Monochrome painting of a man with a contemplative expression, resting his head on his hand against a dark background.

As an artist who frequently reworked photographs through drawing, Darrel Ellis reanimated what he considered to be a “frozen image” with his own hand.

Darrel Ellis: Self-Portrait after photograph by Robert Mapplethorpe

Artwork

The Whitney has more than 27,000 artworks in its collection.

On the Hour

A 30-second online art project:
Frank WANG Yefeng, The Levitating Perils #2

Learn more about this project

Learn more at whitney.org/artport

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