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Whitney Museum Of American Art

  1. 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.
  2. art
    Jasper Johns and MeThe artist who invented contemporary art also changed my life.
  3. 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.
  4. art
    The Frick on Madison Finally Lets You See Fragonard Up CloseEmpowered by its new setting, work once considered frivolous becomes visual thunder.
  5. exhibitions
    Whitney Cancels Exhibition After Criticism of Acquisition of Black Artists’ WorkOne artist said the museum bought his work for $100.
  6. 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.
  7. art
    What If Jimmie Durham, Noted Cherokee Artist, Is Not Actually Cherokee?He’s been called “the art world’s Rachel Dolezal.”
  8. art
    Protest Art: What Is It Good For?Digging through the Whitney’s archive of resistance.
  9. art appreciation
    This 8-Foot Candle Portrait Mesmerized MeJerry Saltz on Urs Fischer’s giant wax sculpture of artist-director Julian Schnabel.
  10. year in culture 2015
    The 10 Best Art Shows of 2015Get the space for art right, and goodwill should follow.
  11. Conlon Nancarrow’s Math-Mad MusicThe Whitney brings attention to a great American eccentric.
  12. a retrospective
    Taking in Jeff Koons, Creator and Destroyer of WorldsA mad perfectionist’s retrospective at the Whitney.
  13. seeing out loud
    Jerry Saltz on Gagosian’s Genius for Gigantism“I hope this tide will float nearby boats and not swamp them.”
  14. seeing out loud
    Jerry Saltz on the Whitney BiennialCareful correctness abounds.
  15. art
    Jerry Saltz: George W. Bush Is a Good Painter!These belong in the Whitney.
  16. art review
    Saltz: How I Came to Embrace Richard Artschwager’s WeirdnessHow he finally won over our art critic.
  17. 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.
  18. ask an art critic
    Jerry Saltz Answers Your Questions About Museum Design and Self-PromotionMuseums that work, museums that don’t.