Museum Events

March 19, 5 pm March 28, 12 pm March 29, 12 pm April 3, 12 pm April 15, 2 pm April 23, 4 pm May 1, 12 pm May 9, 4 pm May 17, 12 pm May 20, 8 pm May 27, 4 pm June 4, 5 pm June 12, 2 pm June 20, 4 pm June 27, 4 pm June 28, 12 pm July 8, 2 pm July 16, 5 pm July 24, 12 pm August 1, 4 pm August 8, 4 pm August 12, 5 pm August 20, 8 pm August 22, 4 pm August 23, 12 pm Presented as part of the 2026 Whitney Biennial , Nile Harris and his collaborator Dyer Rhoads expand on the sculpture ‘Dark Brown Birkin Bag’, featured in the fifth floor gallery, through the uncrating of a second work of art on the exhibition floor. Collaborators Cast: Andrei Kouznetsov, Vadim Kroll Translation: Bela Shayevich & Igor Gulin in collaboration with the performers  Casting: Casting Double (Geraldine Baron & Salome Oggenfuss) Produced by Social Security End of Days was commissioned by the Whitney Museum of American Art as part of the 2026 Whitney Biennial. Duration: Approximately 30 minutes

5pm–5pm

Event

Sunset Lounge 

On select Friday nights, the Theater transforms into a lounge. Stop by to relax and recharge, soak up dreamy views of the Hudson River, and enjoy playlists curated by Brooklyn-based music and performance venue Public Records.   Museum admission is free every Friday evening from 5–10 pm. Join us for music and DJ performances, world-class exhibitions of contemporary American art, cocktails with views at Studio Bar , and more. 

5pm–10pm

Event

DJ Sunny Cheeba

Art + You: Gallery Conversations For Younger Adults

April 3, 5–10 pm A Bronx native and founder of Uptown Vinyl Supreme, a DJ collective paying homage to the analog roots of music, party, and dance culture, DJ Sunny Cheeba is an artist and activist deeply invested in her community. Immerse yourself in her genre-spanning mixes and enjoy access to world-class exhibitions, skyline views from our terraces, and more as part of Free Friday Nights ! 

5:30pm–9pm

Event

First Fridays

The Frick Collection · The Frick Collection

Join Us: Fully registered; limited walk-up tickets available Questions: admissions@frick.org Accessibility: Assistive Listening Devices Link: https://www.frick.org/programs/first_fridays First Fridays are back at the Frick! The Frick Collection invites you to FREE evenings of art and culture! Join us from 5:30 to 9:00 p.m. on the first Friday of each month (except January and September). Explore our galleries and special exhibitions after hours, grab a drink or a bite to eat, and enjoy exciting talks, live music in the Garden Court, and more.   Timed tickets are strongly recommended (except for members). A limited number of walk-up tickets will be available. Only children ages 10 and older are admitted. Live Music: Christian Cail Jazz Trio Garden Court, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Drop-in Drawing Garden Court, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Sketch at your own pace. All art materials are provided. Gallery Talks: Closer Look at Gainsborough's Mall in St. James's Park Dining Room

6:30pm–7:30pm

Lecture

15-Minute Tour: Highlights of the Whitney Biennial 2026

Join us on April 3, as we welcome warmer weather with one of our newly installed pieces from Whitney Biennial 2026 . Come and connect on this first Friday with fellow art lovers in a warm and friendly environment. Guided by a Whitney Museum Educator, each Art+You session is and welcomes younger adult visitors to reflect and trade thoughts on select artworks on view through close looking and dialogue. Alternating across Whitney’s galleries, each month focuses on a small selection of works for a more intimate, meditative, and expansive experience.    Afterwards, keep the fun going by joining Free Friday Night . Facilitator: Caitlin Chan  is a Joan Tisch Teaching Fellow at the Whitney Museum and a Ph.D. candidate in Art History at Stanford University. Her research on modern and contemporary American art is driven by questions of permanence and wonder. At Stanford, Caitlin is a recipient of the Jeanette and William Hayden Jones Fellowship in American Art and Culture.

7pm–7pm

Tour

15-Minute Tour: Highlights of the Whitney Biennial 2026

Free Friday Nights, 7 pm and 7:30pm Join a Whitney Educator in the galleries for 15 to 20 minute tours of select artworks featured in the Whitney Biennial 2026 .  Free with Museum admission. No reservations are necessary, but capacity is limited to twenty people on a first-come, first-served basis.  Times and locations are subject to change or cancellation. Please confirm daily tour times on our calendar .

