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Sept 27–Oct 10 Oct 25–Nov 7

Wed,
Oct 11, 2023

Tours

Abstract painting of stylized figures in blue hues with interwoven patterns and ropes.

Exhibition Tour: Collection

2 pm

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 pm

Tours

Two figures standing in a living room. The younger figure wears a pristine white dress and matching white clips in their hair. An older figure stands to the left, with their head tilted downwards, seemingly inspecting the younger figure’s outfit. They are dressed in a long sleeve shift dress which has a muted yellowish-green color.

Exhibition Tour: Henry Taylor: B Side

3 pm, 12 pm

Members

Two figures standing in a living room. The younger figure wears a pristine white dress and matching white clips in their hair. An older figure stands to the left, with their head tilted downwards, seemingly inspecting the younger figure’s outfit. They are dressed in a long sleeve shift dress which has a muted yellowish-green color.

Reclaiming Narratives: Henry Taylor's Visual Biographies

6 pm

Thurs,
Oct 12, 2023

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 pm

Tours

Two figures standing in a living room. The younger figure wears a pristine white dress and matching white clips in their hair. An older figure stands to the left, with their head tilted downwards, seemingly inspecting the younger figure’s outfit. They are dressed in a long sleeve shift dress which has a muted yellowish-green color.

Exhibition Tour: Henry Taylor: B Side

3 pm, 12 pm

Tours

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

Exhibition Tour: Inheritance

2 pm

Fri,
Oct 13, 2023

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 pm, 7:30 pm

Tours

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

A Closer Look: Guided Close-Looking

3 pm

Tours

A portrait of the artist, his son, and his daughter against a pink background. The figures are arranged such that the artist's face and shoulders take up the right half of the painting, partially blocking the torso of his son, who stands behind him, and his daughter, who is pictured in the top left corner. They gaze at the audience with a neutral expression.

Tours for NYC Teachers

4–6 pm

Online

A range of archival materials spread across a white table, including
slides, file folders, typewritten documents, magazine spreads, and a small black-and-white photograph.

Lives and Legacies of the Visual AIDS Archive

2–7:30 pm

Tours

Two figures standing in a living room. The younger figure wears a pristine white dress and matching white clips in their hair. An older figure stands to the left, with their head tilted downwards, seemingly inspecting the younger figure’s outfit. They are dressed in a long sleeve shift dress which has a muted yellowish-green color.

Exhibition Tour: Henry Taylor: B Side

8 pm, 12 pm

Tours

In a color photograph from the 1970s, men in various states of undress lounge around a derelict and rundown wooden pier, which is jutting out into blue-gray water of the Hudson River.

Queer History Walks

6 pm

Tours

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

Exhibition Tour: Inheritance

2 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

Sat,
Oct 14, 2023

Tours

Abstract painting of stylized figures in blue hues with interwoven patterns and ropes.

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

Tours

Two figures standing in a living room. The younger figure wears a pristine white dress and matching white clips in their hair. An older figure stands to the left, with their head tilted downwards, seemingly inspecting the younger figure’s outfit. They are dressed in a long sleeve shift dress which has a muted yellowish-green color.

Exhibition Tour
Henry Taylor: B Side

12:30 pm, 3 pm

Tours

Trees, toadstools, and the figure of the tin man frame the view of a tall castle atop a hill.

Exhibition Tour: Fragments of a Faith Forgotten: The Art of Harry Smith

12:30 pm

Members

A portrait of the artist, his son, and his daughter against a pink background. The figures are arranged such that the artist's face and shoulders take up the right half of the painting, partially blocking the torso of his son, who stands behind him, and his daughter, who is pictured in the top left corner. They gaze at the audience with a neutral expression.

Weekend Member Mornings

9:30–10:30 am

All Members

Members

A photograph of visitors in the Whitney's outdoor space

Contemporaries Gallery Walk: Tribeca

12–2 pm

Contemporaries and Contemporaries Patron Members

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

Sun,
Oct 15, 2023

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

Tours

Two figures standing in a living room. The younger figure wears a pristine white dress and matching white clips in their hair. An older figure stands to the left, with their head tilted downwards, seemingly inspecting the younger figure’s outfit. They are dressed in a long sleeve shift dress which has a muted yellowish-green color.

Exhibition Tour
Henry Taylor: B Side

12:30 pm

Access

A watercolor painting of persimmons in red, orange, and pink hues

Verbal Description Online: Ruth Asawa Through Line

11:30 am–1 pm

Tours

Trees, toadstools, and the figure of the tin man frame the view of a tall castle atop a hill.

Exhibition Tour: Fragments of a Faith Forgotten: The Art of Harry Smith

12:30 pm

Members

A portrait of the artist, his son, and his daughter against a pink background. The figures are arranged such that the artist's face and shoulders take up the right half of the painting, partially blocking the torso of his son, who stands behind him, and his daughter, who is pictured in the top left corner. They gaze at the audience with a neutral expression.

