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May 16–29

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May 2–15
May 30–June 12

Today,
Thurs,
May 16

Tours

An AI created stylized digital artwork of two abstract human figures, one in the foreground with a focus on the face, and another in the background.

Exhibition Tour
Harold Cohen: AARON

12 pm

Whitney Independent Study Program

A black square centered on a beige paper with decorative borders and Arabic script at the bottom.

ISP Curatorial Exhibition: Not Everything Is Given

1–6 pm

Whitney Independent Study Program

Split screen with a hand holding a number 7 card on the left and a child peeking from behind a clear bag on the right.

ISP Studio Exhibition: At Odds With

1–6 pm

Tours

A sturdy welded frame holds delicate crochet white lace threaded between the bars, with tools of the craft like upholstery needle and crochet hook hanging from it, with a spool of thread still attached sitting on the floor nearby.

Exhibition Tour
Whitney Biennial 2024: Even Better than the Real Thing

1 pm

Tours

A simplified black and white figure of Marilyn Monroe running emerges from a flat black background, outlined in a thin red line . Just behind her, is the running figure of a bald man wearing sunglasses.

Exhibition Tour: The Whitney’s Collection

2 pm

Tours

Modern art installation with wooden structures and draped fabrics in a white gallery space.

Exhibition Tour
Whitney Biennial 2024: Even Better than the Real Thing

3 pm

Fri,
May 17

Tours

A sturdy welded frame holds delicate crochet white lace threaded between the bars, with tools of the craft like upholstery needle and crochet hook hanging from it, with a spool of thread still attached sitting on the floor nearby.

Exhibition Tour
Whitney Biennial 2024: Even Better than the Real Thing

1 pm

Whitney Independent Study Program

A black square centered on a beige paper with decorative borders and Arabic script at the bottom.

ISP Curatorial Exhibition: Not Everything Is Given

1–6 pm

Whitney Independent Study Program

Split screen with a hand holding a number 7 card on the left and a child peeking from behind a clear bag on the right.

ISP Studio Exhibition: At Odds With

1–6 pm

Tours

Visitors at an art gallery viewing and discussing a large abstract painting.

A Closer Look: Guided Close-Looking

2 pm

Teens

Teen paints with colorful, jagged, and uneven brushstrokes on a canvas board.

Open Studio for Teens Spring 2024

4–6 pm

Open to Teens

Teens

A person playing an experimental music setup with various objects on a table, in front of a colorful graffiti backdrop.

Open Studio for Teens with 2024 Biennial artist Sarah Hennies

4–6 pm

Open to teens

Free events

Free Friday Nights graphic

Free Friday Nights

5–10 pm

Modern building with external staircases at dusk, overlooking an urban street with pedestrians and cars.

Las noches de viernes gratis

5–10 pm

Tours

Colorful abstract painting of two stylized figures with disjointed limbs against a vibrant, multicolored background.

15-Minute Tours: Highlights of the Exhibition

6 pm, 6:30 pm

Tours

Abstract geometric painting with a chaotic arrangement of wooden planks against a backdrop of stylized building facades.

15-Minute Tours: Highlights of the Exhibition

7 pm, 7:30 pm

Tours

Abstract close-up of amber resin enveloping an array of materials including archival documents.

15-Minute Tours: Highlights of the Exhibition

8 pm, 8:30 pm

Sat,
May 18

Members

A stylized drawing of a woman in a red dress posing with her hand on her head next to a potted plant.

Weekend Member Mornings for Harold Cohen: AARON

9:30–10:30 am

Open to all members

Families

A child cuts a piece of paper at a table while an adult looks on.

Open Studio

11 am–3 pm

Families with kids of all ages

Tours

A simplified black and white figure of Marilyn Monroe running emerges from a flat black background, outlined in a thin red line . Just behind her, is the running figure of a bald man wearing sunglasses.

Exhibition Tour: The Whitney’s Collection

11 am

Tours

A sturdy welded frame holds delicate crochet white lace threaded between the bars, with tools of the craft like upholstery needle and crochet hook hanging from it, with a spool of thread still attached sitting on the floor nearby.

Exhibition Tour
Whitney Biennial 2024: Even Better than the Real Thing

12:30 pm

Whitney Independent Study Program

A black square centered on a beige paper with decorative borders and Arabic script at the bottom.

ISP Curatorial Exhibition: Not Everything Is Given

1–6 pm

Whitney Independent Study Program

Split screen with a hand holding a number 7 card on the left and a child peeking from behind a clear bag on the right.

ISP Studio Exhibition: At Odds With

1–6 pm

Tours

Modern art installation with wooden structures and draped fabrics in a white gallery space.

Exhibition Tour
Whitney Biennial 2024: Even Better than the Real Thing

1:30 pm

Tours

An AI created stylized digital artwork of two abstract human figures, one in the foreground with a focus on the face, and another in the background.

