Whitney Museum of American Art

06/04/2026

Dive into the q***r histories of Pier 52 across from the Museum on the Hudson River where David Hammons’s public installation Day’s End now stands.

This pier was one of several inhabited by a vibrant q***r community in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District in the 1970s. This video recalls a time when s*x, art, and creativity converged on the waterfront, and features interviews with artist and filmmaker ; activist and Director of Client Services at Stefanie Rivera; photographer and archivist Efrain John Gonzalez; activist and performer Egyptt Labeija; and artist and art historian .

Head to the link in our bio to watch the full video.

06/02/2026

⚡️ Get ready for Free Friday Nights in June! ⚡️

🎤 June 5
: Our Joy is a Protest

🎧 June 12
Mixtape Vol. 5: .carriestacks + .ztye

🤠 June 26
collab featuring

Link in bio to read more + reserve your free tickets now.

06/01/2026

🌈 Happy Pride! We’re so excited to welcome back to the Whitney this year for their presentation of Our Joy is a Protest: A Choral Installation for Pride.

🎤 Join us during this week’s Free Friday Nights—June 5, 5 to 10 pm—to hear choral pieces that embody the spirit of Pride, joy, and community. Prepare to be moved and inspired by performances echoing through the galleries of the Whitney.

Head to the link in our bio for performance details and to reserve your free tickets.

05/27/2026

You could say Conservation cooked with this one. 🧑‍🍳

Check out the full video on our YouTube. 🎬
—
Claes Oldenburg, Soft Dormeyer Mixer, 1965. Purchase, with funds from the Howard and Jean Lipman Foundation, Inc. 66.55 © Claes Oldenburg

05/26/2026

in 4!! 🏀💙 We’re celebrating our Eastern Conference Finals Champions with this aptly colored Ellsworth Kelly lithograph from the collection.
—
Ellsworth Kelly, Blue over Orange (Bleu sur Orange), 1964-65. Lithograph, 35 1/4 x 23 1/2 in. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of the artist 2003.285. © Ellsworth Kelly Foundation

05/26/2026

Join us this Sunday, May 31, for a conversation with artist Mao Ishikawa.

Beginning with her series Red Flower, Ishikawa’s work with photography has produced intimate images of people navigating complex political realities. For this conversation, we’re thrilled to bring together scholars and curators to consider Ishikawa’s innovative work in the context of postwar Okinawa, her reception in the U.S., and broader histories of photography in both Japan and the U.S.

Speakers:
Joan Kee, Judy and Michael Steinhardt Director of
, curator and writer
, writer, educator and consultant
, Phillip and Edith Leonian Curator of Photography at
Moderated by , Biennial co-curator

🔗 in bio for tickets
—
Mao Ishikawa, Untitled, from the series Akabanaa (Red Flowers), 1975–77. Gelatin silver print, 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm). © Mao Ishikawa. Courtesy of POETIC SCAPE. Photography by Mao Ishikawa

05/18/2026

2026 artist ’s lightbulb moment at Home Depot 💡

🔗 in bio to listen to Teresa Baker’s full audio guide stop.

05/09/2026

Show your pride at the Whitney! 🗽 Use code LIBERTY2026 for one-time free admission between May 8 and 15, and rep your team spirit by wearing your favorite Liberty gear or colors to the Museum.

Plus, join us for a special Liberty Free Friday Nights next week on May 15. The Timeless Torches, pictured here, will be on the dance floor throughout the night alongside DJ sets by . The New York Liberty mini print vending machine will also be available in the Whitney Shop for one night only! Enjoy unique, risograph-printed art created by artist .

Book your tickets at whitney.org—link in bio.

05/08/2026

The Whitney is now free for all visitors 25 & under! In honor of this expansion of our free admissions program, we asked six artists to share advice with their 25-year-old self.

05/07/2026

✨ Free Friday Nights May ✨

💃 Friday, May 8
Debbie Allen at the Whitney
Screening of 100 Years of Debbie Allen, followed by a conversation with and
Pop-up dance class
Music by

🗽 Friday, May 15
Night
Music by

👯‍♂️ Friday, May 22
dance classes

🎤 Friday, May 29
Collab with with music by

Link in bio to reserve your free tickets.

05/05/2026

This Free Friday Nights, join us at the Whitney for a special screening of 100 Years of Debbie Allen, followed by a conversation with herself!