7:30pm–7:30pm

Tour

Pat Oleszko: Reel Life Performantz

Saturday, April 4

2pm–2pm

Event

BERG Collective Hosts Free Friday Night

April 4 at 2 pm Presented as part of the 2026 Whitney Biennial , the screening will present a selection of Oleszko’s moving image works, of which she produced more than 70 between the 1970s to the 2000s. The screening will be followed by a conversation between Pat Oleszko, Jovanna Venegas, Co-curator of Pat Oleszko: Fool Disclosure , and Drew Sawyer the Sondra Gilman Curator of Photography. Presented in partnership with SculptureCenter on the occasion of Pat Oleszko: Fool Disclosure running until April 27, 2026. Program Ashpattol , 1979, 15:31 min A Fine Havana Walk 'n Roll, 2019, 2:45 min Roamin' Holiday: A View from A Broad, 2000, 23:09 min Darwin's Nightmare: Pa’t One , 2013, 3:09 min Where Fools Russian , 1988, 5:18 min STOKE THE VOTE , 2020, 1:19 min This film program contains nudity. Duration Approximately 90 minutes Pat Oleszko , known as the Ms Tricks of Dis Guise, has a large body--of work. With elaborate costumes and props, she creates performances,

Tuesday, April 7

6:30pm–8:30pm

Event

Presentation on "Vecchietta"

The Frick Collection · In-Person: The Frick Collection

Questions: fellows@frick.org Phone: 212-547-0709 Join Us: RSVP required; fellows@frick.org Fellows and Young Fellows only are invited to a presentation by Giulio Dalvit, Associate Curator, on his publication Vecchietta . A light reception will follow.

Wednesday, April 8

3pm–3:15pm

Lecture

Gallery Talk: A Home for Art

The Frick Collection · Dining Room

Join Us: Free with museum admission; no registration required Questions: education@frick.org Accessibility: Assistive Listening Devices Join a museum educator to learn how the Frick mansion became The Frick Collection. Please meet in the Dining Room . Assistive listening devices will be available upon request.  

3pm–3:15pm

Lecture

Gallery Talk: Closer Look at David's "Comtesse Daru"

The Frick Collection · East Gallery

4pm–4:15pm

Lecture

Gallery Talk: A Home for Art

The Frick Collection · Dining Room

4pm–4:15pm

Lecture

Gallery Talk: Closer Look at David's "Comtesse Daru"

The Frick Collection · East Gallery

6pm–7pm

Lecture

Continue the Conversation for Members: Bellini's "St. Francis in the Desert"

The Frick Collection · Online: Zoom

Summary: Members are invited to an online participatory conversation led by a Frick educator and focused on Bellini's St. Francis in the Desert . Space is limited and active participation is strongly encouraged. Live captioning will be provided. Questions: members@frick.org Phone: 212 547 0707 Join Us: Members only; registration required

Thursday, April 9

2:15pm–5:15pm

Lecture

IFA-Frick Symposium on the History of Art

The Frick Collection · Stephen A. Schwarzman Auditorium & Online

Join Us: Free with registration Questions: academic@frick.org Accessibility: Assistive Listening Devices,Live CART Captioning The Frick Collection and the Institute of Fine Arts of New York University jointly sponsor the annual Symposium on the History of Art for graduate students in the northeastern United States. Speakers are nominated by their doctoral programs to present original research in any field of art history. The symposium will take place on April 9 and 10, at The Frick Collection and the Institute of Fine Arts, respectively. The symposium is free with  registration . The event will also be  livestreamed . No registration is necessary for the livestream. Live CART captioning will be provided.  Learn more and consult the symposium program.

5pm–7pm

Event

Sketch Night

The Frick Collection · In-Person: The Frick Collection

Join Us: REGISTRATION FULL Questions: draw@frick.org Enjoy the galleries and draw at your own pace during this in-person sketching program at The Frick Collection.   All art materials are provided, and participants are invited to sketch independently in select galleries. This after-hours program is free, but online registration is required.

Friday, April 10

1pm–5:15pm

Lecture

IFA-Frick Symposium on the History of Art

The Frick Collection · James B. Duke House, 1 East 78th Street, New York, NY

Join Us: Free with registration Questions: academic@frick.org Accessibility: Live CART Captioning The Frick Collection and the Institute of Fine Arts of New York University jointly sponsor the annual Symposium on the History of Art for graduate students in the northeastern United States. Speakers are nominated by their doctoral programs to present original research in any field of art history. The symposium will take place on April 9 and 10, at The Frick Collection and the Institute of Fine Arts, respectively. The symposium is free with  registration . The event will also be  livestreamed . No registration is necessary for the livestream. Live CART captioning will be provided.  Learn more and consult the symposium program.

