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Whitney Museum Of American Art

  1. profile
    Jaune Quick-to-See Smith Can’t Believe She’s Still the FirstHer new Whitney retrospective is the only one so far to honor a Native American artist. She’s not doing it alone: “My community comes with me.”
    By Joshua Hunt
  2. art review
    The Whitney Biennial Falters OnThe 2022 show has just enough high points to get you through it — including three stunning Charles Ray sculptures.
    By Jerry Saltz
  3. art
    Jasper Johns and MeThe artist who invented contemporary art also changed my life.
    By Jerry Saltz
  4. fall preview 2021
    10 Must-See Art Shows to Catch This FallJerry Saltz on his most anticipated New York museum shows — from Jasper Johns at the Whitney to the Bronx Museum’s Biennial.
    By Jerry Saltz
  5. art
    The Frick on Madison Finally Lets You See Fragonard Up CloseEmpowered by its new setting, work once considered frivolous becomes visual thunder.
    By Jerry Saltz
  6. exhibitions
    Whitney Cancels Exhibition After Criticism of Acquisition of Black Artists’ WorkOne artist said the museum bought his work for $100.
    By Justin Curto
  7. art
    David Wojnarowicz’s Whitney Retrospective Is Overdue, But Couldn’t Be TimelierThis is an astonishingly relevant, urgently important show that reflects on what it means to be human in a time of encroaching political darkness.
    By Jerry Saltz
  8. art
    What If Jimmie Durham, Noted Cherokee Artist, Is Not Actually Cherokee?He’s been called “the art world’s Rachel Dolezal.”
    By Michael Slenske
  9. art
    Protest Art: What Is It Good For?Digging through the Whitney’s archive of resistance.
    By Carl Swanson
  10. art appreciation
    This 8-Foot Candle Portrait Mesmerized MeJerry Saltz on Urs Fischer’s giant wax sculpture of artist-director Julian Schnabel.
    By Jerry Saltz
  11. year in culture 2015
    The 10 Best Art Shows of 2015Get the space for art right, and goodwill should follow.
    By Jerry Saltz
  12. our selfies ourselves
    Your Selfies Are Welcome at the WhitneyNo more shame.
    By Dayna Evans
  13. Conlon Nancarrow’s Math-Mad MusicThe Whitney brings attention to a great American eccentric.
    By Justin Davidson
  14. a retrospective
    Taking in Jeff Koons, Creator and Destroyer of WorldsA mad perfectionist’s retrospective at the Whitney.
    By Jerry Saltz
  15. seeing out loud
    Jerry Saltz on Gagosian’s Genius for Gigantism“I hope this tide will float nearby boats and not swamp them.”
    By Jerry Saltz
  16. seeing out loud
    Jerry Saltz on the Whitney BiennialCareful correctness abounds.
    By Jerry Saltz
  17. art
    George W. Bush Is a Good Painter!Jerry Saltz explains why the former president’s work belongs in the Whitney.
    By Jerry Saltz
  18. art review
    Saltz: How I Came to Embrace Richard Artschwager’s WeirdnessHow he finally won over our art critic.
    By Jerry Saltz
  19. jerry saltz
    Jerry Saltz on Wade Guyton’s Brave New Inkjet-Printer PaintbrushYou think high technology obliterates the touch of an artist’s hand? Guyton disagrees.
    By Jerry Saltz
  20. ask an art critic
    Jerry Saltz Answers Your Questions About Museum Design and Self-PromotionMuseums that work, museums that don’t.
    By Jerry Saltz