From the colourful to the iconic to the downright bizarre: The Whitney Museum in New York has opened a new exhibition showcasing the history of 20th-century American art.
The show features more than 120 works from the period between 1900 and 1965 by more than 70 artists, including Edward Hopper, Joan Mitchell and Andy Warhol.
The Whitney Museum was founded in 1930 by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, a sculptor, to champion the work of living American artists.
The exhibition begins with a gallery devoted to selections from the museum’s founding collection, followed by galleries that weave their way through major historical art movements and genres.
At the exhibition opening, director Adam Weinberg said it was important for the museum to keep revisiting its old collections and to put the present into context with the past.
Some paintings — such as “The Brooklyn Bridge” by Joseph Stella — show cityscapes. There is also an entire room dedicated to the realist Hopper, as well as landscapes and large-format pieces. The exhibition also features photography and sculptures. – dpa
