 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Avo Samuelian and Hector Manuel Gonzalez 2022.163. ©️ ektor Garcia

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Floor 6

Gallery tours through the Whitney’s current exhibitions are offered each day. Tours meet in the galleries. 


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