5pm–10pm

Event

15-Minute Tour: Highlights of the Whitney Biennial 2026

The Whitney is partnering with the  Black Employee Resource Group  (BERG) Collective to co-host a special   Free Friday Night , welcoming Black professionals in tech, sports, beauty, and entertainment to the Museum. Join us for an insightful panel discussion and enjoy an evening of dynamic DJ sets, sipping cocktails with iconic views from our terraces, and making lasting connections.   From Collection to Connection: A Dialogue on Art, Technology, and New Forms of Patronage— ticketed   Floor 3, Theater 6–7:15 pm In an era of rapid digital transformation and shifting social networks, Whitney Biennial 2026 explores the intricate webs of relationships and infrastructure that bind us together. Join The BERG (Black Employee Resource Group) Collective for a forward-looking conversation on how Black cultural production thrives within these evolving systems. Moderated by Roger C. Tucker, this conversation examines how technology both challenges and supports models

7pm–7pm

Tour

15-Minute Tour: Highlights of the Whitney Biennial 2026

7:30pm–7:30pm

Tour

Whitney Signs: “Untitled” (America)

Saturday, April 11

3:30pm–6pm

Event

Join us for an in-person tour of “Untitled’ (America)” led by Deaf educator Christopher Tester in American Sign Language. The event begins with a tour at 3:30 pm and will be followed by a wine and cheese reception from 5–6 pm in the Artspace. Please plan to meet in Hearst Artspace on Floor 3 at 3:15 pm.  This tour will be in ASL and will not have voice interpretation. To request interpretation for Tactile, Protactile, International Sign Language, another language, or additional accommodations, including Braille, please email accessfeedback@whitney.org or call (646) 666-5574 (relay calls welcome) with two weeks’ notice.

Sunday, April 12

10:30am–8pm

Event

Free Second Sundays

Wearable Sculptures with Pat Oleszko

Starting January 14, 2024 admission to the Whitney will be free all day on the second Sunday of every month. Visitors of all ages will enjoy art-making, activities, tours, classes, and other special events that celebrate Whitney exhibitions and community events. 

11am–3pm

Event

Artists of all ages are invited to join Whitney Biennial 2026 artist Pat Oleszko to create their own wearable sculpture. Transform yourself into a walking, talking work of art using a wide array of art supplies and recycled materials. Step into our video booth to record your sculptural costume in action. At 3pm, join us in the Museum’s Lobby. We’ll all put on our wearable works of art and parade around the block with a New Orleans-style brass band from our friends at Jazz at Lincoln Center. Pat Oleszko first began creating her “inflatables” in the early 1980s as a way to make large-scale sculptures without relying on the need for constructed, heavy armatures. This work debuted as a 1995 commission for the World Trade Center Plaza, where strong winds nearly blew it away. The artist sews these sculptures in sections, which she then connects, unfurls, and inflates on her roof.

11am–11am

Tour

Gallery tours through the Whitney’s current exhibitions are offered each day. Join a museum docent for insight into the works on view. See events calendar for timings.  Tours are free with Museum admission. No reservations are necessary, but capacity is limited to twenty-five people on a first-come, first-served basis. Tours meet in the galleries.  Times and locations are subject to change or cancellation. Please confirm daily tour times on our calendar .

2pm–2pm

Tour

Costume Promenade with Pat Oleszko and Jazz at Lincoln Center

3pm–4pm

Event

Jazz at Lincoln Center: Afternoon Lounge

After making a wearable sculpture with Whitney Biennial 2026 artist Pat Oleszko (11 am–2 pm), gather in the Museum Lobby wearing your creation and get ready to promenade with Jazz at Lincoln Center. An exuberant New Orleans–style brass band with an Americana twist will fill play a classic interactive parade repetoire, mixing in songs inspired by Pat Oleszko’s work. Led by Pat Oleszko and the band, the celebration continues as we step outside and promenade around the Museum, transforming the sidewalk into a joyful procession of music, movement, and wearable art. Please note: On Sundays, all visitors must enter through the front entrance. If you leave the building during the promenade, re-entry may require waiting in line. Outdoor portions are weather permitting.

4:30pm–5:30pm

Event

Jazz at Lincoln Center presents an exuberant New Orleans–style brass band with an Americana twist. The band will play a classic, interactive parade repertoire, mixing in songs inspired by the work of Biennial artist Pat Oleszko . Pat Oleszko first began creating her “inflatables” in the early 1980s as a way to make large-scale sculptures without relying on the need for constructed, heavy armatures. This work debuted as a 1995 commission for the World Trade Center Plaza, where strong winds nearly blew it away. The artist sews these sculptures in sections, which she then connects, unfurls, and inflates on her roof.

Monday, April 13

2pm–2pm

Tour

5pm–7:30pm

Event

Drawing From the Collection: Landscape

The Frick Collection · In-Person: The Frick Collection

Join Us: SOLD OUT! Please contact us at draw@frick.org to join the waitlist. Questions: draw@frick.org Practice a variety of drawing techniques in this after-hours workshop led by artist and educator Chris Gartrell. Participants will be guided through sketching activities in the Frick’s galleries, with a focus on landscape in works by artists like Corot and Turner. Explore the possibilities of line, gesture, tone, and space in a small group with hands-on instruction, and develop a personal drawing style using a range of provided materials, including pencil, Conté crayon, and toned papers.    Registration is $50 ($40 for Frick members). This class is open to registrants of all skill levels, and materials are provided. Space is limited to 15 registrants. If registration is full and you would like to join the waitlist, please email draw@frick.org .    Tickets are non-refundable.  Chris Gartrell is an artist and educator based in Brooklyn, New York, wi

