Whitney Signs: Sixties Surreal Sat, Dec 6, 2025, 3:30–6 pm

Whitney Signs: Sixties Surreal

Sat, Dec 6, 2025
3:30–6 pm

A framed display with a blonde wig covering a realistic face mask, and a small brown feather in the corner.
A framed display with a blonde wig covering a realistic face mask, and a small brown feather in the corner.

Lynn Hershman Leeson, Giggling Machine, Self Portrait as Blonde, 1968. wax, wig, feathers, Plexiglass, wood, sensor, and sound, 16 1/2 × 16 1/2 × 13 in. (41.9 × 41.9 × 33 cm). Promised gift to Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH. © Lynn Hershman Leeson

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This event is free but registration is required. If you have not registered, we cannot add you to the tour day of. Due to a limited capacity, this program is Deaf-priority, and we do not allow ASL students to attend. 

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The Hearst Artspace and the Seminar Room are equipped with induction hearing loops and infrared assistive listening systems. Accessible seating is also available.

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Floor 3, Artspace

Join us for an in-person tour of Sixties Surreal led by Deaf educator Christopher Tester in American Sign Language. The event begins with a tour at 3:30 pm and will be followed by a wine and cheese reception from 5–6 pm in the Laurie M. Tisch Education Center. Please plan to meet in the Hearst Artspace on floor 3 at 3:15 pm.  

This tour will be in ASL and will not have voice interpretation. To request interpretation for Tactile, Protactile, International Sign Language, another language, or additional accommodations, including Braille, please email accessfeedback@whitney.org or call (646) 666-5574 (relay calls welcome) with two weeks’ notice. 


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