Whitney Signs: Spirituality in the Whitney Collection Sat, Sept 9, 2023, 3:30–6 pm

Whitney Signs: Spirituality in the Whitney Collection

Sat, Sept 9, 2023
3:30–6 pm

A domestic scene of an elderly Deaf couple sitting at a small round table, eating. On the wall behind them is a sign which reads, “The Lord is my Shepherd.” The painting features warm tones of orange and green, and the texture of each surface is blended to a fabric-like smoothness.
A domestic scene of an elderly Deaf couple sitting at a small round table, eating. On the wall behind them is a sign which reads, “The Lord is my Shepherd.” The painting features warm tones of orange and green, and the texture of each surface is blended to a fabric-like smoothness.

Thomas Hart Benton, The Lord is my Shepherd, 1926. Tempera and oil on canvas, Overall: 33 3/8 × 27 7/16 in. (84.8 × 69.7 cm); image: 32 5/8 × 26 ¾ in. (82.9 × 67.9 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase © T.H. Benton and R.P. Benton Testamentary Trusts / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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Floor 3, Education Center

Join us for an in-person reception and tour of works from the Whitney’s collection on the theme of spirituality led by Deaf educator Andrew Rubin 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.

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.