Wednesday, April 15

12pm–1pm

Workshop

Virtual Workshop: PHAROS: The International Association of Photo Archives

The Frick Collection · Online: Zoom

Questions: dahlprograms@frick.org Join Us: Free with Zoom registration Library Series: Digital Art History,Research Tools Speaker: Dr. Louisa Wood Roby Accessibility: Live CART Captioning Join the Frick Art Research Library for a virtual lunchtime workshop led by art historian and independent scholar Louisa Wood Ruby. Participants will learn how scholars can utilize the newly remodeled PHAROS research platform, which provides access to millions of photo archive images and scholarly documentation from thirteen collections worldwide, including the Frick Photoarchive . The session will showcase PHAROS’s key features, demonstrating how the platform advances art research, from image analysis to provenance study to attribution. An audience Q&A will follow the presentation. Image caption: Screenshot of the artresearch.net homepage

2pm–2pm

Workshop

2pm–2pm

Tour

3pm–3:15pm

Lecture

Gallery Talk: A Home for Art

The Frick Collection · Library Gallery

Join Us: Free with museum admission; no registration required Questions: education@frick.org Accessibility: Assistive Listening Devices Join a museum educator to learn how the Frick mansion became The Frick Collection. Please meet in the Library Gallery . Assistive listening devices will be available upon request.  

3pm–3:15pm

Lecture

Gallery Talk: Closer Look at Rembrandt's "Nicolaes Ruts"

The Frick Collection · West Gallery

4pm–4:15pm

Lecture

Gallery Talk: A Home for Art

The Frick Collection · Library Gallery

Join Us: Free with museum admission; no registration required Questions: education@frick.org Accessibility: Assistive Listening Devices Join a museum educator to learn how the Frick mansion became The Frick Collection. Please meet in the Library Gallery . Assistive listening devices will be available upon request.  

4pm–4:15pm

Lecture

Gallery Talk: Closer Look at Rembrandt's "Nicolaes Ruts"

The Frick Collection · West Gallery

Thursday, April 16

1pm–2pm

Performance

Musicians from the Royal Academy of Music

The Frick Collection · Stephen A. Schwarzman Auditorium

Performers: Musicians from the Royal Academy of Music  Program: Music by Shostakovich, Doda, Finnis, Granados, Schnittke Tickets: SOLD OUT Policies: Concert Policies Questions: tickets@frick.org Phone: 212-288-0700 Notes: All tickets for the 2025–26 concert season are sold out. All concert tickets include access to the museum up to two hours before the performance begins. Tickets Required: Yes Cellist Jason Ma and pianist Seth Schultheis pair selections from Shostakovich’s introspective Preludes and Fugues and Schnittke’s Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 1 with Granados’s imagistic solo piano work,  Goyescas , a set of character pieces inspired by the paintings of Goya. Central to this concert is the world premiere of a newly commissioned work by young composer Ruben Doda, inspired by The Forge , Goya’s late masterpiece in the Frick’s collection. Image Credit: Royal Academy of Music, photo by Adam Scott 

2pm–2pm

Tour

Friday, April 17

2pm–2pm

Tour

Open Studio for Teens 2026

4pm–6pm

Workshop

Live Music by Samer Ghadry and Laraaji

February 6 February 13 March 6 March 13 March 27 April 17 April 24 Teens are welcome to join Open Studio for Teens , a free artmaking program on select Fridays. Together with contemporary artists and educators, teens can delve into innovative techniques through hands-on projects that draw inspiration from the themes and artists featured in the Whitney’s collection and exhibitions. All programs are free for those 18 and under; registration is required. Make Your Mark with Marisol February 6 Use your hands and body to create bold monoprints inspired by Marisol ’s Diptych . Move, stamp, and experiment with expressive printmaking! Sculpting with Noguchi February 13 Carve soap into abstract forms inspired by artist Isamu Noguchi . Explore balance, shape, and negative space in 3D. Mosaic Stories with Dyani White Hawk March 6 Design a colorful mosaic inspired by Dyani White Hawk ’s installation Nourish . Use patterns and colors to reflect memory and identity.

6:30pm–6:30pm

Performance

Free Pop-Up Dance Classes with Ailey Extension

6:30 pm 8 pm Join the Whitney for performances by Samer Ghadry and Laraaji at Free Friday Nights , co-presented by Brooklyn-based performance venue and community space Public Records .  Specializing in piano, zither, and mbira, Laraaji is an American multi-instrumentalist known for creating meditative soundscapes. His music blends electronic processing, natural sounds, and spiritual themes. Laraaji has collaborated with various electronic and experimental artists and is also known for leading workshops that reflect the spiritual and meditative focus of his work. Samer Ghadry is a percussionist and sound healer based in Brooklyn, NY. He studied jazz and world music while at Brown University before moving to NYC in 2008. Since 2018, he's been a student and practitioner of sound healing, having now offered over 300 sound meditations in various settings. Admission is free to all visitors every Friday evening from

