Everything on at Whitney Museum of American Art this weekend and in the weeks ahead — hand-checked, free events first.
12 picks · checked Aug 12
Whitney Museum of American Art, Meatpacking District, ManhattanRegan Vercruysse from Phelps, New York, USA · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsVisit the Whitney free during Friday-night hours — pay-what-you-wish evening admission to the Biennial and the whole collection.
Whitney Museum of American Art, Meatpacking District, ManhattanRegan Vercruysse from Phelps, New York, USA · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsVisit the Whitney free during Friday-night hours — pay-what-you-wish evening admission to the Biennial and the whole collection.
Whitney Museum of American Art, Meatpacking District, ManhattanAjay Suresh from New York, NY, USA · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThe Whitney leads a guided Queer History Walk through the Meatpacking District and West Village — LGBTQ+ landmarks and stories.
Whitney Museum of American Art, Meatpacking District, ManhattanAjay Suresh from New York, NY, USA · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThe Whitney leads a guided Queer History Walk through the Meatpacking District and West Village — LGBTQ+ landmarks and stories.
Whitney Museum of American Art, Meatpacking District, ManhattanMabel Dwight's wry Depression-era lithographs of New York crowds close out their Whitney run on Floor 3.
Whitney Museum of American Art, Meatpacking District, ManhattanMabel Dwight's wry Depression-era lithographs of New York crowds close out their Whitney run on Floor 3.
Whitney Museum of American Art, Meatpacking District, ManhattanAkashi rebuilt the chimney that survived the Eaton Fire in luminous glass brick on the Whitney's open-air fifth-floor terrace.
Whitney Museum of American Art, Meatpacking District, ManhattanAkashi rebuilt the chimney that survived the Eaton Fire in luminous glass brick on the Whitney's open-air fifth-floor terrace.
Whitney Museum of American Art, Meatpacking District, ManhattanA Whitney Biennial commission lives on the museum's Gansevoort Street billboard, visible from the pavement at no cost.
Whitney Museum of American Art, Meatpacking District, ManhattanA Whitney Biennial commission lives on the museum's Gansevoort Street billboard, visible from the pavement at no cost.
Whitney Museum of American Art, Meatpacking District, ManhattanNancy Baker Cahill's augmented-reality and digital project Cento extends the Whitney's art experience beyond the gallery walls.
Whitney Museum of American Art, Meatpacking District, ManhattanNancy Baker Cahill's augmented-reality and digital project Cento extends the Whitney's art experience beyond the gallery walls.
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Whitney Museum of American Art, Meatpacking District, ManhattanA founding figure of Latinx art gets his survey: 60-plus Juan Sanchez paintings, photos and videos are headed to the Whitney.
Whitney Museum of American Art, Meatpacking District, ManhattanA founding figure of Latinx art gets his survey: 60-plus Juan Sanchez paintings, photos and videos are headed to the Whitney.
Whitney Museum of American Art, Meatpacking District, ManhattanWarhol's 1972-73 Polaroids from one of his personal Holson albums: Montauk houseguests, European trips and his dachshund Archie.
Whitney Museum of American Art, Meatpacking District, ManhattanWarhol's 1972-73 Polaroids from one of his personal Holson albums: Montauk houseguests, European trips and his dachshund Archie.
Whitney Museum of American Art, Meatpacking District, ManhattanAngellosIoannis · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThe 82nd Whitney Biennial winds down with its final floor, drawing on 56 artists, duos and collectives from across the US and beyond.
Whitney Museum of American Art, Meatpacking District, ManhattanAngellosIoannis · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThe 82nd Whitney Biennial winds down with its final floor, drawing on 56 artists, duos and collectives from across the US and beyond.
Whitney Museum of American Art, Meatpacking District, ManhattanAngels, birds and hothouse flowers pulled straight from dreams — the Whitney reunites with Minnie Evans 50 years after her 1975 solo show.
Whitney Museum of American Art, Meatpacking District, ManhattanAngels, birds and hothouse flowers pulled straight from dreams — the Whitney reunites with Minnie Evans 50 years after her 1975 solo show.
Whitney Museum of American Art, Meatpacking District, ManhattanA founding figure of Latinx art gets his survey: 60-plus Juan Sanchez paintings, photos and videos are headed to the Whitney.
Whitney Museum of American Art, Meatpacking District, ManhattanA founding figure of Latinx art gets his survey: 60-plus Juan Sanchez paintings, photos and videos are headed to the Whitney.
Whitney Museum of American Art, Meatpacking District, ManhattanNancy Baker Cahill's augmented-reality and digital project Cento extends the Whitney's art experience beyond the gallery walls.
Whitney Museum of American Art, Meatpacking District, ManhattanNancy Baker Cahill's augmented-reality and digital project Cento extends the Whitney's art experience beyond the gallery walls.
This list covers the weekend of Aug 15–16, 2026, and it refreshes automatically every week.
Stumblday curates and re-ranks NYC events each week from official venue and city sources — so you get a short, vetted shortlist instead of an endless calendar.
