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AO ON SITE: 60th Venice Biennale “Foreigners Everywhere” ↠

April 30th, 2024

Movimento dos Artistas Huni Kuin at Venice Biennale 2024

Movimento dos Artistas Huni Kuin at Venice Biennale 2024

The 60th International Art Exhibition, known as the Venice Biennale, is set to run from April 20 to November 24, 2024. This year’s theme, “Stranieri Ovunque” or “Foreigners Everywhere,” is curated by Adriano Pedrosa, marking a significant milestone as the first South American curator of the Biennale Arte. The event is hosted at Venice’s historic Giardini and Arsenale venues, which have been central to the Biennale since its earliest editions. The theme explores the concepts of intersectionality, displacement, and the reevaluation of geographical margins in the art world. 
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London- Yoko Ono at Tate Modern ↠

March 28th, 2024

Yoko Ono at Tate Modern4

Yoko Ono at Tate Modern

“Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind” exhibition at Tate Modern, is on until September 1st and is an expansive journey through Yoko Ono’s artistic legacy, blending music, installations, photography, and interactive performance art. This landmark showcase, the UK’s most extensive collection of Ono’s work, spans her groundbreaking contributions from the early 1950s to today, highlighting her role as a pioneer in avant-garde art circles worldwide.

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Skarstedt London: Jeff Koons ↠

March 12th, 2024

Koons at Skarstedt

Koons at Skarstedt

From 1st March to 25th May 2024, Skarstedt’s London Gallery presents a solo exhibition featuring the work of American artist Jeff Koons. The show includes five mural-sized paintings crafted between 2001 and 2013 drawn from Koons’ series: Easyfun-Ethereal, Antiquity, and Popeye.
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REFERENCE LIBRARY

Whitney Museum of American Art

945 Madison Avenue (at 75th Street)
New York, NY 10021
1-800-WHITNEY
www.whitney.org
Monday – Tuesday Closed
Wednesday – Thursday 11am – 6pm
Friday 1pm – 9pm (6pm – 9pm pay-what-you-wish)
Saturday – Sunday 11am – 6pm

Closed Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.

Contact Education Department for school programs at 212.570.7721 or schoolvisits@whitney.org.

Adults : $15
Senior Citizens (62+) and Students with valid ID : $10
Members, NYC public high school students with valid ID & children under 12 : Free

One day pass to Kaufman Astoria Studios Film & Video Gallery : $6

The Whitney Museum houses one of the most significant collections of American art. It’s collection features works from the first half of the century but emphasizes contemporary artists in its exhibitions. The Whitney’s collection includes works by artists such as Edward Hopper, Keith Haring, Alexander Calder, and Andy Warhol, and it’s independent study program jumpstarted careers for artists such as Julian Schnabel. The Whitney Biennial is usually a much-anticipated exhibit for younger and/or emerging artists.

Recent and upcoming exhibitions of note:
Alexander Calder: The Paris Years, 1926—1933
on view through February 15, 2009
Artists Making Photographs: Smith, Rauschenberg, Samaras, Ruscha, Warhol
Opens January 16, 2009
Synthetic
Opens January 22, 2009
Jenny Holzer
Opens March 12, 2009