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Sept 27–Oct 10
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Wed,
Oct 11

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 pm, 3 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

Exhibition Tour: Collection

2 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

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 pm, 3 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

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

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 pm, 8 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, 7:30 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tours

Exhibition Tour: Collection

11 am

Members

A photograph of visitors in the Whitney's outdoor space

Contemporaries Gallery Walk: Tribeca

12–2 pm

Contemporaries and Contemporaries Patron Members

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

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

3 pm

Sun,
Oct 15

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

Tours

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

Exhibition Tour: Inheritance

11 am, 3 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

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

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

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

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 pm, 3 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

Exhibition Tour: Collection

2 pm

Wed,
Oct 18

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 pm, 3 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

Exhibition Tour: Collection

2 pm

Thurs,
Oct 19

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 pm, 3 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

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

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 pm, 8 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, 7:30 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

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

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

Films

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

John Zorn plays Harry Smith

8 pm

Sat,
Oct 21

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

Tours

Exhibition Tour: Collection

11 am

Families

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

Family Tours

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

For families with kids ages 5 and up

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

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

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

Films

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

John Zorn plays Harry Smith

4 pm

Sun,
Oct 22

Tours

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

Exhibition Tour: Inheritance

11 am, 3 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

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

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

Mon,
Oct 23

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 pm, 3 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

Exhibition Tour: Collection

2 pm

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