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America is Hard to See

A view inside the Whitney Museum's new location at 99 Gansevoort Street in the Meatpacking District. (Photo: The Whitney Museum of American Art)

Does the New Whitney Museum Hate America? Walter Robinson on Its Anti-Utopian Anxiety

Today, we have a brand new Whitney Museum of American Art, which, is being greeted with tons of love. Has everyone gone soft?... Like exhaust fumes into a closed garage, a subtle anxiety seeps in to the inaugural installation.
By Walter Robinson
'Relay II' (1976) by Helen Frankenthaler. (Courtesy Armand Bartos)

Which Artists Does the New Whitney Museum Leave Behind?

The institution just released that list of 407 artists who will be showcased in the opening show "America is Hard To See." Some new stars are anointed. Others are noticeably missing.
By Alexandra Peers

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