7pm–8pm

Workshop

15-Minute Tour: Highlights of the Whitney Biennial 2026

March 20, 6 pm, 7:30 pm, Lobby April 17, 7–8 pm, Lobby May 22, 6:30 pm, 8:30 pm, Theater Join us for free pop-up dance classes at the Whitney during Free Friday Nights ! Led by Ailey Extension instructors, these dynamic, fun-filled classes will take place every third Friday this spring. Each class explores a different dance genre—come groove with us and stay awhile to enjoy access to   Whitney Biennial 2026 , food and drinks for purchase from Frenchette Bakery , and more.  Upcoming classes include: Afro-Latin March 20, 6 pm, 7:30 pm Floor 1, Lobby Join instructor Katherine Jimenez for an Afro-Latin class. All ages and skill levels are welcome. Vogue April 17, 7 pm Floor 1, Lobby Join instructor Luz “The Odyssey” Guzman for a voguing class. All ages and skill levels are welcome.

7pm–7pm

Tour

15-Minute Tour: Highlights of the Whitney Biennial 2026

7:30pm–7:30pm

Tour

Live Music by Samer Ghadry and Laraaji

8pm–8pm

Performance

Saturday, April 18

11am–11am

Tour

2pm–2pm

Tour

Sunday, April 19

11am–11am

Tour

1pm–2pm

Performance

Exploring the Music of Ignatius Sancho

The Frick Collection · Ian Wardropper Education Room

Join Us: Tickets $45 ($36 members) Questions: edevents@frick.org Members of the early music ensemble Ruckus and countertenor Reginald Mobley will explore the life and music of eighteenth-century composer and writer Ignatius Sancho, whose portrait features in Gainsborough: The Fashion of Portraiture . The session will include musical demonstrations of Sancho’s works, which will be played in full during the concert in the Stephen A. Schwarzman Auditorium at 5:00 p.m. the same evening.  -- Leadership support for this exhibition is provided by an anonymous donor in honor of Ian Wardropper and by the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation and The Christian Humann Foundation. Major support is provided by Michael and Jane Horvitz, Dr. Tai-Heng Cheng, Barbara and Bradford Evans, Kathleen Feldstein, Mrs. Natalie Jackson and The Brandt Jackson Foundation, James K. Kloppenburg, Dr. Arlene P. McKay, The Eric & Jane Nord Family Fund for Exhibition Programming, The Helen Clay

2pm–2pm

Tour

5pm–6:30pm

Performance

Ruckus, Early-Music Ensemble; Emi Ferguson, Flute; Rachel Ellen Wong, Violin; Reginald Mobley, Countertenor

The Frick Collection · Stephen A. Schwarzman Auditorium

Performers: Ruckus, Early-Music Ensemble; Emi Ferguson, Flute; Rachel Ellen Wong, Violin; Reginald Mobley, Countertenor Program: Music by Sancho, Handel  Tickets: SOLD OUT Policies: Concert Policies Questions: tickets@frick.org Phone: 212-288-0700 Notes: All tickets for the 2025–26 concert season are sold out. All concert tickets include access to the museum up to two hours before the performance begins. Tickets Required: Yes Countertenor Reginald Mobley joins early-music ensemble Ruckus, flutist Emi Ferguson , and violinist Rachel Ellen Wong , in a program dedicated to the music of Ignatius Sancho (b. 1729)—composer, writer, and the first known Black Briton to vote in a parliamentary election. Sancho’s songs and courtly dances, drawn from his published collections, offer a window into the vibrant social and artistic life of 18th-century London. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Gainsborough: The Fashion of Portraiture, this performan

Monday, April 20

2pm–2pm

Tour

After-Hours Tours of Whitney Biennial 2026: Floor 5 Spotlight

6:45pm–6:45pm

Members Only

After-Hours Tours of Whitney Biennial 2026: Floor 5 Spotlight

Monday, April 20 —registration now open 6:45 pm, 7:15 pm Monday, June 15 —registration coming soon 6:45 pm, 7:15 pm Members are invited to join us for an evening tour of Whitney Biennial 2026 , the eighty-second installment of the Museum’s hallmark exhibition highlighting artists’ evolving notions of contemporary American art.  Registration will open closer to each event date. These fifty-minute tours with Museum Educators spotlight works in the Floor 5 galleries. Members are invited to enjoy a light reception following the tour. Join us in May and July for more After-Hours Tours of Whitney Biennial 2026: Floor 6 Spotlight .

