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Roy Lichtenstein: Like New greets visitors with a replica of Lichtenstein's 96-foot-long Greene Street Mural. The original work was on view at Castelli Gallery for six weeks, after which it was covered in drywall and painted over. Co-curator Meg Onli tells us: "There’s a story that goes, Leo Castelli brought Roy Lichtenstein into this early Greene Street space as it was being renovated. And he said, 'Roy, look at the space. Do something.' And Lichtenstein said, 'I don’t know, Leo. The space is huge. I’m not really sure what I would do.' And they walk around the space together. And at some point Lichtenstein says, 'I guess I’m going to have to use everything I’ve ever painted to fill this space.' And he says, 'Aha, that’s what I'll do.'" For Like New, @ColossalMedia has remade the mural by hand. When you visit, take a close look: Embedded in glass cases in the mural's surface are some of Lichtenstein’s drawings and other works showing his process.
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Members! Welcome to Roy Lichtenstein: Like New. In honor of the first day of Member Previews, artist and co-curator Alex Da Corte gave us some insight into how he thinks about Lichtenstein's work. Member Preview Days: Thursday, October 8, 10:30 am–6 pm Friday, October 9, 10:30 am–5 pm Saturday, October 10, 10:30 am–6 pm
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Think you know Roy Lichtenstein? We'll see about that. Roy Lichtenstein: Like New opens to Members on October 8 and the public on October 11. — Artworks: © Estate of Roy Lichtenstein/DACS 2026
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See the world through Roy Lichtenstein's eyes. Experience the first major exhibition in more than 30 years dedicated to the American artist who shaped Pop art. Roy Lichtenstein: Like New opens to Members on October 8 and the public on October 11. — Artworks: © Estate of Roy Lichtenstein/DACS 2026
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The hot dog has landed. 🌭 How apt that our new billboard by Alex Da Corte looks across the street to our food cart friends. Created in conjunction with our upcoming exhibition Roy Lichtenstein: Like New, Da Corte began with a printout of a Roy Lichtenstein painting, Hot Dog (1963). He painted ketchup across its surface in a loose sweep—an irreverent gesture akin to the drama of Jackson Pollock’s action painting. Lichtenstein himself returned to the topic in Hot Dog with Mustard and related works from 1963–64, making the subject a small but vivid part of his Pop vocabulary. Da Corte's billboard is now on view across from the Whitney. Like New opens on October 11.
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Our upcoming exhibition Roy Lichtenstein: Like New features a recreation of Roy Lichtenstein's Super Sunset Billboard from 1967 by artist and co-curator Alex Da Corte and studio assistants. This massive work will be on view in the Whitney's west-facing window, positioned to emulate the actual sunset. 🌆 Like New opens October 11.
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👁️ The Lost World: The Art of Minnie Evans is officially open on our eighth floor ✨ Inspired by vivid dreams and visions, Minnie Evans made her first drawing in 1935 after the death of her beloved grandmother. During the subsequent decades, the artist created hundreds of radiant pencil and crayon drawings, oil paintings, and collages that combined imagery from her Afro-Caribbean heritage, mythology, religion, popular culture, decorative arts, and the natural environment of her native Wilmington, North Carolina. Organized by the @HighMuseumofArt, the retrospective is on view through January 10, 2027. — Minnie Evans, Untitled (Statuary, Stars, and Flora), 1965 Oil, gouache, and pencil on paper 12 × 9 in.(30.48 × 22.86 cm). Collection of Wendy Williams, New York. © The Estate of Minnie Evans. Photo: Christopher Burke Minnie Evans, Untitled (Paisley Design), ca. 1950s, graphite, ink, and crayon on paper, 8 3/4 x 11 3/4 in. (22.2 x 29.84 cm). High Museum of Art, Atlanta, bequest of Chuck and Harvie Abney. © The Estate of Minnie Evans Minnie Evans, Untitled (detail), 1946. Mixed media on paper, 11 1/2 × 9 in. (29.2 × 22.9 cm). The Keen Collection, ME 2 2D. © The Estate of Minnie Evans. Photo: Karen Mauch
A colorful, folk art-style painting featuring celestial and floral motifs. White stars are scattered across a blue-to-pink gradient sky. Vibrant, intricate flowers and leaves fill the scene, including a mix of reds, yellows, and greens. Two sculpted busts are present: one of a serene figure on a pedestal, and another resembling an angel with wings. The foreground includes various plants and a small, bare tree.

