Slow Looking, Deep Dive: Whitney’s Online Collection Thurs, May 28, 2020, 6–7 pm

Slow Looking, Deep Dive: Whitney’s Online Collection

Thurs, May 28, 2020
6–7 pm

A black and white photograph of a person with a large, round magnifying glass covering their face, obscuring everything except their mouth and chin. The person's hair is styled upwards and the background is dark.
A black and white photograph of a person with a large, round magnifying glass covering their face, obscuring everything except their mouth and chin. The person's hair is styled upwards and the background is dark.

Andreas Feininger, Diver, 1949. Gelatin silver print, sheet: 13 3/8 × 10 5/8 in. (34 × 27 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of the Feininger Family 2001.85. Copyright TIME/LIFE

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Online, via Zoom

Contemporaries and Contemporaries Patrons

There are 25,230 works in the Whitney’s collection which are accessible online. Some works are familiar, such as Edward Hopper’s Early Sunday Morningsome are more recent works from emerging artists such as Calvin Marcus, Janiva Ellis, and Erin Jane Nelson. During this live event, curatorial liaison Laura Phipps will provide an enlightening look at a selection of works from the collection.

A Q&A will follow each work’s discussion, and attendees are welcome to bring their choice of refreshment.

Contemporaries and Contemporaries Patron members are invited to this event. Email contemporaries@whitney.org for more information and Zoom registration link.

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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