STROLLER TOURS

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For parents and babies ages 0-18 months
Select Fridays 12 - 1 pm
Whitney Teaching Fellows, PhD candidates in art history, lead engaging tours of current exhibitions for new moms and dads when the Museum is closed to the public. Crying babies are welcome!
Stroller tours are for individuals or small groups of less than 5 adults. To schedule tours
for larger groups http://www.whitney.org/www/parents/2a.html#1
$25 per adult. Cash or checks are accepted the day of the tour.
Friday, June 12 Claes Oldenburg: Early Sculpture, Drawings, and Happenings Films
Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen:
The Music Room
One of the most innovative artists of the postwar period, Claes Oldenburg (b. 1929)
is best known for sculptures and drawings that disrupt our expectations of how ordinary
objects “behave.” In 1976, he began an extraordinary creative partnership with the art
historian and curator Coosje van Bruggen (1942-2009) that continued for more than thirty
years. Drawn primarily from the museum’s extensive holdings of drawings, sculpture, film,
and archival material, this presentation illuminates the themes of metamorphosis and
artistic collaboration that are at the heart of their practice.


Friday, July 17 Dan Graham: Beyond
Dan Graham has been a central figure in contemporary art since the 1960s. This
exhibition, Graham’s first American retrospective, traces the evolution of his art
from his early conceptual projects and performances, to his films and videos,
architectural projects and pavilions, and sculptures as well as his collaborations
with musicians and rock bands such as Sonic Youth and Japanther.


Friday, August 21 Claes Oldenburg: Early Sculpture, Drawings, and Happenings Films
Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen:
The Music Room
One of the most innovative artists of the postwar period, Claes Oldenburg (b. 1929)
is best known for sculptures and drawings that disrupt our expectations of how ordinary
objects “behave.” In 1976, he began an extraordinary creative partnership with the art
historian and curator Coosje van Bruggen (1942-2009) that continued for more than thirty
years. Drawn primarily from the museum’s extensive holdings of drawings, sculpture, film,
and archival material, this presentation illuminates the themes of metamorphosis and artistic collaboration that are at the heart of their practice.