T. O. Molefe on the racist context of Brett Bailey's "Exhibit B"

Racism and the Barbican's 'Exhibit B'
by T. O. Molefe, The New York Times, October 27, 2014

Roberta Smith reviews Whitney show of Edward Hopper drawings

A Master, Between the Lines
‘Hopper Drawing,’ at the Whitney Museum
by Roberta Smith, The New York Times, June 6, 2013

Celebrating the work of gay Black writers

"in the life" 

a reading of works by gay Black men from the 1980s and '90s

at the Whitney Museum of American Art

Sunday, April 14, 2pm

(doors opening 1:30pm)

For “in the life,” artist and writer Gregg Bordowitz will host readings from the literary work of gay, male, African American poets and writers, who chronicled sexuality, illness, and death during the height of the AIDS crisis in the 1980s and ’90s. Many of the writers are now dead, and their works have been collected in anthologies, such as "in the life", edited by Joseph Beam. Bordowitz will be joined by a diverse group of readers including former Q/A/M mentor Pamela Sneed, to pay tribute to artists such as Donald Woods, Essex Hemphill, Marlon Riggs and many more.

Free with museum admission

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Extreme ladder action

All photos (c)2011, Eva Yaa Asantewaa

STREB Extreme Action Company performing Ascension, commissioned by the Whitney Museum of American Art, on July 9. Location: Gansevoort Plaza, Manhattan

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Holland Cotter on "Glenn Ligon: America"

Messages That Conduct an Electric Charge
by Holland Cotter, The New York Times, March 10, 2011

Charles Burchfield at the Whitney

Heat Waves in a Swamp on a Steamy NYC Day

by Deborah Feller, DeborahFeller.com, August 11, 2010

A downtown Whitney in the works

Whitney Museum Votes to Build Downtown

by Carol Vogel, The New York Times, May 25, 2010

Wacky Whitney pay-what-you-wish

Whitney Museum of American Art: Whitney Biennial: Open All Day and Night

From Wednesday, May 26 at 12am through Friday, May 28 at 11:59 pm, the Whitney Museum will remain open for three consecutive days as part of 2010 artist Michael Asher’s Biennial project.

Michael Asher’s initial proposal for the Whitney Biennial was to have the exhibition open continuously to the public twenty-four hours a day for one week (Monday, May 24 through Sunday, May 30).

Due to budgetary and human resources limitations, the Museum is unable to remain open to the public twenty-four hours a day for one week. As a result, the duration of this work has been shortened from the artist’s original proposal.

ADMISSION IS PAY-WHAT-YOU-WISH AT THE FOLLOWING TIMES:

From 12 am to 9 am on Wednesday, May 26

From 11 pm on Wednesday, May 26
to 9 am on Thursday, May 27

From 11 pm on Thursday, May 27
to 9 am on Friday, May 28

From 6 pm to 11:59 pm on Friday, May 28

Regular admission prices are in effect for all other hours. 

Visitor information, including directions

Sasamoto will take her "2010" turn

Join Aki Sasamoto and Culture Push for an experiential workshop at 2010, the Whitney Biennial:

My Turn: Aki Sasamoto and Culture Push at Whitney Biennial

Friday, April 16 -- 7:30pm

Free with Museum admission, which is pay-what-you-wish on Fridays from 6-9 pm; there are no special tickets or reservations.

My Turn invites artists to create programs for the Whitney’s public that are an extension of and informed by their own artistic processes and methods. Taking their contributions to 2010 as a point of departure, six Biennial artists explore key aspects of their practice to create distinctive evenings of performance, discussion, demonstration, and engagement.

Looking art in the eye

Marina Abramovic Faces Strangers Eye to Eye, for Art

by Jim Dwyer, The New York Times, April 2, 2010

Whirlwind "Twitter Tour" of Whitney's "2010"

Yesterday, I joined several social media colleagues for an exclusive (off-day) tour of the Whitney Museum's new Biennial--2010. Greeted by WNYC art critic Carolina Miranda and guided by Biennial co-curator Gary Carrion-Murayari, we wandered from floor-to-floor, gallery-to-gallery, tweeting madly, taking photos and trying to keep it all in perspective. I can't honestly say I retained enough of what was said or seen, but I do know the experience made me eager to explore the show with sufficient time and in sufficient depth.

Here's a link to some of my photos, posted this morning on Flickr, and you can catch up with all of our tweets by searching #whibi. (Request to follow @magickaleva to see mine.) I also managed to post some remarks to Facebook yesterday and posted my set of photos today. Enjoy!

More on tomorrow's Whitney Biennial tour

My fellow participants and their social media tags: Follow us all!

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Touring the Whitney Biennial

Tomorrow afternoon, I'll be joining several other "social-media mavens" for an exclusive tour of the Whitney Biennial 2010, guided by co-curator Gary Carrion-Murayari.

Be sure to check here--and possibly on Twitter--later in the afternoon for my commentary.

Thanks to the folks at WNYC and the Whitney for this unique opportunity!

Strike a pose

Voguing at the Whitney

by Julie Bloom, The New York Times, March 4, 2010

Jenny Holzer: Writing & Difficulty

Jenny Holzer: Writing & Difficulty
Art21, PBS

Jenny Holzer discusses her difficult relationship to writing during the installation of the exhibition "PROTECT PROTECT" at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. Featured works include Red Yellow Looming (2004), Lustmord (2007), Protect Protect deep purple (2007), and For Chicago (2008), among others. The exhibition will travel to the Whitney Museum of American Art in March.

More Holzer here.