#the whitney

[oncanvas]

Irish Girl, Gifford Beal, 1930

Oil on composition board 24 x 17 15/16 in. (61 x 45.6 cm) Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, NY, USA

[blackberryvision]

Edward Hopper's New York. The Whitney.

[twixnmix]

Andy Warhol, Candy Darling and Ultra Violet at the Whitney Museum of American Art on April 29, 1971.

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Ruth Asawa, Untitled (WC.252, Persimmons), c. 1970s–80s. Watercolor on paper, 14 × 17 in (35.6 × 43.2 cm). Private collection. Artwork © 2023 Ruth Asawa Lanier, Inc./Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Courtesy David Zwirner

[Follies Of God]

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Ruth Asawa practiced drawing every day, referring to the act as her "greatest pleasure and the most difficult." 〰

Ruth Asawa Through Line—the first exhibition to explore Asawa's work through the lens of her lifelong drawing practice—is now open at the Whitney. Co-organized with The Menil Collection, Through Line offers a window into the artist's exploratory and resourceful approach to materials, line, surface, and space.

After its run at the Whitney, the exhibition will travel to Houston, opening at the Menil Drawing Institute on March 22, 2024.

Read more: https://bit.ly/46bTMTo

[Whitney Museum of American Art]

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“the brain is not just a tool for grappling with the world. It’s what brings the world about.” ― Iain McGilchrist, The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World

[hydeordie]

Patrick Martinez Installation at The Whitney

[nevermissblog]

Arch. Renzo Piano

[nyc-museums]

The Whitney

Located in the Meatpacking/West Village close to the water, The Whitney is probably one of my favorite museums to visit any time of the month because the exhibits and artworks are consistently great. Like any other major museum, first, you need to go through security, check bags, etc, but once you get through that you scan your ticket and you're ready to go explore. Here's a life hack if you didn't know -> on Fridays the Whitney graciously provides a pay-what-you-wish admission from 7-10pm, so my ticket only costs me $1. The first exhibit and I felt the most popular exhibit that night, was about an artist named Henry Taylor. He creates work around his everyday life grounded within his community and experiences of being a Black American. His work exudes passion and pain and it was a thrill walking around the entire floor the Whintey had curated. One thing I always love about the Whintey is they know how to create spaces. Nothing seems repetitive, or empty, and there is always a variety of mediums within one exhibit which I enjoy because it keeps me more engaged with the work. Moreover, to me, they also seem the have the best description cards compared to other museums. Perhaps it's because they are genuinely written in a way that is informative and entertaining but also scattered throughout the exhibition reminding me to stop and read about what I am actually seeing. Moving on, the Whitney could be a bit confusing to navigate through sometimes because floors 2 and 4 are non-existent? However, just pick up a map upon entering the museum and you should be able to see everything with ease. There are elevators that can take you to any floor, but another lifehack, just take the stairs, unless you want to be waiting for what seems like forever. Walking throughout the museum, I saw many different artists each unique to their own medium. Leave it to the Whitney to have the general mediums of paintings and sketches alongside video rooms, interactive sound works, and even an art exhibit in which the viewers participate by taking a piece of candy from the pile laid out in front of them. I guess I really seem to enjoy the Whitney because they house a variety of artists no matter what medium they use- not just endless rooms and floors full of frames. Another great thing about the Whitney is you start with a bang and you end with one too because once you go back to the first floor, on the right side there is a nice gift shop area where one can shop for merch, artist's books, home goods, stickers, and probably the most prized portion of the gift shop: the photo booth. Yup, you heard me, the Whitney has a vintage B&W photo booth... it's great. While is it indeed a steep $10 for a strip of 4 photos, I say to bite the bullet and do it because it's a fun memento for your visit and no other museum has a photo booth to commemorate your experience, so next time you are there give it a go!

[gregdotorg]

Ellsworth Kelly, Green Panel (Ground Zero), 2011, painted aluminum, 22 1/4 x 49 1/2 x 2 1/2 in., made in an edition of three plus some artist copies [like the one above, which sold at Sotheby's in 2013].

I'm not quite sure of the context in 2011 in which Ellsworth Kelly decided to turn his 2003 newspaper collage for a proposed mound of grass to fill the World Trade Center site into an editioned object. There was the 10th anniversary, of course; maybe that was enough.

[1000-celebrities]

The Greatest Singers

100+ Greatest Singers of All Time Posters & Canvas Prints

[whitneybarkman]

Sun-dappled and moss-drenched; the forest is my favourite place to rest.

[oncanvas]

The Subway, George Tooker, 1950

Tempera on composition board 18 ½ x 36 ½ in. (47 x 92.7 cm) Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, NY, USA

[blackberryvision]

Edward Hopper's New York. The Whitney.

[dollya-robinprotector]

You feel light-headed and don't remember clearly how you left the school's party. The boys sure as hell offered you a little too much beverage. Somehow you feel sore all over your body.

What time is it now...

(1) Next

You open your eyes to... whatever this shit is...

...Now what?

(1) Try to go back to sleep | Willpower: ??? | ++Stress (2) Escape the room | Athletics: Challenging 5%

(3) It is what it is... | Promiscuity 5 | +++Love | +++Lust

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

[from my files]

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Photographing this interesting mobile which fascinated us both.  S. said it was like an expression of the inside and the outside and their simultaneous expression. Said it made him think of D.S.

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“I must, before I die, find some way to say the essential thing that is in me, that I have never said yet – a thing that is not love or hate or pity or scorn, but the very breath of life, fierce and coming from very far away. Bringing into human life the vastness and the fearful passionless force of non-human things...”

~ Bertrand Russell

[aaliyahhsources]

Beautiful street art mural done by artist Royyal Dog featuring Aaliyah, Left Eye, Whitney Houston Amy Winehouse and Selena located 7677 W Sunset Blvd, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California.