Whitney Museum Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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We're honoring #MLKDay today with this clip from a conversation between Rep. John Lewis and artist Danny Lyon at the Whitney in 2016. Rep. Lewis recalls meeting Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. when he was just 18. Watch the whole program: https://t.co/Ju34NTxO7y https://t.co/saZSHKRGAC

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We're honoring #MLKDay today with this clip from a conversation between Rep. John Lewis and artist Danny Lyon at the Whitney in 2016. Rep. Lewis recalls meeting Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. when he was just 18. Watch the full program: https://t.co/9F8WP8nw4E https://t.co/8Xnbe4ann0

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To celebrate the publication of Elizabeth Ferrer's Latinx Photography in the United States: A Visual History, Ferrer and scholar Roberto Tejada will discuss the breadth and depth of Latinx photography tomorrow at 6 pm. Read more and register for free: https://t.co/gBDkAzgwcN https://t.co/t6iLnRVo29

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Printmaking is traditionally a means for reproducing an image multiple times, but #JasperJohns often uses the medium to make experimental works. For today's #MindMirrorMonday, we're looking at Johns's monotypes—unique prints that are made by applying ink directly on a plate. https://t.co/DiuG8cFa3h

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New to the Whitney’s collection is Sultana's Dream, a series of 27 linocut prints by Chitra Ganesh. The prints depict scenes from the 1905 short story of the same title—one of the earliest works of feminist science fiction literature by the Bengali writer Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain. https://t.co/nSgViKT40h

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"The Whitney's permanent collection of digital art is a triumph [Curator of Digital Art Christiane] Paul has long worked to establish." https://t.co/gTTrDspkbi

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Tomorrow at 6 pm, to mark the publication of his new book New York, New York, New York: Four Decades of Success, Excess, and Transformation (2021), urban historian and author Thomas Dyja will speak with Adam D. Weinberg. Join us virtually for free: https://t.co/btEUea7Ett https://t.co/QhQckc4QME

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Tonight! Celebrate the publication of Elizabeth Ferrer's Latinx Photography in the United States: A Visual History with a conversation featuring the author and Roberto Tejada. Read more and register for free: https://t.co/gBDkAzy74l https://t.co/XT2fN9ZrU7

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Celebrate the final weekend of Edward Hopper's New York with this photograph of the artist from 1950. Curator Kim Conaty writes: "Formal yet humble, the portrait captures the sixty-seven-year-old artist at the height of his career..." https://t.co/9Ft0ANmXDR

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Through video, sculpture, photography, and design, Josh Kline's work questions how emergent technologies are changing human life in the twenty-first century. Josh Kline: Project for a New American Century is on view through August 13. https://t.co/MayoyT7ltF