Whitney Museum of American Art
The major museum of American Art in New York.
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- 945 Madison Avenue
- New York City NY, 10021
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- 212 570 3600
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- http://www.whitney.org
109 BFA References to Whitney Museum of American Art
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Contemporary Art in Boston Fine Arts
Smoke and Mirrors at the MFA
By: - Sep 23rd, 2011On the occasion of the opening of the Linde Family Wing of Contemporary Art we reflect on a troubling history. There has been a struggle going back to the 1930s and the founding of the Institute of Contemporary Art. There has been an awkward relationship between the ICA, MFA and other museums in the area. It is now time for art workers to unite and throw off their chains.
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2011 Maud Morgan Prize To Wendy Jacob Fine Arts
Cambridge Artist to Display at MFA in September
By: - Jul 13th, 2011Last given in 2006, the Maud Morgan Prize was initially established as a purchase prize for under recognized midcareer women artists. The MFA has been criticized for nor awarding this prize by the local community. It has now been slightly changed to be a direct cash prize of $10,000 rather than the initial $5000 purchase prize. Another change is that recognition will now be given to more distinguished women artists. A small MFA exhibit of the artist's work is part of the prize. This year's recipient, Wendy Jacob combines high purpose with sculptural forms.
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Former Rose Art Museum Director Carl Belz Opinion
Part One of a Dialogue
By: - May 30th, 2011During the tenure of Carl Belz as director of the Rose Art Museum I frequently reviewed the exhibitions and interviewed him for Art New England and other publications. During an extended dialogue Belz spoke in depth about presiding over one of the great collections of modern and contemporary art in the New England area.
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Whitney Museum: Limits of Iconic Architecture Architecture
Buildings As Unique Sculpture Stifle Institutional Expansion
By: - May 16th, 2011For the past few decades, cities and prominent institutions have focused on creation of iconic buildings by star architects to underscore their prominence. After three major attempts in the last 25 years, The Whitney Museum of American Art has given up on building expansion of their Marcel Breuer designed iconic structure and are building a new museum downtown in NYC's Meatpacking District. This is a major statement about institutional icons.
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Steve Nelson Music Museum Of New England Opinion
Two: Ray Riepen and The Boston Tea Party
By: - Feb 05th, 2011Steve Nelson, president of the Music Museum Of New England, was the manager of legendary 1960s rock and blues club The Boston Tea Party. It was owned by Ray Riepen, a lawyer who came from Kansas City to become the leading entrepreneur in the Boston/Cambridge “counterculture†of the era. This second part of an extended dialogue with Charles Giuliano looks at how the Tea Party started and became a phenomenon.
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Stan VanDerBeek Exhibition at MIT Fine Arts
List Visual Arts Center Feb. 4 to April 3
By: - Dec 22nd, 2010The MIT List Visual Arts Center and the Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston present the first museum survey of the work of media art pioneer Stan VanDerBeek (1927-1984). Surveying the artist's remarkable body of work in collage, experimental film, performance, participatory, and computer-generated art over several decades, Stan VanDerBeek: The Culture Intercom highlights the artist's pivotal contributions to today's media-based artistic practices.
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Rob Pruitt's 2010 Art Awards Fine Arts
Guggenheim Benefit December 8
By: - Nov 17th, 2010The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum announces the nominees for Rob Pruitt’s 2010 Art Awards, the second annual celebration honoring the notable individuals, exhibitions, and projects that have made a significant contribution to the field of contemporary art during the past year. Awards in 14 categories will be presented at a fundraising event to benefit the Guggenheim Foundation and visual arts non-profit White Columns on Wednesday, December 8, 2010, at the nightclub and music venue Webster Hall.
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ART to Stage Porgy and Bess Theatre
Suzan-Lori Parks to Re-imagine Gershwin Opera
By: - Nov 05th, 2010The American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) announced today that Artistic Director Diane Paulus, Pulitzer prize-winning writer Suzan-Lori Parks, and two-time Obie winner Diedre Murray have been chosen by the Gershwin Trusts and the Heyward Trust to re-imagine the Gershwins’ seminal American opera Porgy and Bess.