ALT A colorful, folk art-style painting featuring celestial and floral motifs. White stars are scattered across a blue-to-pink gradient sky. Vibrant, intricate flowers and leaves fill the scene, including a mix of reds, yellows, and greens. Two sculpted busts are present: one of a serene figure on a pedestal, and another resembling an angel with wings. The foreground includes various plants and a small, bare tree.

An intricate, colorful design with paisley patterns and floral elements in swirling shapes. The vibrant artwork features a variety of hues, including red, blue, green, and orange, creating a lively and detailed abstract composition.

ALT An intricate, colorful design with paisley patterns and floral elements in swirling shapes. The vibrant artwork features a variety of hues, including red, blue, green, and orange, creating a lively and detailed abstract composition.

An abstract drawing by Minnie Evans features intricate, symmetrical patterns and shapes with vibrant colors. The composition includes stylized faces and what appear to be owl-like figures, along with decorative, circular, and floral motifs. The artwork showcases a blend of organic and geometric elements.

ALT An abstract drawing by Minnie Evans features intricate, symmetrical patterns and shapes with vibrant colors. The composition includes stylized faces and what appear to be owl-like figures, along with decorative, circular, and floral motifs. The artwork showcases a blend of organic and geometric elements.

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It's the last week to experience the fifth floor of #WhitneyBiennial 2026. The Biennial asks not only what is being made but also what it means to name something "American" at all. In its 2026 edition, contemporary artists and collectives take over the Museum and share their stories across film, performance, painting, sculpture, digital art, and more. See for yourself the exhibition everyone's talking about. Floor 5 will remain on view through August 23. Floor 1 will remain on view through September 7. Floor 6 will remain on view through October 12. — Installation views of Whitney Biennial 2026 (Whitney Museum of American Art, March 8–August 2026). Michelle Lopez, Pandemonium, 2025. Basel Abbas & Ruanne Abou-Rahme, Until we became fire and fire us, 2023–ongoing. Young Joon Kwak, Divine Dance of Soft Revolt (Anna, Travis, Me), 2024. Leo Castañeda, Camoflux: Levels & Bosses Video Game Installation Incendio Igapó, 2026. Photos: Gus Powell
Two people stand in a dark room, looking up at a starry projection on the ceiling.

ALT Two people stand in a dark room, looking up at a starry projection on the ceiling.

In a dimly-lit art gallery, two individuals sit on stools facing dynamic, colorful projections on the walls. Abstract shapes and figures are displayed on large screens in a creative installation. The room has a contemporary design with a wooden floor and high ceiling.

ALT In a dimly-lit art gallery, two individuals sit on stools facing dynamic, colorful projections on the walls. Abstract shapes and figures are displayed on large screens in a creative installation. The room has a contemporary design with a wooden floor and high ceiling.

An individual stands in a room with yellow lighting, observing a hanging sculpture composed of various fragmented, reflective human-like forms. The sculpture is suspended by wires in a spiral formation.

ALT An individual stands in a room with yellow lighting, observing a hanging sculpture composed of various fragmented, reflective human-like forms. The sculpture is suspended by wires in a spiral formation.

Two individuals are interacting with a digital installation at the Whitney. One is seated on a stylized white sculpture, holding a gaming controller, while the other stands nearby. A vibrant screen, surrounded by a colorful mural, displays a dynamic scene.

ALT Two individuals are interacting with a digital installation at the Whitney. One is seated on a stylized white sculpture, holding a gaming controller, while the other stands nearby. A vibrant screen, surrounded by a colorful mural, displays a dynamic scene.

