May 2013
24 posts
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“As with a line, every story needs a beginning.”
– Experimental Jetset Check back tomorrow to hear the full story.
May 20th
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“It would be much easier to present the history of art as a simplistic line—but...”
– Donna De Salvo, Chief Curator and Deputy Director for Programs Work is in progress at the Museum! More soon.
May 20th
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“A museum should never be finished, but boundless and ever in motion.”
– Goethe Some big changes are afoot at the Whitney. Stay tuned!
May 20th
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May 19th
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May 17th
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May 15th
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May 14th
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May 12th
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May 10th
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May 10th
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May 10th
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May 10th
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May 10th
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May 10th
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May 10th
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May 10th
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May 10th
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May 10th
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May 10th
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May 10th
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May 10th
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May 9th
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May 5th
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Art . . . should be something that liberates the...
—Keith Haring, born today in 1958. Haring’s Altar Piece (1990) is on view now in I, YOU, WE.
May 4th
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April 2013
17 posts
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Apr 30th
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Apr 27th
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Apr 25th
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Apr 24th
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Apr 22nd
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Apr 20th
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Apr 18th
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Apr 16th
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Apr 14th
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Apr 13th
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Apr 11th
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Apr 9th
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Apr 7th
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Apr 6th
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Apr 3rd
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Apr 3rd
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Apr 3rd
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March 2013
21 posts
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Mar 31st
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Tell Him I have eyes only for Heaven / as I look...
Jay DeFeo inscribed the back of her painting The Eyes with this stanza from a contemporaneous poem by Philip Lamantia. The artist used the first line as the full title of the work for several years before it became known simply as The Eyes.
Mar 29th
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Mar 27th
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Mar 26th
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Mar 25th
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Mar 24th
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“That which takes us by surprise—moments of happiness—that is inspiration.”
–  Agnes Martin, born on this day in 1912.
Mar 22nd
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Mar 20th
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Mar 18th
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