7:15pm–7:15pm

Members Only

Contemporaries Tours of Whitney Biennial 2026: Floor 5 Spotlight

7:45pm–7:45pm

Members Only

Contemporaries Tours of Whitney Biennial 2026: Floor 5 Spotlight

Monday, April 20 — registration now open 7:45 pm, 8:15 pm Monday, June 15 —registration coming soon 7:45 pm, 8:15 pm Contemporaries members are invited to join us for an evening tour of Whitney Biennial 2026 , the eighty-second installment of the Museum’s hallmark exhibition highlighting artists’ evolving notions of contemporary American art. Registration will open closer to each event date. These fifty-minute tours with Museum Educators spotlight works in the Floor 5 galleries. Members are invited to enjoy a light reception prior to the tour beginning at 7 pm.  Join us in May and July for more Contemporaries Tours of Whitney Biennial 2026: Floor 6 Spotlight .

8:15pm–8:15pm

Members Only

Tuesday, April 21

5:30pm–7pm

Event

Drawing Together: Gainsborough's "Mall in St. James's Park"

The Frick Collection · Online: Zoom

Join Us: Registration is full; to join the wait list email draw@frick.org Questions: draw@frick.org Accessibility: Live CART Captioning,Presentation Materials Join us for an online drawing program that centers mindfulness and community. The session will begin with short drawing warm-ups, followed by a close look at Thomas Gainsborough's "Mall in St. James's Park" for inspiration, and open-ended art-making prompts. Drawing Together provides a space to make and share in the company of others, welcoming everyone with an interest in cultivating their creativity. No art background is required. Live CART captioning will be provided. Instructions for joining through Zoom, as well as the prompts and works of art, will be provided in an email to registered participants one day in advance.

Wednesday, April 22

2pm–2pm

Tour

3pm–3:15pm

Lecture

Gallery Talk: A Home for Art

The Frick Collection · Library Gallery

Join Us: Free with museum admission; no registration required Questions: education@frick.org Accessibility: Assistive Listening Devices Join a museum educator to learn how the Frick mansion became The Frick Collection. Please meet in the Library Gallery . Assistive listening devices will be available upon request.  

3pm–3:15pm

Lecture

Gallery Talk: Closer Look at a Family Portrait by Van Dyck

The Frick Collection · East Gallery

4pm–4:15pm

Lecture

Gallery Talk: A Home for Art

The Frick Collection · Library Gallery

Join Us: Free with museum admission; no registration required Questions: education@frick.org Accessibility: Assistive Listening Devices Join a museum educator to learn how the Frick mansion became The Frick Collection. Please meet in the Library Gallery . Assistive listening devices will be available upon request.  

4pm–4:15pm

Lecture

Gallery Talk: Closer Look at a Family Portrait by Van Dyck

The Frick Collection · East Gallery

6:30pm–9:30pm

Event

Dinner with the Director

The Frick Collection · In-Person: The Frick Collection

Questions: rsvp@frick.org Phone: 212-547-0709 Join Us: RSVP required; rsvp@frick.org Sustaining Fellows, Sustaining Young Fellows and Patron Fellows only are invited to go behind the scenes of the special exhibition Ruffles & Ribbons: Fashion Plates from the Time of Marie Antoinette , with Yifu Liu, Anne L. Poulet Curatorial Fellow, before dinner is served.

Thursday, April 23

1pm–2pm

Performance

Musicians from the Royal Academy of Music

The Frick Collection · Onsite: Stephen A. Schwarzman Auditorium

Performers: Musicians from the Royal Academy of Music  Program: Music by Dutilleux, Adès, Arafah, Sweelinck, Stravinsky Tickets: SOLD OUT Policies: Concert Policies Questions: tickets@frick.org Phone: 212-288-0700 Notes: All tickets for the 2025–26 concert season are sold out. All concert tickets include access to the museum up to two hours before the performance begins. Tickets Required: Yes Flutist Efrem Workman , violinist Basil Alter , and pianist Ariel Lanyi perform an imaginative program that bridges historical styles. Dutilleux’s lyrical Sonatine , Stravinsky’s vibrant Duo Concertant , and Sweelinck’s  Mein junges Leben hat ein End  (My Young Life Has an End) frame a compelling new commission by young composer Laila Arafah that engages with the narrative mystery of Vermeer’s  Girl Interrupted at Her Music , a central work in the Frick’s collection. Image Credit: Royal Academy of Music, photo by A

2pm–2pm

Tour

4pm–4pm

Workshop

Friday, April 24

2pm–2pm

Tour

Open Studio for Teens 2026

4pm–6pm

Workshop

Saturday, April 25

11am–11am

Tour

2pm–2pm

Tour

Sunday, April 26

11am–11am

Tour

2pm–2pm

Tour

Reelabilities Film Festival: We are the Audience and Beyond Each Frame

2pm–2pm

Screening

The Whitney Museum is proud to present two short films followed by a Q&A as part of the 18th Annual ReelAbilities Film Festival.  We Are the Audience We Are the Audience centers people who stutter as they reflect on how they are seen and assert how they wish to be represented. Blending documentary intimacy with refined cinematic craft, the film offers a rare, collective portrait of dysfluent voices coming together to imagine a different future. Co-created with the stuttering community through doctoral participatory action research, and featuring an original score by a composer who stutters, the film explores identity, belonging, and the quiet power of representation. Director: Eliza Brownlie Runtime: 6:00 Year: 2025 Beyond Each Frame Filmmaker Auguste and his editor Grégoire face festival rejection due to a missing audio description, prompting a race against time to make their film accessible. Enter Delphine, whose innovative approach to audio description reveals how ci