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ICA Appoints Two New Curators Fine Arts
Jenelle Porter and Pedro Alonzo Added
By: - Nov 04th, 2010Seemingly unworried by the current economic state, the ICA announced today the addition of two prominent new curators to their staff. Jenelle Porter is an institutionally well-travelled curator bringing a quality background to the ICA. Also added is Pedro Alonzo, one of the truly cutting edge museum professionals in the contemporary art world. These appointments will add depth and breath to the ICA's mission.
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Ryan Trecartin at LA MoCA Fine Arts
Any Ever July 18 to October 17
By: - Jul 21st, 2010The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA), presents Any Ever, the American premiere of artist Ryan Trecartin’s 2007â€"10 body of work, July 18 through October 17, 2010, at MOCA Pacific Design Center. "Ryan Trecartin has invented a new cinematic language that corresponds to the way people experience the Internet. His work has inspired a younger generation of filmmakers, as well as other artists,†comments incoming MOCA Director Jeffrey Deitch.
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Whitney Museum to Break Ground Downtown Architecture
Renzo Piano Design for Meatacking District in 2011
By: - May 25th, 2010In an historic decision for the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Board of Trustees has voted unanimously to break ground on a new museum building in downtown Manhattan in May 2011. Located in the Meatpacking District on Gansevoort Street between West Street and the High Line, the six-floor, 195,000-square-foot building, designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Renzo Piano, will provide the Whitney with essential new space for its collection, exhibitions, and education and performing arts programs in one of New York’s most vibrant neighborhoods.
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Jack Tworkov Retrospective in Provincetown Fine Arts
Against Extremes / Five Decades of Painting Opens July 9
By: - May 14th, 2010Jack Tworkov: Against Extremes / Five Decades of Painting is curated by Jason Andrew and presented in association with the Estate of Jack Tworkov. This major retrospective offers an extraordinary opportunity to experience many of the artist's most celebrated canvases. The exhibition includes important loans from private and public collections including The Cleveland Museum of Art and the Walker Art Center (Minneapolis, MN). The show also features rarely exhibited works from the artist's estate, as well as works from Provincetown Art Association and Museum's own permanent collection.
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Emily Fisher Landau and the Whitney Museum Fine Arts
Collector Donates 367 Works
By: - May 07th, 2010Emily Fisher Landau, the noted philanthropist and art collector, and one of themost generous Whintny trustees, has made an important gift of 367 works of art, including works from the Fisher Landau Center for Art, that have been pledged to the Whitney Museum of American Art. The gift comprises works by nearly one hundred key figures in American art, including Carl Andre, Richard Artschwager, Carroll Dunham, William Eggleston, Peter Hujar, Jasper Johns, Glenn Ligon, Agnes Martin, Robert Rauschenberg, Susan Rothenberg, James Rosenquist, Ed Ruscha, Lorna Simpson, Kiki Smith, and Andy Warhol.
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Petah Coyne at Mass MoCA Fine Arts
Exhibition Opens May 29
By: - May 04th, 2010Petah Coyne's baroque works, delicately combining tinted, waxed flowers and taxidermy, will rise up from the floor, and hanging sculptures will descend from the ceiling, taking full advantage of the multiple vantage points of MASS MoCA's vast gallery spaces. The exhibition titled Everything That Rises Must Converge (after a short story by Flannery O'Connor) will open at Mass MoCA on Saturday, May 29, with an opening reception from 5-7 PM.
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Christian Marclay at the Whitney Museum Fine Arts
Christian Marclay: Festival July 1 to September 26
By: - May 03rd, 2010Artist/composer Christian Marclay (b. 1955), known for the distinctive fusion of sound and image in his art, is the subject of a major exhibition this summer at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Activated by daily musical performances, the show explores Marclay's approach to the world around him with a particular focus on his graphic scores. Approximately fifty renowned instrumentalists and vocalists, some of whom have collaborated regularly with the artist over the course of the past three decades, are scheduled to interpret the scores exhibited, enabling museum audiences to experience Marclay's work brought to life. The exhibition curated by David Kiehl opens on July 1 and remains on view until September 26.
