still from video of Wangechi Mutu produced by the Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University.
Friday, November 1st, 2013

November 2013: Faye Hirsch, Stephen Maine, Joan Waltemath

reviewing shows of Wangechi Mutu, T.J. Wilcox, Bruce Pearson and Bill Scott

Cory Arcangel, Still from Various Self Playing Bowling Games (aka Beat the Champ), 2011. Hacked video game controllers, game consoles, cartridges, disks, and video, dimensions variable. Collection of the artist; Team Gallery, New York; Lisson Gallery, London; and Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg and Paris. Image courtesy Barbican Art Gallery, London; photograph © Eliot Wyman
Friday, September 2nd, 2011

Function Follows Formula: Cory Arcangel at the Whitney

Equal parts hacker and historiographer, his central theme is built-in obsolescence

Xavier Cha, Body Drama, 2011. I(nstallation view, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York). Performance with actor and body-mounted video camera; and video, color, silent; time variable, looped. Photograph by Sheldan C. Collins
Wednesday, August 17th, 2011

Distance and Dissonance: Xavier Cha at the Whitney

Body Drama, live performance and video projection, continues through October 9.

Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011

This, That, and The Other: Glenn Ligon at the Whitney

He works at the intersection of race, masculinity, and sexuality.

Thursday, February 10th, 2011

The Zen of Tchotchkes and the Politics of Mens Suits: Charles LeDray at the Whitney

workworkworkworkwork up through February 13

Charles Burchfield, An April Mood, 1946–1955, Watercolor and charcoal on joined paper, 40 × 54 inches, Courtesy Whitney Museum of American Art, Purchase, with partial funds from Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence A. Fleischman
Friday, September 3rd, 2010

A current of his own: Charles Burchfield at the Whitney

Heatwaves in a Swamp: The Paintings of Charles Burchfield is at the Whitney until October 17

Sunday, May 24th, 2009

Jenny Holzer: Protect Protect at the Whitney Museum for American Art

Her aphorisms are generalizations with political intent.

Karen Yasinsky, still from Le Matin, 2007, Drawing animation on 16 mm film with 2,000 drawings, 4-1/2 minutes, Courtesy Mireille Mosler, Ltd.Karen Yasinsky, still from Le Matin, 2007, Drawing animation on 16 mm film with 2,000 drawings, 4-1/2 minutes, Courtesy Mireille Mosler, Ltd.
Thursday, November 8th, 2007

November 2007: Arthur Danto, Vincent Katz, and Linda Yablonsky with moderator David Cohen

Kara Walker at the Whitney and Sikkema Jenkins, Karen Yasinsky at Mireille Mosler, Isaac Julien at Metro Pictures, Kate Shepherd at Galerie Lelong, and Antony Gormley at Sean Kelly

Installation shot, Rudolf Stingel, 2007
Friday, October 12th, 2007

October 2007: Nancy Princenthal, Gregory Volk, and John Zinsser with moderator David Cohen

Rudolf Stingel at the Whitney, Raymond Pettibon at David Zwirner, Julie Heffernan at PPOW, Georgina Starr at Tracy Williams, and Ingrid Calame at James Cohan

Friday, July 1st, 2005

Robert Smithson

Whitney Museum of American Art 945 Madison Avenue at 75th Street New York, NY 10021 (212) 570-3676 June 23 – October 23, 2005 The Robert Smithson retrospective on view at the Whitney, which originated at LA’s Museum of Contemporary Art, thoughtfully presents the singular intelligence of Smithson’s radical vision. The exhibition features a representative selection … Continued