Monday, April 27

2pm–2pm

Tour

Tuesday, April 28

4pm–5pm

Event

Introduction to Fashion Research

The Frick Collection · Online: Zoom

Questions: library@frick.org Join Us: Free with Zoom registration Speaker: Steph Noell, Head Librarian at Arizona State University’s California Central Library Accessibility: Live CART Captioning Interested in researching the history and evolution of fashion? Join us for an introduction to fashion research with Steph Noell, Head Librarian at Arizona State University’s California Central Library (formerly the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising Library). This session outlines research methodologies for studying fashion history and highlights influential print and digital resources, including books, websites, and subscription databases. The program gives an overview of the specialized research institutions and archives available for those who wish to delve deeper into the study of fashion. Live captioning will be provided.  This program is part of Fashion Week at the Frick (April 28 to May 4), a celebration of art and dress inspired by the exhibitions&#16

Wednesday, April 29

2pm–2pm

Tour

3pm–3:15pm

Lecture

Fashion Week at the Frick | Gallery Talk: Closer Look at Gainsborough's "Mall in St. James's Park"

The Frick Collection · Dining Room

Join Us: Free with museum admission; no registration required Questions: education@frick.org Accessibility: Assistive Listening Devices Join an educator for a brief gallery talk examining how the depiction of clothing can communicate identity, status, and meaning. This program is part of Fashion Week at the Frick (April 28 to May 4), a celebration of art and dress inspired by the exhibitions  Gainsborough: The Fashion of Portraiture  and  Ruffles & Ribbons: Fashion Plates from the Time of Marie Antoinette . Please meet in the Dining Room . Assistive listening devices will be available upon request.  

3pm–3:15pm

Lecture

Gallery Talk: A Home for Art

The Frick Collection · Library Gallery

Join Us: Free with museum admission; no registration required Questions: education@frick.org Accessibility: Assistive Listening Devices Join a museum educator to learn how the Frick mansion became The Frick Collection. Please meet in the Library Gallery . Assistive listening devices will be available upon request.  

4pm–4:15pm

Lecture

Fashion Week at the Frick | Gallery Talk: Closer Look at Gainsborough's "Mall in St. James's Park"

The Frick Collection · Dining Room

4pm–4:15pm

Lecture

Gallery Talk: A Home for Art

The Frick Collection · Library Gallery

Join Us: Free with museum admission; no registration required Questions: education@frick.org Accessibility: Assistive Listening Devices Join a museum educator to learn how the Frick mansion became The Frick Collection. Please meet in the Library Gallery . Assistive listening devices will be available upon request.  

6pm–7pm

Family

“The Apollo of the Palace”: Gainsborough, Fashion, and the Royal Family

The Frick Collection · Stephen A. Schwarzman Auditorium

Join Us: Tickets $30 ($24 members) Questions: edevents@frick.org Phone: 212-288-0700 Accessibility: Assistive Listening Devices In this lecture, Anna Reynolds, Surveyor of The King’s Pictures, Royal Collection Trust, will explore the role of clothing in Gainsborough’s royal portraits, offering a holistic view of his career that considers both the key artistic influences shaping his depictions of dress and the impact of his work on later artists. Close comparison with surviving eighteenth‑century garments will illuminate how Gainsborough translated three‑dimensional fashions into compelling two‑dimensional images. A detailed examination of the paintings themselves will shed light on the unconventional working methods that enabled him to create “beautiful things from unlikely subjects.” Speaker bio: Anna Reynolds is Surveyor of The King’s Pictures at Royal Collection Trust, where she oversees the curatorial, conservation, and

Thursday, April 30

11am–11:15am

Lecture

Fashion Week at the Frick | Talk: "Titian's Man in a White Linen Shirt"

The Frick Collection · Ian Wardropper Education Room

Join Us: Free with admission; no registration required Questions: education@frick.org Timothy McCall, Professor of Art History and Bernard Lucci Endowed Chair in Italian Studies, Villanova University In this brief talk, art historian Timothy McCall refocuses our attention on the fine white linen shirt (or  camicia ) in Titian's Portrait of a Man in a Red Hat . In the early sixteenth century, fancifully pleated linen shirts like the one worn in the painting were legislated against in Venice and Florence as seductive, potentially effeminizing imports that accentuated vulnerable necks and throats. Yet, these  camicie  were fervently coveted by young elite men. Fashion resonated politically, on male bodies that became cultural battlefields. Please meet in the Ian Wardropper Education Room . Space is limited and seating is first-come, first-served. Attendees are invited to visit the painting in the Living Hall before or after the presentation

