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IN JUNE 1986, Walter Benjamin stood before an audience at the Cankarjev Dom in Ljubljana, Slovenia, and delivered a lecture on a set of recent paintings by Piet Mondrian, each dated between 1963 and 1996. “The first thing that could appear extremely...

Courtesy of Salon de Fleurus. Portraits and Prayers Collection of the Salon de Fleurus New York January 8–February 14, 2014 Opening: Wednesday, January 8, 6pm Home Workspace Program, Ashkal Alwan Building 110, 1st Floor Jisr al Wati, Street...

Alice Neel (1900-1984) Alice Neel had been receiving money for her involvement with the Works Project Administration (WPA).  The WPA was the largest and most ambitious American New Deal agency, employing millions of unemployed people, mostly unskilled...

A PERFECT FIT: Stuart Davis’s exhibition exemplifies the Whitney’s mission to encourage American art. Photo by Maggie Berkvist. “In order to make a visual image you have to have something going on.” —Stuart Davis By Martica Sawin There could not...

The most comprehensive career retrospective in the U.S. to date of the work of Frank Stella, co-organized by The Whitney Museum of American Art and the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, will debut at the Whitney this fall. Frank Stella: A Retrospective...