2016 08 10 HUMAN INTEREST: PORTRAITS FROM THE WHITNEY'S COLLECTION

HUMAN INTEREST: PORTRAITS FROM THE WHITNEY'S COLLECTION This exhibition offers new perspectives on one of art’s oldest genres. Drawn entirely from the Museum’s holdings, the more than two hundred works on view show changing approaches to portraiture from the early 1900s until today. See more exhibitions
Closing Sunday, August 21, Mirror Cells brings together the recent sculptural work of artists Liz Craft, Rochelle Goldberg, Elizabeth Jaeger, Maggie Lee, and Win McCarthy. The Whitney is open every day in August and until 10 pm on Friday and Saturday. Cool off in the galleries exploring Danny Lyon: Message to the Future and Stuart Davis: In Full Swing, or savor the season in Virginia Overton: Sculpture Gardens, which makes use of the Museum's largest outdoor gallery. Buy tickets online and save    Become a member
ALSO ON VIEW HUMAN INTEREST: PORTRAITS FROM THE WHITNEY'S COLLECTION This exhibition offers new perspectives on one of art’s oldest genres. Drawn entirely from the Museum’s holdings, the more than two hundred works on view show changing approaches to portraiture from the early 1900s until today. See more exhibitions	SUMMER HOURS This month you can enjoy the Museum every day of the week: Sunday to Thursday from 10:30 am to 6 pm; and Friday and Saturday from 10:30 am to 10 pm. Purchase tickets in advance of your visit for reduced admission. Buy advance tickets
PUBLIC PROGRAMS DOUGLAS CRIMP AND JULIANE REBENTISCH Saturday, September 10 4–5:30 pm Art historian and critic Douglas Crimp discusses his new memoir, Before Pictures, with Berlin-based philosopher Juliane Rebentisch. See more public programs	FREE TOURS QUEER BODIES IN HUMAN INTEREST Friday, August 26 8 pm Join us for a tour exploring gender, sexuality, and LGBTQ perspectives in Human Interest: Portraits from the Whitney’s Collection. Tour schedule
FAMILY PROGRAMS OPEN STUDIO Saturdays and Sundays in August 10:30 am–3 pm Families are invited to make their own art based on works in current exhibitions. Each week we will offer a different art making project. See more family programs	MUSEUM DINING Make the most of summer, and join us on Untitled’s patio and Studio Cafe’s terrace for spectacular views and outdoor dining. Menus, hours, and more
MEMBERSHIP MEMBER PREVIEW DAYS September 14–15 12–5 pm Members enjoy a first look at Carmen Herrera: Lines of Sight. Become a member today	MUSEUM SHOP This publication by Chen Chen and Kai Williams is published by Peradam Press, a group specializing in small-run artist books that is owned and operated by Mirror Cells artist Elizabeth Jaeger and her long-time friend and collaborator, Sam Cate-Gumpert. Shop now
Image Credits Whitney Museum of American Art. Photograph by Nic Lehoux Installation view of Human Interest: Portraits from the Whitney’s Collection (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, April 27, 2016-February 12, 2017). Photograph by Ron Amstutz Installation view of Virginia Overton: Sculpture Gardens(Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, June 10–September 25, 2016). Photograph by Ron Amstutz James Nares (b. 1953), still from Douglas, 2015. Video, 8:56 minutes. Image courtesy the artist and Paul Kasmin Gallery. Lyle Ashton Harris (b. 1965), Billie #21, 2002. Dye diffusion transfer print, sheet: 33 3/4 × 22 1/16 in. (85.7 × 56 cm); image: 24 × 21 in. (61 × 53.3 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase with funds from the Photography Committee 2002.563 © Lyle Ashton Harris Families exploring art together, May 2016. Photograph by Andrew Kist Whitney Museum of American Art. Photograph by Timothy Schenck Carmen Herrera (b. 1915), Irlanda, 1965. Acrylic on canvas with painted frame, 34 3/4 × 34 7/8 in. (88.3 × 88.6 cm). Collection of Pérez Simón © Carmen Herrera
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