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✨ Tickets are now on sale for Roy Lichtenstein: Like New ✨ Experience the first major New York exhibition of Roy Lichtenstein in 30+ years. Featuring more than 130 works—including many of his most celebrated paintings—Roy Lichtenstein: Like New takes a deeper look at the artist who transformed comics, advertising, and popular culture into groundbreaking art. Like New opens to Members on October 8 and the public on October 11. Read more about the show and get your tickets now: whitney.org/exhibitions/lich… — Roy Lichtenstein, Girl in Window (Study for World's Fair Mural), 1963 (detail). Oil and acrylic on canvas, 68 1/8 × 56 in. (173 × 142.2 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of The American Contemporary Art Foundation, Inc., Leonard A. Lauder, President 2002.254. © Estate of Roy Lichtenstein/DACS 2026
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Happy Fourth of July! This Roy Lichtenstein print from the collection feels particularly apt as we gear up for our major Lichtenstein exhibition opening this fall. Stay tuned! — Roy Lichtenstein, Forms in Space, 1985. The Roy Lichtenstein Study Collection, gift of the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation 2019.175 © Estate of Roy Lichtenstein, all rights reserved
The image features an abstract interpretation of the United States flag by Roy Lichtenstein. The flag incorporates a blue rectangle with white dots in place of stars and red diagonal stripes replacing the traditional horizontal ones.

ALT The image features an abstract interpretation of the United States flag by Roy Lichtenstein. The flag incorporates a blue rectangle with white dots in place of stars and red diagonal stripes replacing the traditional horizontal ones.

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these guys are passionate about free arts programming!
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July is here and NYC feels like one giant Vija Celmin's heater. 🔥 From the beginning of her artistic career, Celmins has been concerned with a meticulous representation of objects and the natural world, devoid of human presence. This early painting, titled Heater (1964), was made when Celmins was a graduate student at UCLA and engaged in a methodical depiction of the contents of her studio, recording the physical condition of the objects and the space around them. Painted in a highly realistic fashion, the heater appears to radiate warmth from its glowing coils. Isolated against a grey background, the heater is separated from its context, rendering it neutral and almost abstract. Visit Heater in our seventh floor collection galleries, which are, of course, air conditioned. — Vija Celmins, Heater, 1964. Purchase, with funds from the Contemporary Painting and Sculpture Committee 95.19 © Vija Celmins
A portable electric heater with a glowing red heating element, set against a plain dark background. The heater has a handle on top and a mesh covering the front.

ALT A portable electric heater with a glowing red heating element, set against a plain dark background. The heater has a handle on top and a mesh covering the front.

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You could say Conservation cooked with this one. 🧑‍🍳 Check out the full video on our YouTube. 🎬 — Claes Oldenburg, Soft Dormeyer Mixer, 1965. Purchase, with funds from the Howard and Jean Lipman Foundation, Inc. 66.55 © Claes Oldenburg
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Robert Mangold, Untitled (for Artists Space), 1995 whitney.org/collection/works…

Robert Mangold | Untitled (for Artists Space).

In 1994 and 1995, Robert Mangold worked on the Curved Plane/Figure Series, which utilizes ellipses drawn with black pencil and abutting panels of multiple colors to create oppositions between the...

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At the 2026 @whitneymuseum Biennial, galleries hum with the sounds of insects, rooms smell of lemon grass, and the digital worlds blur the line between memory and art. Senior Curator Marcela Guerrero gives @LatinoUSA a guided tour of it all. bit.ly/lusawhitney

Who Gets to Define 'American Art'? Inside the 2026 Whitney Biennial - Latino USA

The first Latina curator in the Whitney Biennial's 82-year history, Marcela Guerrero, is expanding the map of “American” art through kinship, technology, and global resistance.

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Breaking news! 🗞️ Summer's almost here and we're excited to announce that the Museum will be open seven days a week beginning June 16 through August 18. Reserve your tickets in advance on whitney.org. See you soon! — Alex Dodge, The Hidden Power of Everyday Things, 2002–2007. Purchase, with funds from David W. Kiehl in honor of Carla Chammas and Judi Roaman 2009.2 © Alex Dodge
Illustration of an underwater view of a swimming pool with clear blue water. The pool features black lane markings and white tiles with black cross symbols on the walls. The water surface creates wavy reflections, adding a dynamic effect.

ALT Illustration of an underwater view of a swimming pool with clear blue water. The pool features black lane markings and white tiles with black cross symbols on the walls. The water surface creates wavy reflections, adding a dynamic effect.

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