Weekend Member Mornings

9:30–10:30 am

All Members

Members

Three rows of a repeating stamped branch within an oval, overlapping horizontally in purples and blues

Student Member Workshop: Ruth Asawa Artmaking

1–4 pm

Student Members

Tours

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

Exhibition Tour: Inheritance

3 pm, 11 am

Access

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.

Whitney Signs: Ruth Asawa Drink and Draw

3:30–6 pm

Open to 21+

Mon,
Oct 16, 2023

Tours

Abstract painting of stylized figures in blue hues with interwoven patterns and ropes.

Exhibition Tour: Collection

2 pm

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 pm

Tours

Two figures standing in a living room. The younger figure wears a pristine white dress and matching white clips in their hair. An older figure stands to the left, with their head tilted downwards, seemingly inspecting the younger figure’s outfit. They are dressed in a long sleeve shift dress which has a muted yellowish-green color.

Exhibition Tour: Henry Taylor: B Side

3 pm, 12 pm

Wed,
Oct 18, 2023

Tours

Abstract painting of stylized figures in blue hues with interwoven patterns and ropes.

Exhibition Tour: Collection

2 pm

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 pm

Tours

Two figures standing in a living room. The younger figure wears a pristine white dress and matching white clips in their hair. An older figure stands to the left, with their head tilted downwards, seemingly inspecting the younger figure’s outfit. They are dressed in a long sleeve shift dress which has a muted yellowish-green color.

Exhibition Tour: Henry Taylor: B Side

3 pm, 12 pm

Thurs,
Oct 19, 2023

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 pm

Tours

Two figures standing in a living room. The younger figure wears a pristine white dress and matching white clips in their hair. An older figure stands to the left, with their head tilted downwards, seemingly inspecting the younger figure’s outfit. They are dressed in a long sleeve shift dress which has a muted yellowish-green color.

Exhibition Tour: Henry Taylor: B Side

3 pm, 12 pm

Tours

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

Exhibition Tour: Inheritance

2 pm

Fri,
Oct 20, 2023

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 pm, 7:30 pm

Tours

Two figures standing in a living room. The younger figure wears a pristine white dress and matching white clips in their hair. An older figure stands to the left, with their head tilted downwards, seemingly inspecting the younger figure’s outfit. They are dressed in a long sleeve shift dress which has a muted yellowish-green color.

Exhibition Tour: Henry Taylor: B Side

8 pm, 12 pm

Tours

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

A Closer Look: Guided Close-Looking

3 pm

Films

Eyeballs and masks in the middle of a black screen surrounded by glowing red dots.

John Zorn plays Harry Smith

8 pm

Tours

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

Exhibition Tour: Inheritance

2 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

Sat,
Oct 21, 2023

Tours

Abstract painting of stylized figures in blue hues with interwoven patterns and ropes.

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

Tours

Two figures standing in a living room. The younger figure wears a pristine white dress and matching white clips in their hair. An older figure stands to the left, with their head tilted downwards, seemingly inspecting the younger figure’s outfit. They are dressed in a long sleeve shift dress which has a muted yellowish-green color.

Exhibition Tour
Henry Taylor: B Side

12:30 pm, 3 pm

Families

Two kids in the galleries, completing an artmaking activity before a Ruth Asawa sculpture.

Family Tours

1:30 pm, 12:30 pm, 11:30 am

For families with kids ages 5 and up

Films

Eyeballs and masks in the middle of a black screen surrounded by glowing red dots.

John Zorn plays Harry Smith

4 pm

Families

Trees, toadstools, and the figure of the tin man frame the view of a tall castle atop a hill.

Harry Smith's Oz: The Tin Woodman's Dream and other films with a live score by John Zorn

2 pm

Families with kids of all ages

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

Sun,
Oct 22, 2023

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

Tours

Two figures standing in a living room. The younger figure wears a pristine white dress and matching white clips in their hair. An older figure stands to the left, with their head tilted downwards, seemingly inspecting the younger figure’s outfit. They are dressed in a long sleeve shift dress which has a muted yellowish-green color.

Exhibition Tour
Henry Taylor: B Side

12:30 pm

Films

Trees, toadstools, and the figure of the tin man frame the view of a tall castle atop a hill.

Harry Smith’s Experimental Films

3 pm

Tours

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

Exhibition Tour: Inheritance

3 pm, 11 am

Mon,
Oct 23, 2023

Tours

Abstract painting of stylized figures in blue hues with interwoven patterns and ropes.

Exhibition Tour: Collection

2 pm

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 pm

Tours

Two figures standing in a living room. The younger figure wears a pristine white dress and matching white clips in their hair. An older figure stands to the left, with their head tilted downwards, seemingly inspecting the younger figure’s outfit. They are dressed in a long sleeve shift dress which has a muted yellowish-green color.

Exhibition Tour: Henry Taylor: B Side

3 pm, 12 pm

Sept 27–Oct 10 Oct 25–Nov 7

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