The Whitney Museum of American Art is taking New Yorkers on a joyful journey through more than a century of creativity with “Untitled” (America), an ongoing exhibition that pairs beloved highlights from the museum’s own collection with exciting recent acquisitions. It is a warm, wide-ranging celebration of how artists have imagined and reimagined the United States.
The presentation spans American art from 1900 through the early 1980s, beginning with the Whitney’s strong holdings in figurative and realist traditions. From there it wanders through artists’ responses to place and memory, the rise of popular culture and consumerism, the seductions of mass media, and the dynamic spaces of abstraction — a colorful conversation across generations.
The exhibition also honors the vision of sculptor and philanthropist Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, who founded the museum in 1930 to champion living artists. It pays tribute to artist Felix Gonzalez-Torres, whose work of the same title glows in a window of the show, creating a luminous passage between the museum and the world beyond.
On view since July 2025 in the museum’s Meatpacking District home, “Untitled” (America) is a perfect outing for families, first-time visitors, and lifelong art lovers alike — a reminder of the imagination, optimism, and diversity that have always powered American art.
Photo: The Whitney Museum of American Art