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Whitney Museum Launches Downtown Series Fine Arts
Commissions for Site of New Building in Meatpacking District
By: - Apr 16th, 2010The Whitney's curatorial team has invited three artists to participate in this initiative: the collaborative team of Guyton\Walker, comprising Wade Guyton (b. 1972) and Kelley Walker (b. 1969); Tauba Auerbach (b. 1981); and Barbara Kruger (b. 1945). They will work on the site the the Whitney's new building in the Meatpacking District a short walk from Chelsea galleries and the new High Line.
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Charles Burchfield at the Whitney Museum Fine Arts
Curated by Robert Gober Opens June 24
By: - Apr 15th, 2010This summer the Whitney Museum of American Art focuses on the work of the visionary artist Charles Burchfield (1893-1967) in an exhibition curated by acclaimed sculptor Robert Gober. Heat Waves in a Swamp: The Paintings of Charles Burchfield features more than one hundred watercolors, drawings, and paintings from private and public collections, as well as selections from Burchfield's journals, sketches, scrapbooks, and correspondence.
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Whitney Biennial 2010 Fine Arts
Evaluating Its Impact Since 1932
By: - Mar 18th, 2010The low key, scaled back, modest and manageable Whitney Biennial 2010 curated by Francesco Bonami and Gary Carrion-Murayari has been dubbed the Obama Biennial. He is even on the cover. The Whitney has used this occasion to reflect on its history and critical reception since the series started in 1932. It begs questions about its mandate, the status of American art, and its relationship to a former partner, the Museum of Modern Art.
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American Repertory Theater Holiday Shows Theatre
Best of Both Worlds Through Jan.3
By: - Nov 13th, 2009The American Repertory Theatre will present Best of Both Worlds. written by Randy Weiner, music by Diedre Murray, and directed by A.R.T. Artistic Director Diane Paulus. Bursting with the sounds of R&B and gospel, Best of Both Worlds is a soulful re-envisioning of The Winter's Tale, Shakespeare's timeless story of heartbreak and redemption. Clap your hands, jump out of your seat, and feel the power of love with this holiday treat for all ages. It runs from November 21 through January 3.
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Yoko Ono - Charlotte Moorman - Nam June Paik Fine Arts
John and Yoko Montreal Exhibition Inspires Connections
By: - May 27th, 2009Remembering two of the great 20th Century Avant-Garde Artists, now deceased, and Yoko Ono, very much alive, and presenting important work in the 21st Century.
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Andrew Rogers at White Box Gallery in New York Fine Arts
Rhythms of Life Features Geoglyphs
By: - May 06th, 2009The exhibition of images of the enormous earth works of the Australian artist, Andrew Rogers, are featured at the alternative space White Box Gallery in New York's Lower East Side. It accompanies the release of a monograph by Distributed Art Publishers (DAP).
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Lisa Yuskavage at David Zwirner Gallery Fine Arts
Sex Sells
By: - Mar 24th, 2009Since her first New York solo show the representational painter, like her friend and fellow Yale MFA graduate, John Currin, the artist Lisa Yuskavage has been successful depicting big busted bimbos. But this latest show reveals remarkable growth and sophistication.
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Rudolf Stingel at Paula Cooper Gallery Fine Arts
Is Less More
By: - Mar 21st, 2009In the vast space of Chelsea's Paula Cooper Gallery several rather small, meticulously rendered copies of phtographs of details of Gothic sculptures by Rudolf Stingel are presented. It evokes the question of precious excess or an ironic conceptual strategy.
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Buckminster Fuller, 20th Century Visionary Design
Eccentric Genius Celebrated at Whitney and MOMA
By: - Nov 09th, 2008Buckminster Fuller died in 1983, but his visionary concepts still resonate today. Though his attempt at real world applications--Dymaxion House, Geodesic Dome, etc., never proved practical, his concern for the protection of the natural environment and interest in shared global information make this eccentric almost clairvoyant.
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Whitney Biennial 2008 Fine Arts
Visualizing the Uncertainty Principle
By: - Apr 13th, 2008Just what does the Whitney Biennial 2008 have to do with theoretical physics? According to the curators more than you have ever imagined.
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