
Whitney Museum of American Art
Check out our
storefront video displays on Madison Ave b/w 74th & 75th for a peek at
works by Alice Guy Blaché (AGB: Cinema Pioneer opens tmrw!). Neat title card from Alice Guy's "Falling Leaves" (1912). http://twitpic.com/oe7h6
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Whitney Museum of American Art At the Roni Horn press preview this morning, exhibition curators Donna DeSalvo & Carter Foster gave a well-deserved shout out to the Whitney art handlers/installation team. Challenges included a 5 ton sculpture and real ant farm! Roni Horn aka Roni Horn opens tomorrow.

Whitney Museum of American Art ALSO opening Fri 11/6: Alice Guy Blaché: Cinema Pioneer, a look at the brilliant work of the first female film director. http://bit.ly/zM0pj
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This is the first comprehensive retrospective of the films of Alice Guy Blaché (1873–1968), a key but unsung figure of the early years of cinema.

Whitney Museum of American Art Also 11/6, at 7 and 8 pm: A Sonnet Sequence for Roni Horn featuring poets Anne Carson, R. Currie, and Penelope Thomas and members of Sigur Ros http://bit.ly/112YQ4
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Whitney Live is free with Museum admission, which is pay-what-you-wish on Fridays from 6-9 pm. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. Reservations are not accepted. All shows start at 7 pm.

Whitney Museum of American Art Roni Horn aka Roni Horn, the most comprehensive overview of the artist's work to date, opens Friday 11/6. Can't wait! http://bit.ly/2GR6Pl
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Roni Horn, You are the Weather (detail),1994-1995. Thirty-six gelatin silver prints and sixty-four chromogenic prints.10 ½ x 8 ½ inches each. © Roni Horn

Whitney Museum of American Art From the Wall St Journal Speakeasy blog: "Museum Mash-Up: A Former Whitney President Becomes a Work of Art" http://bit.ly/1lS0eG
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Flora Miller Biddle, a former president of the Whitney Museum, is the subject of a photo mash-up, along with her husband, in the book “Sydney and Flora."

Whitney Museum of American Art A glass sculpture weighing a few tons (!) is sitting in a huge crate in the lobby waiting to be installed soon.

Whitney Museum of American Art You may remember Colin from his performances in our Calder exhibit. Check out his Whitney Live artist-in-residence blog:
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Whitney Museum of American Art Tomorrow at 7 pm Whitney Live artist-in-residence Colin Gee & his sister Erin perform and answer questions about their work together: http://bit.ly/9gpW. Whitney Live takes place during pay-what-you-wish hours, which are 6-9 pm every Friday night.
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Whitney Live is free with Museum admission, which is pay-what-you-wish on Fridays from 6-9 pm. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. Reservations are not accepted. All shows start at 7 pm.

Whitney Museum of American Art Check out our live-tweets from last night's annual Walter Annenberg lecture with Bill Viola. He had lots of interesting things to say about the internet and working in a technologically advanced medium.
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The Whitney Museum houses one of the world's foremost collections of contemporary American art. Gretchen in the marketing dept. is the gal behind the tweets.

Whitney Museum of American Art
Tonight's Walter
Annenberg lecture w/ video artist Bill Viola is sold out, but I'll be
live-tweeting the best bits beginning at 7 pm at http://www.twitter.com/whitneymuseum. More info on Viola's work can be found at his website: http://bit.ly/3nlpBR

Whitney Museum of American Art Charles Seliger's lovely painting "Don Quixote" (1944) is now on view in our lobby to the right of the elevators, in memoriam. His New York Times obituary is linked below.
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Mr. Seliger’s small-scale, jewel-like paintings of imaginary natural forms made him the most idiosyncratic of the first-generation Abstract Expressionists.

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The popularity of a show, which closed in January and drew about 120,000 visitors, proved just how important it was for the Whitney to increase its holdings of Mr. Eggleston’s work.

Whitney Museum of American Art Want two free passes to the Whitney? Just give us your feedback by completing this 30 minute survey on membership benefits. Thanks in advance! (Check your update inbox for more info.)
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Whitney Museum of American Art Last night's Gala and Studio party were a huge success! Thanks to all who came to support the Whitney.
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The stars came out to support the Whitney Museum’s 2009 Studio Party Monday night. From Donatella Versace and Lindsay Lohan to Jennifer Hudson, Gerald Butler, and Shakira, view our gallery of the gala.
































