MIAMI.- In addition to the gastronomic offer and powerful architectural innovative force, New York has a series of museums among which the modern Whitney Museum of American Art and its extraordinary Whitney Biennial 2024 contemporary art exhibition.
In fact, the Whitney Biennial had its beginnings in 1932, when the museum’s founder, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, established exclusive exhibitions that collected the artistic creation of American sculptors and painters of the time.
Later, in 1937, the exhibitions were held every year, but in 1973 the museological institution recovered the biennial format that characterized it.
Over the course of 92 years, more than 3,600 artists have participated in the exhibitions, including big names such as Jean-Michel Basquiat, Edward Hopper, Georgia O’Keeffe and Andy Warhol.
The current exhibition, which is presented to the public until August 11, is called Even Better Than the Real Thingor even better than the truth, it has works made by 71 contemporary artists who focus on painting, sculpture, digital art and a section of film projections, in addition to live performances.
Other Whitney samples
In addition to the Biennial, the Whitney Museum of American Art has the unique exhibition, open to the public until May 19, Harold Cohen: AARONwhich reflects the evolution of the first artificial intelligence (AI) computer program for artistic creation and one of the longest-running contemporary art projects.
Cohen (1928-2016) conceived the program in the late 1960s at the University of California and named it AARON in the early 1970s.
The exhibition explains that the title alludes to the biblical figure anointed as spokesman for his brother Moses, and questions how artistic creation is often glorified as a form of communication with the divine.
Cohen understood his work with AARON as a collaboration to explore the potential of artificial intelligence to translate an artist’s knowledge and process into code.
Likewise, the Whitney presents, until December, Wanda Gág’s Worldor the world of Wanda Gág (1893–1946), which features a selection of prints by the artist, illustrator and children’s book author.
These works capture the world as Gág experienced it: a place where landscapes move rhythmically and inanimate objects vibrate with life.
The Whitney announces the exhibition Edges of Aileyfrom September 25 to February, in which the museum explores the life and work of Alvin Ailey, one of the most important choreographers of modern dance.
The exhibition will present an ambitious program of daily live performances, including works from the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater repertoire and allegorical works, as well as workshops, classes and lectures.
Additionally, the museum has an outstanding collection of American art from the 20th and 21st centuries, including innovative artists of our time. Iconic works by Lee Krasner, Norman Lewis, Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol and many more.
The Whitney
The Whitney Museum of American Art, better known as The Whitney, is a museum specializing in 20th-century American art.
Located in the area known as the Meatpacking District in New York City, the museum complex has a modern building since 2015 that spans 200,000 square feet (19,000 m2) and eight floors, including the largest column-free art gallery spaces of the city, an educational center, a theater, a conservation laboratory, a library, reading rooms and outdoor spaces from where impressive views of the New York city can be seen.