Prior to the screening, enjoy a special pop-up class created by Debbie Allen, Dancing in the Light: Healing with the Arts, and a live DJ set in the Museum Lobby. Exclusive merchandise—including limited-edition Debbie Allen tribute Barbie collectibles—will be available at the Whitney Shop all evening.

🗓️ Friday, May 8
🕰️ 5–10 pm, with dance class from 6–7 and film screening from 7:30–9
📍 Whitney Museum
🎟️ Free, registration required for the film screening
🔗 in ’s bio to read more and register for free

05/05/2026

❤️ Not talking to you,

05/04/2026

Celebrate Mother’s Day at Free Second Sundays! 💐

Join us this Sunday, May 10, for free admission all day, plus storytime with , Georgia O’Keeffe-inspired artmaking, and 15-minute tours.

Link in bio to reserve your free tickets.

04/30/2026

Andy Warhol Family Album is now open in our seventh floor collection galleries! 📷

This exhibition presents a collection of hundreds of Polaroids from 1972 to 1973 that captures Warhol’s immediate world of collaborators, celebrities, and friends.

Drawn from one of six “family albums” that Warhol assembled as a personal archive, the exhibition features posed pictures, candid shots of social events, his home in Montauk, travels in Europe, and even portraits of his dog, Archie (pictured here). Together, these photographs offer an intimate and varied view of Warhol’s world and day-to-day life.
—
Andy Warhol, (Andy Warhol and Archie), 1973, from Family Album. Dye diffusion transfer print (Polaroid): sheet, 4 1/4 × 3 3/8 in. (10.8 × 8.6 cm); image, 3 3/4 × 2 7/8 in. (9.5 × 7.3 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of The for the Visual Arts, Inc. 2014.29.536. © 2026 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Used with permission of

04/28/2026

Team

04/24/2026

Portraiture, landscape, abstraction. These are some of the pillars of American art history that welcome visitors to our collection exhibition “Untitled” (America).

04/22/2026

Next Friday, May 1, get a glimpse into the Land of Oz at the Whitney’s Free Friday Nights! 🧹🫧

Enjoy a special evening of cast performances and an exclusive panel discussion featuring members of on Broadway’s creative team and company.

Join us at the Museum’s theater for gravity-defying performances by Talia Suskauer, Kara Lindsay, and Colin LeMoine, followed by a panel and Q&A exploring the artistry of WICKED.

Plus, stop by the Museum’s Lobby to enjoy DJ sets all night long by and a certified WICKED dance party à la Ozdust ballroom!

Both performances feature the same musical program. Each performance is ticketed separately, and visitors are encouraged to reserve tickets for one performance—link in bio.

*Cast members and panelists are subject to change
—
¡El próximo viernes 1 de mayo, adéntrate en La Tierra de Oz gracias a las Noches de Viernes Gratis del Whitney! 🧹🫧

Disfruta de una velada especial con actuaciones del elenco y un panel exclusivo con miembros del equipo creativo y de la compañía de de Broadway.

Acompáñanos en el teatro del museo para disfrutar de actuaciones que desafían la gravedad a cargo de Talia Suskauer, Kara Lindsay y Colin LeMoine, seguidas de un panel y una sesión de preguntas y respuestas en las que se explorará el arte de WICKED.

Además, ¡pasa al Lobby del museo para escuchar la selección del DJ, a cargo de y de una auténtica fiesta de baile al estilo de WICKED en el salón de baile Ozdust!

Ambas funciones cuentan con el mismo programa musical. Las entradas para cada función se registran por separado, y se recomienda que reserven entradas para una sola función; enlace en la bio.

04/22/2026

Next Friday, May 1, get a glimpse into the Land of Oz at the Whitney’s Free Friday Nights! 🧹🫧

Enjoy a special evening of cast performances and an exclusive panel discussion featuring members of on Broadway’s creative team and company.

Join us at the Museum’s theater for gravity-defying performances by Talia Suskauer, Kara Lindsay, and Colin LeMoine, followed by a panel and Q&A exploring the artistry of WICKED.

Plus, stop by the Museum’s Lobby to enjoy DJ sets all night long by and a certified WICKED dance party à la Ozdust ballroom!

Both performances feature the same musical program. Each performance is ticketed separately, and visitors are encouraged to reserve tickets for one performance—link in bio.