2pm–2pm

Tour

2:30pm–5:30pm

Event

“The Amazing Effect of Dress”: Fashion and Representation in Early Modern Europe

The Frick Collection · Stephen A. Schwarzman Auditorium

Join Us: Free with registration Questions: academic@frick.org Accessibility: Assistive Listening Devices Thomas Gainsborough described the transformative role of clothing in art as “the amazing Effect of dress.” Held in conjunction with the exhibitions Gainsborough: The Fashion of Portraiture   and Ruffles & Ribbons: Fashion Plates from the Time of Marie Antoinette , this symposium explores the interwoven relationship between fashion and art in European paintings and prints from the fifteenth through eighteenth centuries. Examining dress not only as the clothing an artist depicted but as signifiers of larger social and cultural contexts, speakers will consider how works of art in the early modern period both reflected and shaped fashion—from courtly attire and mourning dress to fashion prints and self-fashioning in the public sphere—while engaging with the social, material, and artistic worlds in which it circulated. Free with regi

Friday, May 1

12pm–12pm

Workshop

2pm–2pm

Tour

Art + You: Gallery Conversations For Younger Adults

5:30pm–9pm

Event

First Fridays

The Frick Collection · The Frick Collection

Join Us: Timed tickets recommended Questions: admissions@frick.org Accessibility: Assistive Listening Devices Link: https://www.frick.org/programs/first_fridays First Fridays are back at the Frick! The Frick Collection invites you to FREE evenings of art and culture! Join us from 5:30 to 9:00 p.m. on the first Friday of each month (except January and September). Explore our galleries and special exhibitions after hours, grab a drink or a bite to eat, and enjoy exciting talks, live music in the Garden Court, and more. Live Music Garden Court, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Studio Hours: Fashion Accessories Ian Wardropper Education Room, 6:00 to 8:30 p.m. Make accessories inspired by  Ruffles & Ribbons: Fashion Plates from the Time of Marie Antoinette . All materials are provided. Gallery Talks: Self-Fashioning in Rembrandt's   Self-Portrait West Gallery, 6:30 & 7:30 p.m. Look closely at a single work of art.  Gallery Talks: A Home for Art Libr

6:30pm–7:30pm

Lecture

Join us on the first Friday of the month to talk about art and meet new people. Each session of Art + You is guided by a Whitney Museum Educator and invites visitors aged 18-30 to come together to reflect and exchange their perspectives on select artworks on view through close looking and dialogue. Alternating across Whitney’s galleries, each month we focus on a small selection of works for an intimate, thoughtful, and reflective experience.  Afterwards, keep the fun going by joining Free Friday Night . Find dates and locations for Art + You programs below. January 9 February 6 March 6 April 3  May 1 June 5

Saturday, May 2

11am–11am

Tour

2pm–2pm

Tour

Whitney Signs: Whitney Biennial 2026

2pm–2:15pm

Lecture

Fashion Week at the Frick | Gallery Talk: Veronese's "Virtue and Vice"

The Frick Collection · West Gallery

Join Us: Free with admission; no registration required Questions: education@frick.org Accessibility: Assistive Listening Devices Join an educator for a brief gallery talk examining how the depiction of clothing can communicate identity, status, and meaning. This program is part of Fashion Week at the Frick (April 28 to May 4), a celebration of art and dress inspired by the exhibitions  Gainsborough: The Fashion of Portraiture  and  Ruffles & Ribbons: Fashion Plates from the Time of Marie Antoinette . Please meet in the  West Gallery . Assistive listening devices will be available upon request.

3pm–3:15pm

Lecture

Fashion Week at the Frick | Gallery Talk: Veronese's "Virtue and Vice"

The Frick Collection · West Gallery

Join Us: Free with admission; no registration required Questions: education@frick.org Accessibility: Assistive Listening Devices Join an educator for a brief gallery talk examining how the depiction of clothing can communicate identity, status, and meaning. This program is part of Fashion Week at the Frick (April 28 to May 4), a celebration of art and dress inspired by the exhibitions  Gainsborough: The Fashion of Portraiture  and  Ruffles & Ribbons: Fashion Plates from the Time of Marie Antoinette . Please meet in the  West Gallery . Assistive listening devices will be available upon request.  

3:30pm–6pm

Event

Join us for an in-person tour of the Whitney Biennial 2026 led by Deaf educator Emmanuel von Schack in American Sign Language. The event begins with a tour at 3:30 pm and will be followed by a wine and cheese reception from 5–6 pm in the Laurie M. Tisch Education Center. Please plan to meet in the  Hearst Artspace on Floor 3 at 3:15 pm.  This tour will be in ASL and will not have voice interpretation. To request interpretation for Tactile, Protactile, International Sign Language, another language, or additional accommodations, including Braille, please email accessfeedback@whitney.org or call (646) 666-5574 (relay calls welcome) with two weeks’ notice.

Sunday, May 3

11am–11am

Tour

2pm–2pm

Tour