News
Whitney Names New Director of Independent Study Program
Soyoung Yoon’s appointment comes after the museum canceled a Palestine-related performance and suspended the program for a year.
Whitney Museum of American Art
Feature
Maia Chao Performs the Museum
She approaches the museum less as a neutral space than as a structure that quietly trains behavior and participation.
News
In Surprising Twist, ADAA Art Fair Will Now Benefit the Whitney Museum
The organization abruptly terminated its longstanding partnership with the Henry Street Settlement social services organization last year.
Art Review
The Polycrisis Sublime of the Whitney Biennial
It felt like the world as I experience it: no clear path, but enough moments of beauty to convince me to put one foot in front of the other.
Feature
First Impressions From the 2026 Whitney Biennial
Here’s what we liked, what we didn’t like, and what we’re still working through.
Art Review
Calder’s Circus Is for Everyone
The Whitney’s 100th anniversary exhibition of Alexander Calder’s sculpted circus shows an artist at play, and creates a fantastical world.
Art Review
The Whitney’s Surrealism Show Is a Mindfuck
I wish Sixties Surreal focused more on destabilizing the concept of “real” than reifying it.
Interview
Take a Musical Trip Through Sixties Surrealism
Curator Dan Nadel talks about creating a playlist for the Whitney Museum's latest exhibition, inspired by a time when history was inextricable from its soundtrack.
Opinion
I Lost My Job at the Whitney, but the Art Community Lost Much More
The museum suspended its Independent Study Program, a space of collective thought and political solidarity, during a time when it is most needed.
News
Man Dies in Whitney Museum Fall
The 34-year-old was found on the sidewalk outside the museum after "falling from an elevated position," according to police.
News
Protest Targets Whitney Museum Board Ties After Canceled Performance
Demonstrators pointed to museum trustees’ links to Zionist entities and weapons used by Israel against Palestinians.
News
Whitney Museum Cancels Performance About Palestinian Mourning
Fellows in the prestigious Independent Study Program have denounced the move and withdrawn artworks in protest.