Exhibition Tour
Harold Cohen: AARON

3 pm

Talks & readings

Animated woman with knit cap and long brown hair gestures, speaking, in the center, with others looking on with varying pensive expressions.

Ethics of Looking
Drop-in Discussion

4:30 pm

Sun,
May 19

Members

A stylized drawing of a woman in a red dress posing with her hand on her head next to a potted plant.

Weekend Member Mornings for Harold Cohen: AARON

9:30–10:30 am

Open to all members

Tours

Modern art installation with wooden structures and draped fabrics in a white gallery space.

Exhibition Tour
Whitney Biennial 2024: Even Better than the Real Thing

11 am, 1:30 pm

Tours

An AI created stylized digital artwork of two abstract human figures, one in the foreground with a focus on the face, and another in the background.

Exhibition Tour
Harold Cohen: AARON

12:30 pm

Whitney Independent Study Program

A black square centered on a beige paper with decorative borders and Arabic script at the bottom.

ISP Curatorial Exhibition: Not Everything Is Given

1–6 pm

Whitney Independent Study Program

Split screen with a hand holding a number 7 card on the left and a child peeking from behind a clear bag on the right.

ISP Studio Exhibition: At Odds With

1–6 pm

Online

2024 ISP Critical Studies Symposium

2–7 pm

Tours

A sturdy welded frame holds delicate crochet white lace threaded between the bars, with tools of the craft like upholstery needle and crochet hook hanging from it, with a spool of thread still attached sitting on the floor nearby.

Exhibition Tour
Whitney Biennial 2024: Even Better than the Real Thing

3 pm

Mon,
May 20

Tours

A sturdy welded frame holds delicate crochet white lace threaded between the bars, with tools of the craft like upholstery needle and crochet hook hanging from it, with a spool of thread still attached sitting on the floor nearby.

Exhibition Tour
Whitney Biennial 2024: Even Better than the Real Thing

1 pm

Tours

A simplified black and white figure of Marilyn Monroe running emerges from a flat black background, outlined in a thin red line . Just behind her, is the running figure of a bald man wearing sunglasses.

Exhibition Tour: The Whitney’s Collection

2 pm

Tours

Modern art installation with wooden structures and draped fabrics in a white gallery space.

Exhibition Tour
Whitney Biennial 2024: Even Better than the Real Thing

3 pm

Tues,
May 21

Online

A cacophony of patterns, colors, and forms suggesting furniture and architectural details overlap and intermingle in a jostling cubist composition.

Art History from Home: Immigration and the Jewish Diaspora in American Modernism 1900-1960

12 pm

Wed,
May 22

Whitney Independent Study Program

A black square centered on a beige paper with decorative borders and Arabic script at the bottom.

ISP Curatorial Exhibition: Not Everything Is Given

1–6 pm

Whitney Independent Study Program

Split screen with a hand holding a number 7 card on the left and a child peeking from behind a clear bag on the right.

ISP Studio Exhibition: At Odds With

1–6 pm

Tours

A sturdy welded frame holds delicate crochet white lace threaded between the bars, with tools of the craft like upholstery needle and crochet hook hanging from it, with a spool of thread still attached sitting on the floor nearby.

Exhibition Tour
Whitney Biennial 2024: Even Better than the Real Thing

1 pm

Tours

Visitors at an art gallery viewing and discussing a large abstract painting.

A Closer Look: Guided Close-Looking

2 pm

Tours

Modern art installation with wooden structures and draped fabrics in a white gallery space.

Exhibition Tour
Whitney Biennial 2024: Even Better than the Real Thing

3 pm

Whitney Independent Study Program

A three-floor brick building with leafy trees in front.

Community Open House at the Independent Study Program

5–7 pm

Members

A room with yellow walls and ceiling, a net hanging below white lights, and a herringbone wood floor leading to an open door.

After-Hours Tour of Whitney Biennial 2024: Floor 6 Spotlight

6:45 pm, 7:15 pm

Open to Patron, Circle, Fellow, and Sponsor Members

Members

A crocheted textile artwork resembling a human figure with a stone, netted gloves, on a concrete floor.

Contemporaries Tour of Whitney Biennial 2024: Floor 6 Spotlight

7:45 pm, 8:15 pm

Open to Whitney Contemporaries and Contemporaries Patron Members

Thurs,
May 23

Whitney Independent Study Program

A black square centered on a beige paper with decorative borders and Arabic script at the bottom.

ISP Curatorial Exhibition: Not Everything Is Given

1–6 pm

Whitney Independent Study Program

Split screen with a hand holding a number 7 card on the left and a child peeking from behind a clear bag on the right.

ISP Studio Exhibition: At Odds With

1–6 pm

Tours

A sturdy welded frame holds delicate crochet white lace threaded between the bars, with tools of the craft like upholstery needle and crochet hook hanging from it, with a spool of thread still attached sitting on the floor nearby.

