A file box filled with personal items including a framed picture of a child all encapsulated in a transparent shape of a virus.

"Completed in spring 2016, more than three years before the COVID-19 pandemic, the Contagious Unemployment sculptures, like so many of Kline’s other works, anticipate a disaster that is about to strike."

This essay was written by exhibition curator Christopher Y. Lew on the occasion of Josh Kline: Project for a New American Century.

Our Brand is Crisis: by Christopher Y. Lew, former Nancy and Fred Poses Curator

Essay

Essays by curators and contributors share thoughts on topics related to art at the Whitney.

On the Hour

A 30-second online art project:
Maya Man, A Realistic Day In My Life Living In New York City

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