An Incomplete History of Protest: Selections from the Whitney’s Collection, 1940–2017

Aug 18, 2017–Aug 27, 2018

Exhibition works

Black and white photograph of a hand clipping a barbed wire fence.

1

Resistance and Refusal

"Hate is a sin" text written in white on a blue cross, with a red background.

2

Strike, Boycott, Advocate: The Whitney Archives

Barbed wire spread across a white gallery, creating two pyramid shapes.

3

Spaces and Predicaments

Installation view of An Incomplete History of Protest: Selections from the Whitney’s Collection, 1940–2017

4

Stop the War

Film still of a woman's head against an orange background.

5

No Idle Gesture

Photograoh of Felix Partz on his death bed.

6

Mourning and Militancy

A grouping of medals and trophies.

7

Abuse of Power

A print that says "Celebrate 40,000 Years of American Art" next to figures that look like rabbits from a cave painting.

8

The Usable Past

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