Exhibition Tour
Whitney Biennial 2024: Even Better than the Real Thing

1 pm

Tours

A simplified black and white figure of Marilyn Monroe running emerges from a flat black background, outlined in a thin red line . Just behind her, is the running figure of a bald man wearing sunglasses.

Exhibition Tour: The Whitney’s Collection

2 pm

Tours

Modern art installation with wooden structures and draped fabrics in a white gallery space.

Exhibition Tour
Whitney Biennial 2024: Even Better than the Real Thing

3 pm

Fri,
May 24

Tours

A sturdy welded frame holds delicate crochet white lace threaded between the bars, with tools of the craft like upholstery needle and crochet hook hanging from it, with a spool of thread still attached sitting on the floor nearby.

Exhibition Tour
Whitney Biennial 2024: Even Better than the Real Thing

1 pm

Whitney Independent Study Program

A black square centered on a beige paper with decorative borders and Arabic script at the bottom.

ISP Curatorial Exhibition: Not Everything Is Given

1–6 pm

Whitney Independent Study Program

Split screen with a hand holding a number 7 card on the left and a child peeking from behind a clear bag on the right.

ISP Studio Exhibition: At Odds With

1–6 pm

Tours

Visitors at an art gallery viewing and discussing a large abstract painting.

A Closer Look: Guided Close-Looking

2 pm

Teens

Teen paints with colorful, jagged, and uneven brushstrokes on a canvas board.

Open Studio for Teens Spring 2024

4–6 pm

Open to Teens

Free events

Free Friday Nights graphic

Free Friday Nights

5–10 pm

Modern building with external staircases at dusk, overlooking an urban street with pedestrians and cars.

Las noches de viernes gratis

5–10 pm

Tours

Abstract geometric painting with a chaotic arrangement of wooden planks against a backdrop of stylized building facades.

15-Minute Tours: Highlights of the Exhibition

7 pm, 7:30 pm

Tours

Abstract close-up of amber resin enveloping an array of materials including archival documents.

15-Minute Tours: Highlights of the Exhibition

8 pm, 8:30 pm

Sat,
May 25

Tours

A simplified black and white figure of Marilyn Monroe running emerges from a flat black background, outlined in a thin red line . Just behind her, is the running figure of a bald man wearing sunglasses.

Exhibition Tour: The Whitney’s Collection

11 am

Tours

A sturdy welded frame holds delicate crochet white lace threaded between the bars, with tools of the craft like upholstery needle and crochet hook hanging from it, with a spool of thread still attached sitting on the floor nearby.

Exhibition Tour
Whitney Biennial 2024: Even Better than the Real Thing

12:30 pm

Tours

Modern art installation with wooden structures and draped fabrics in a white gallery space.

Exhibition Tour
Whitney Biennial 2024: Even Better than the Real Thing

1:30 pm

Sun,
May 26

Tours

Modern art installation with wooden structures and draped fabrics in a white gallery space.

Exhibition Tour
Whitney Biennial 2024: Even Better than the Real Thing

11 am, 1:30 pm

Tours

A cacophony of patterns, colors, and forms suggesting furniture and architectural details overlap and intermingle in a jostling cubist composition.

Gallery Stories: Immigration and the Jewish Diaspora in American Modernism, 1900–1960

12:30 pm

Tours

A sturdy welded frame holds delicate crochet white lace threaded between the bars, with tools of the craft like upholstery needle and crochet hook hanging from it, with a spool of thread still attached sitting on the floor nearby.

Exhibition Tour
Whitney Biennial 2024: Even Better than the Real Thing

3 pm

Mon,
May 27

Tours

A sturdy welded frame holds delicate crochet white lace threaded between the bars, with tools of the craft like upholstery needle and crochet hook hanging from it, with a spool of thread still attached sitting on the floor nearby.

Exhibition Tour
Whitney Biennial 2024: Even Better than the Real Thing

1 pm

Tours

A simplified black and white figure of Marilyn Monroe running emerges from a flat black background, outlined in a thin red line . Just behind her, is the running figure of a bald man wearing sunglasses.

Exhibition Tour: The Whitney’s Collection

2 pm

Tours

Modern art installation with wooden structures and draped fabrics in a white gallery space.

Exhibition Tour
Whitney Biennial 2024: Even Better than the Real Thing

3 pm

Wed,
May 29

Tours

A sturdy welded frame holds delicate crochet white lace threaded between the bars, with tools of the craft like upholstery needle and crochet hook hanging from it, with a spool of thread still attached sitting on the floor nearby.

Exhibition Tour
Whitney Biennial 2024: Even Better than the Real Thing

1 pm

Tours

Visitors at an art gallery viewing and discussing a large abstract painting.

A Closer Look: Guided Close-Looking

2 pm

Tours

Modern art installation with wooden structures and draped fabrics in a white gallery space.

Exhibition Tour
Whitney Biennial 2024: Even Better than the Real Thing

3 pm

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