whitney.org

About this original series

Watch original video programming from the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. The Whitney houses one of the world's foremost collections of contemporary American art and programs provocative special exhibitions by the most promising and influential American artists of the 20th and 21st century. Whitney.org features interviews with artists and curators, as well as other video-based content, offering a unique and up-close view of Whitney exhibitions and programs. For more information visit whitney.org/WatchAndListen.

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Learning
# Episodes
123 episodes
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Episodes of whitney.org

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  Vlog: Marcel Breuer's Whitney Museum
  
  In this video, educator Andrew Fisher and educator/artist Christine S. Kim explore architect Marcel Breuer's iconic design for the Whitney Museum.
  - Release date
    
    Jan 5, 2012
  - Runtime
    
    05:18
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  David Smith: Cubes and Anarchy
  
  In this video, David Smith biographer Michael Brenson discusses Smith's monumental sculpture, on view in the exhibition David Smith: Cubes and Anarchy.
  - Release date
    
    Nov 29, 2011
  - Runtime
    
    03:33
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  Vlog: Xavier Cha: Body Drama
  
  In this video blog (or, “vlog”), educator Andrew Fisher discusses the performance work Body Drama (2011) by Xavier Cha, on view in the exhibition Xavier Cha: Body Drama.
  - Release date
    
    Nov 22, 2011
  - Runtime
    
    02:35
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  Opening Party
  
  In this video, Whitney members celebrate the opening of 2010, the Whitney Biennial.
  - Release date
    
    Mar 9, 2010
  - Runtime
    
    00:51
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  August 11, 2010: Anthony Coleman and special gue...
  
  In this video, Anthony Coleman and special guest Odeya Nini perform Christian Marclay’s Covers (2007-10) in which the musicians draw inspiration from thirty record covers and attempt to play any musical notation as literally as possible.
  - Release date
    
    Sep 28, 2010
  - Runtime
    
    02:07
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  Whitney Focus presents Claes Oldenburg's "Giant ...
  
  Curator Dana Miller narrates the assembling of Claes Oldenburg's Giant BLT (Bacon, Lettuce, and Tomato Sandwich). Using early installation photographs as a reference, Miller guides art handlers through the placement of each of the "bacon," "lettuce," and "tomatoes" of the soft sculpture. This careful process is one of the many ways, the curator explains, in which Oldenburg’s work encourages the viewer to "look at your world with fresh eyes."
  - Release date
    
    Jun 10, 2009
  - Runtime
    
    02:15
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  Singular Visions: Robert Morris, Untitled (L-bea...
  
  In this video, curator Scott Rothkopf discusses the artist Robert Morris's Untitled (L-beams) (1965), on view in the exhibition Singular Visions.
  - Release date
    
    Oct 27, 2011
  - Runtime
    
    02:35
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  Singular Visions: Eva Hesse, No Title, 1970
  
  In this video, curator and Sondra Gilman Curator of Photography Elisabeth Sussman discusses the artist Eva Hesse's rope sculpture, No Title (1970), on view in the exhibition Singular Visions.
  - Release date
    
    Oct 21, 2011
  - Runtime
    
    03:04
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  Vlog: Thomas Hart Benton, The Lord is My Shepher...
  
  In this video blog (or, “vlog”), educator Lauren Ridloff discusses artist Thomas Hart Benton's The Lord is My Shepherd (1926), which depicts a deaf couple at their home in Martha's Vineyard.
  - Release date
    
    Oct 14, 2011
  - Runtime
    
    02:30:49
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  Xavier Cha: Body Drama
  
  In this video, senior curatorial assistant Diana Kamin discusses the video and performance installation Xavier Cha: Body Drama.
  - Release date
    
    Sep 13, 2011
  - Runtime
    
    02:45