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Sotheby’s Buys Whitney’s Breuer Building for Reported $100M

Avatar photo by Maya Pontone June 1, 2023June 1, 2023

Sotheby’s has announced plans to acquire the Whitney Museum of American Art’s Breuer Building on the corner of Madison Avenue and 75th Street and relocate its York Avenue galleries and salesroom to the space in 2025. According to a Bloomberg report, the auction house will purchase the Brutalist building for approximately $100 million. Designed by […]

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Jaune Quick-to-See Smith on Her Life’s Journey in Art

Avatar photo by Erin Joyce May 16, 2023May 16, 2023

“In this long journey, it is step by step, hand over hand, something like climbing a rope,” she tells Hyperallergic in an interview. 

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What Does a Post-Hurricane World Look Like?

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia April 21, 2023April 23, 2023

An exhibition of contemporary work by Puerto Rican artists at the Whitney captures the impossibility of going back and the difficulty of forging ahead.

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Whitney Museum Director Adam Weinberg to Step Down

Avatar photo by Rhea Nayyar and Elaine Velie March 8, 2023March 8, 2023

His tenure was marked by a multitude of controversies, including protests over former trustee Warren Kanders and a grueling labor struggle.

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After 16 Months, Whitney Workers Reach First Union Contract

Avatar photo by Elaine Velie March 6, 2023March 8, 2023

The union secured wage increases and other benefits.

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Low Morale Plagues Visitor Services Workers at the Whitney Museum  

by PJ McCormick September 26, 2022September 27, 2022

The menial work, combined $17/hour pay, no benefits, and a lack of support from higher-ups has reportedly led to severe staff shortages.

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Giving Voice to an Artist Silenced too Soon

Avatar photo by Jane Chin Davidson August 14, 2022August 17, 2022

A “show within a show” at the Whitney Biennial pays homage to the visual and literary art of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, whose life was cut short through an act of brutal violence.

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Whitney Museum Workers Surprise 2022 Biennial Guests With Union Protest

Avatar photo by Jasmine Liu March 30, 2022March 8, 2023

Half of the museum’s workers earn less than $20 per hour, and many are temporary workers with no benefits.

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Roy Lichtenstein’s Manhattan Studio Gifted to Whitney Museum

Avatar photo by Jasmine Liu February 24, 2022February 25, 2022

The Pop artist’s Greenwich Village studio will host the museum’s Independent Study Program starting in 2023.

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Jennifer Packer Shows Us the Responsibility of Seeing

Avatar photo by Seph Rodney February 8, 2022February 15, 2022

Most everything in this show, is unsure, a maybe, might be there, might not be, could fulfill your hopes, might leave them by the side of the road.

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Here Are the 63 Artists In This Year’s Whitney Biennial

Avatar photo by Jasmine Liu January 25, 2022January 25, 2022

This year’s show is the first since a tumultuous 2019 edition rocked by protests over former trustee Warren B. Kanders’s connections to tear gas manufacturing.

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The Journey Behind Liza Lou’s Behemoth Beaded Kitchen

Avatar photo by Julie Schneider June 6, 2021June 7, 2021

Today, “Kitchen” and its themes of women’s work and thankless labor are as sharp and fresh as ever.

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