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Aug 22–Sept 4
Sept 19–Oct 2

Wed,
Sept 6

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Fruits and abstract leaves in red and green.

Exhibition Tour:
The Whitney’s Collection: Selections from 1900–1965

12 pm, 3 pm

Tours

A group of visitors in animated discussion in front of painting of three layered American flags.

A Closer Look

2 pm

Thurs,
Sept 7

Tours

Exhibition Tour:
The Whitney’s Collection: Selections from 1900–1965

12 pm, 3 pm

Members

Gallery with an installation of a bridge in the center and brightly colored floors and walls

Contemporaries Tour: SPRING/BREAK

6–7 pm

Contemporaries and Contemporaries Patron Members

Fri,
Sept 8

Tours

Exhibition Tour:
The Whitney’s Collection: Selections from 1900–1965

12 pm, 7:30 pm

Community events

Exterior view of the Whitney Museum building at nighttime. The windows are brightly lit and museum-goers are visible in the galleries and on the terrace

Friday Night at the Whitney

7–10 pm

Tours

Many materials such as dresses, t-shirts, twigs, etc. create the image of a road leading to a sun.

Exhibition Tour: Inheritance

8 pm

Sat,
Sept 9

Families

A painting of a bull skull and flowers floating over a desert landscape.

Open Studio

11 am–3 pm

Families with kids of all ages

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Gray layers of oil paint and sediment radiate in a starlike shape from a central white point that seems to emanate light in a monumental abstract artwork standing over 10½ feet tall.

Verbal Description Online
The Whitney’s Collection: Selections from 1900 to 1965

11:30 am–1 pm

Tours

Exhibition Tour: Inheritance

12:30 pm

Tours

Exhibition Tour: Collection

1:30 pm

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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.

Whitney Signs: Spirituality in the Whitney Collection

3:30–6 pm

Sun,
Sept 10

Tours

Exhibition Tour: Inheritance

12:30 pm

Tours

Exhibition Tour: Collection

1:30 pm

Mon,
Sept 11

Tours

Exhibition Tour:
The Whitney’s Collection: Selections from 1900–1965

12 pm

Wed,
Sept 13

Tours

Exhibition Tour:
The Whitney’s Collection: Selections from 1900–1965

12 pm, 3 pm

Members

A series of square spirals outlined in varying degrees of thickness, placed to create abstract shapes on a black and white background.

Member Preview Days for Ruth Asawa Through Line

12–6 pm

All Members

Tours

A Closer Look

2 pm

Public programs

A video installation projected on two walls that meet in a corner. The images are of landscapes seen through a fence.

X as Intersection: Shaping Worlds

4 pm

Public programs

X como intersección: Formando mundos

4 pm

Thurs,
Sept 14

Members

Member Preview Days for Ruth Asawa Through Line

10:30 am–6 pm

All Members

Tours

Exhibition Tour:
The Whitney’s Collection: Selections from 1900–1965

12 pm, 3 pm

Fri,
Sept 15

Tours

Exhibition Tour:
The Whitney’s Collection: Selections from 1900–1965

12 pm, 7:30 pm

Community events

Friday Night at the Whitney

7–10 pm

Tours

Exhibition Tour: Inheritance

8 pm

Sat,
Sept 16

Members

Abstract black ink drawing on white paper.An ink drawing of many connected angular swirls outlined in black extend from the top of the canvas and funnel down to the bottom right. The bottom left is also populated by two groups of the same angular swirls.

Weekend Member Mornings

9:30–10:30 am

All Members

Families

Open Studio

11 am–3 pm

Families with kids of all ages

Tours

Exhibition Tour: Collection

11 am

Tours

Intricate folds in paper with bold black and white stripes create a three dimensional structure expanding and contracting into an overall vertical leaf-shape that hangs against the wall.

Exhibition Tour: Ruth Asawa Through Line

1:30 pm

Sun,
Sept 17

Members

Weekend Member Mornings

9:30–10:30 am

All Members

Tours

Exhibition Tour: Collection

11 am

Tours

Exhibition Tour: Inheritance

12:30 pm

Courses & workshops

White chairs, some against a soft grey background, and some outlined in grey against a white background.

Experimental Drawing Workshop

1 pm, 3 pm

Tours

Exhibition Tour: Ruth Asawa Through Line

1:30 pm

Mon,
Sept 18

Tours

Exhibition Tour:
The Whitney’s Collection: Selections from 1900–1965

12 pm

Members

Spiraling sun shape formed from the letters BMC

Member Evening Viewing: Ruth Asawa Through Line

7–8:30 pm

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Events Sept 5–18

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Exhibition Tour: The Whitney’s Collection: Selections from 1900–1965

Tours

A Closer Look

Tours

Exhibition Tour: The Whitney’s Collection: Selections from 1900–1965

Members

Contemporaries Tour: SPRING/BREAK

Tours

Exhibition Tour: The Whitney’s Collection: Selections from 1900–1965

Community events

Friday Night at the Whitney

Tours

Exhibition Tour: Inheritance

Families

Open Studio

Access

Verbal Description OnlineThe Whitney’s Collection: Selections from 1900 to 1965

Tours

Exhibition Tour: Inheritance

Tours

Exhibition Tour: Collection

Access

Whitney Signs: Spirituality in the Whitney Collection

Tours

Exhibition Tour: Inheritance

Tours

Exhibition Tour: Collection

Tours

Exhibition Tour: The Whitney’s Collection: Selections from 1900–1965

Tours

Exhibition Tour: The Whitney’s Collection: Selections from 1900–1965

Members

Member Preview Days for Ruth Asawa Through Line

Tours

A Closer Look

Public programs

X as Intersection: Shaping Worlds

Public programs

X como intersección: Formando mundos

Members

Member Preview Days for Ruth Asawa Through Line

Tours

Exhibition Tour: The Whitney’s Collection: Selections from 1900–1965

Tours

Exhibition Tour: The Whitney’s Collection: Selections from 1900–1965

Community events

Friday Night at the Whitney

Tours

Exhibition Tour: Inheritance

Members

Weekend Member Mornings

Families

Open Studio

Tours

Exhibition Tour: Collection

Tours

Exhibition Tour: Ruth Asawa Through Line

Members

Weekend Member Mornings

Tours

Exhibition Tour: Collection

Tours

Exhibition Tour: Inheritance

Courses & workshops

Experimental Drawing Workshop

Tours

Exhibition Tour: Ruth Asawa Through Line

Tours

Exhibition Tour: The Whitney’s Collection: Selections from 1900–1965

Members

Member Evening Viewing: Ruth Asawa Through Line

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Sunset

Events
Sept 5–18

Exhibition Tour:
The Whitney’s Collection: Selections from 1900–1965

Exhibition Tour:
The Whitney’s Collection: Selections from 1900–1965

Exhibition Tour:
The Whitney’s Collection: Selections from 1900–1965

Verbal Description Online
The Whitney’s Collection: Selections from 1900 to 1965

Exhibition Tour:
The Whitney’s Collection: Selections from 1900–1965

Exhibition Tour:
The Whitney’s Collection: Selections from 1900–1965

Exhibition Tour:
The Whitney’s Collection: Selections from 1900–1965

Exhibition Tour:
The Whitney’s Collection: Selections from 1900–1965

Exhibition Tour:
The Whitney’s Collection: Selections from 1900–1965