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Jennifer Packer Man Holding Hands to His Forehead and Arms Outstretched

The most extensive collection of Jennifer Packer’s work is currently on view at the Whitney. The New York museum features over thirty of her paintings and drawings in the exhibition: The Eye Is Not Satisfied With Seeing. It comes from … Continued

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A fascinating show opened at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City this past October. The exhibition, Labyrinth of Forms: Women and Abstraction, 1930–1950, showcases works by American artists dedicated to abstraction. This extraordinary group of women … Continued

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Charmion von Wiegand (1896-1983), Untitled, c. 1942. Collaged paper, opaque watercolor and pen and ink on paper. Whitney Museum, NY; gift of Alice and Leo Yamin 91.84.5. © Estate of Charmion von Wiegand; Courtesy of Michael Rosenfeld Gallery LLC, N
landing Jasper Johns, In the Studio, 1982. Encaustic, crayon, and collage on canvas with objects. Collection of artist; on loan to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1984. © 2021 Jasper Johns/Licensed by VAGA at ARS, NY. Photo © The Wildenstein Plattner Institute

Not one but two museums are housing the latest retrospective of the work of legendary American artist Jasper Johns. The Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art simultaneously exhibit works from the artist’s entire career. The … Continued

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It is your last chance to catch the fascinating Julie Mehretu exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art. The show, which opened in March and consists of a comprehensive survey of Merhretu’s career, closes on August 8, 2021. It … Continued

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A Couple in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY, 1990 Pigmented inkjet print (printed 2019) Collection of the artist; courtesy Sean Kelly Gallery, New York; Stephen Daiter Gallery, Chicago; and Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco

Since the beginning of his career in the 1970s, Dawoud Bey has used his camera to visualize underrepresented or even unseen communities. Starting with his earliest body of work, Harlem, USA (1975–79), Bey has worked mainly in portraiture, making direct … Continued

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For the past year, New York City’s Whitney Museum of American Art has been home to the exhibition ‘Vida Americana: Mexican Muralists Remake American Art, 1925-1945’, which opened on February 17 and will close on January 31, 2021. The show, … Continued

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Frida Kahlo, Me and My Parrots, 1941. Oil on canvas, 32 5/16 × 24 3/4 in. (82 × 62.8 cm). Private collection. © 2020 Banco de México Diego Rivera Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, Mexico, D.F. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York