*Cast members and panelists are subject to change
—
¡El próximo viernes 1 de mayo, adéntrate en La Tierra de Oz gracias a las Noches de Viernes Gratis del Whitney! 🧹🫧

Disfruta de una velada especial con actuaciones del elenco y un panel exclusivo con miembros del equipo creativo y de la compañía de de Broadway.

Acompáñanos en el teatro del museo para disfrutar de actuaciones que desafían la gravedad a cargo de Talia Suskauer, Kara Lindsay y Colin LeMoine, seguidas de un panel y una sesión de preguntas y respuestas en las que se explorará el arte de WICKED.

Además, ¡pasa al Lobby del museo para escuchar la selección del DJ, a cargo de y de una auténtica fiesta de baile al estilo de WICKED en el salón de baile Ozdust!

Ambas funciones cuentan con el mismo programa musical. Las entradas para cada función se registran por separado, y se recomienda que reserven entradas para una sola función; enlace en la bio.

04/21/2026

💥Free Friday Nights💥
💥Free Second Sundays💥
💥Free 25 & Under💥

Three great ways to see the 2026 for free, no matter where you’re visiting from.
—
Photos: Timothy Schenck

04/20/2026

We’re thrilled to present a special Free Friday Nights this week as a collaboration with and ! ⚾️ Join us at the Museum for ¡Peloteros! Latinos Shaping the Legacy of American Baseball from 5–7 pm this Friday, April 24.

Highlighting Dominican contributions to baseball in particular, the dialogue will feature remarks from the Ambassador of the Dominican Republic, , and MLB legend, former Mets player and the winner of the Roberto Clemente Award, .

Get all the details and reserve your free tickets at the link in our bio.
—
Photo: Centro Cultural Eduardo León Jimenes

04/17/2026

Is she a Carrie or a Charlotte? Do her parents pay her rent? and debate the origin story of the subject in Edward Hopper’s New York Interior (c. 1921).

04/14/2026

No lying down
No pitching tents
No amplified sound
No annoying behavior

’s work Rule consists of the removal of code-of-conduct signs from privately owned public spaces (POPS).

POPS emerged in New York in 1961 following a zoning resolution that permitted private developers to construct taller buildings in exchange for creating nearby park-like spaces for public use. The private owners who control these spaces often set rules that are much more restrictive than those governing city parks and other public places. The use of these code-of-conduct signs also intensified after Occupy Wall Street’s takeover of Zucotti Park in the fall of 2011.

Rule is on view now through August 23 in the Biennial. Link in bio to listen to Johnson’s full audio guide stop for this work.

04/13/2026

Looking back to histories of abstraction that predate modern art, artist Kamrooz Aram ()’s work references art forms that have often been characterized by Western art historians as merely decorative. Ceramics, carpets, architectural painting, and folding screens all have rich and complex traditions that the artist sees as part of the histories of painting. For the 2026 , Aram unites the works presented by contributing to the design of the platform and creating a painted wall he has likened to a “monochromatic mural.”
—
Revisando las historias de la abstracción que preceden al arte moderno, la obra de Kamrooz Aram hace referencia a formas de arte que los historiadores occidentales con frecuencia han caracterizado como meramente decorativas. La cerámica, los tapices, la pintura arquitectónica y los biombos tienen tradiciones ricas y complejas que el artista interpreta como parte de la historia de la pintura. Para la Bienal del Whitney, Aram ha unido las obras exhibidas aquí contribuyendo al diseño de la plataforma y creando una pintura sobre una pared que denominó un “mural monocromático”.
—
Installation view of Whitney Biennial 2026 (Whitney Museum of American Art, March 8–August 2026). Kamrooz Aram, Arabesque Composition (Archipelago), 2025. Photo: Gus Powell
Installation view of Whitney Biennial 2026 (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, March 8–August 23, 2026). From left to right: Kamrooz Aram, Arabesque Composition (Archipelago), 2025; Kamrooz Aram, Requiem for Perpetual Defeat, 2026; Kamrooz Aram, Beneath the Ruins, 2024. Photo: Ron Amstutz

04/03/2026

’s 2026 works include both her photographs as well as the ceramic sculptures with pinhole cameras used to create them. As part of the Biennial audio guide, Nelson spoke to us about her practice—listen to the full stop via the link in our bio.

This year’s Biennial is on view through August 23.

04/02/2026