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Sept 22–Oct 5

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Sept 8–21
Oct 6–19

Today,
Fri,
Sept 22

Tours

Fruits and abstract leaves in red and green.

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

12 pm, 7:30 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

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

8 pm

Sat,
Sept 23

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

Tours

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

Exhibition Tour: Inheritance

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

Sun,
Sept 24

Tours

Exhibition Tour: Collection

11 am

Tours

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

Exhibition Tour: Inheritance

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

Mon,
Sept 25

Tours

Fruits and abstract leaves in red and green.

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

12 pm

Wed,
Sept 27

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

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

A Closer Look

2 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

Members

An elderly couple and three children stand in front of a white house with blue trim. On the left side of the painting, grass, a tree, and a horse are partially visible beyond the house. The older feminine figure is wearing a blue button-down dress with a white patterned apron tied at their waist. Their arms wrap around the shoulders of two of the children. The third child, who is slightly taller, stands to the left. The older masculine figure stands to the right of the others, wearing a cowboy hat, jeans, and beige collared shirt over a white undershirt.

Preview Night Opening Reception for Fall Exhibitions

7:30–10 pm

Circle, Fellow, Sponsor, and Contemporaries Patron members

Thurs,
Sept 28

Members

A Black woman and man sit on a couch, in front of a low cofee table. They are seated in a grassy area, with a couple of trees behind them. In the far background is a road with a white wall behind it. The words "warning shots not required" are written on the wall in black letters, and there is a small crowd of Black men in blue uniforms around this area of the wall.

Member Preview Days for Henry Taylor: B Side

10:30 am–6 pm

Members

Pieces of color and shape form s curves in bright colors highlighted in white and presented on a black background.

Member Preview Days for Fragments of a Faith Forgotten: The Art of Harry Smith

10:30 am–6 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

Members

A painting of a Black female figure mid-jump in front of a row of houses. She is suspended in the air, pictured against a clear blue sky. Her right arm is bent in a right angle, her left arm outstretched to the side, and her legs are folded sideways. She is wearing white shorts and a white t shirt which has “TUSKEGE” written in black letters across the chest. Her face has no visible features.

Opening Reception for Fall Exhibitions

8–10 pm

Friend, Patron, and Contemporaries Members

Fri,
Sept 29

Members

A Black woman and man sit on a couch, in front of a low cofee table. They are seated in a grassy area, with a couple of trees behind them. In the far background is a road with a white wall behind it. The words "warning shots not required" are written on the wall in black letters, and there is a small crowd of Black men in blue uniforms around this area of the wall.

Member Preview Days for Henry Taylor: B Side

10:30 am–10 pm

Members

Pieces of color and shape form s curves in bright colors highlighted in white and presented on a black background.

Member Preview Days for Fragments of a Faith Forgotten: The Art of Harry Smith

10:30 am–10 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, 8 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,
Sept 30

Members

A Black woman and man sit on a couch, in front of a low cofee table. They are seated in a grassy area, with a couple of trees behind them. In the far background is a road with a white wall behind it. The words "warning shots not required" are written on the wall in black letters, and there is a small crowd of Black men in blue uniforms around this area of the wall.

Member Preview Days for Henry Taylor: B Side

10:30 am–6 pm

Members

Pieces of color and shape form s curves in bright colors highlighted in white and presented on a black background.

Member Preview Days for Fragments of a Faith Forgotten: The Art of Harry Smith

10:30 am–6 pm

Free events

Free Museum Admission:
Celebrate West Side Fest

All day

Community events

A view of the west side of Manhattan from the water.

West Side Fest

All day

Tours

Exhibition Tour: Collection

11 am

Tours

A view of the Museum with people and traffic in the foreground.

Whitney Neighborhood Arts Walk

11 am, 5 pm

Families

A cut of a dark pregnant figure against a lighter background on a green field with a sun in the top right corner.

Fiber and Print: Workshop with Dindga McCannon

11 am–3 pm

For all ages

Families

A cut of a dark pregnant figure against a lighter background on a green field with a sun in the top right corner.

Telas y grabados: taller con Dindga McCannon

11 am–3 pm

Para todas las edades

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

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

Exhibition Tour: Inheritance

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

Sun,
Oct 1

Members

A Black woman and man sit on a couch, in front of a low cofee table. They are seated in a grassy area, with a couple of trees behind them. In the far background is a road with a white wall behind it. The words "warning shots not required" are written on the wall in black letters, and there is a small crowd of Black men in blue uniforms around this area of the wall.

Member Preview Days for Henry Taylor: B Side

10:30 am–6 pm

Members

Pieces of color and shape form s curves in bright colors highlighted in white and presented on a black background.

Member Preview Days for Fragments of a Faith Forgotten: The Art of Harry Smith

10:30 am–6 pm

Tours

Exhibition Tour: Collection

11 am

Tours

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

Exhibition Tour: Inheritance

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

Mon,
Oct 2

Members

A Black woman and man sit on a couch, in front of a low cofee table. They are seated in a grassy area, with a couple of trees behind them. In the far background is a road with a white wall behind it. The words "warning shots not required" are written on the wall in black letters, and there is a small crowd of Black men in blue uniforms around this area of the wall.

Member Preview Days for Henry Taylor: B Side

10:30 am–6 pm

Members

Pieces of color and shape form s curves in bright colors highlighted in white and presented on a black background.

Member Preview Days for Fragments of a Faith Forgotten: The Art of Harry Smith

10:30 am–6 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

Courses & workshops

Green, orange, and cream wave-like swirls overlap on a brown background.

Asawa on Paper

6:30 pm

Wed,
Oct 4

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

12 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 5

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

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Oct 6–19

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