Whitney Museum of American Art

The Whitney Biennial and Art Production Fund Gala Drew Darren Aronofsky, Huma Abedin and David Byrne

Guests like Darren Aronofsky, David Byrne and Huma Abedin channeled their inner Jerry Saltz at two of this season’s major events.

By Alex Vadukul and Rebecca Smeyne

Art Cohen, Harold (1928-2016) Computers and the Internet Harold Cohen: AARON (Exhibit) Meatpacking District (Manhattan, NY) Whitney Museum of American Art

A.I. Art That’s More Than a Gimmick? Meet AARON

The British painter Harold Cohen spent over four decades refining his collaborator: an image-generating robot.

By Travis Diehl

Art Collectors and Collections Fragments of a Faith Forgotten: The Art of Harry Smith (Exhibit) Ginsberg, Allen Mekas, Jonas Music Nineteen Hundred Sixties Smith, Harry (1923-91) Whitney Museum of American Art

Harry Smith, a Culture-Altering Shaman, at the Whitney

A solo show takes on the legacy of the painter, folk musicologist, filmmaker, obsessive collector and underground legend. It also hints at what has been lost.

By Holland Cotter

Art Deaths (Obituaries) Fisher Landau Center for Art Jewels and Jewelry Landau, Emily Fisher Museums Robberies and Thefts Whitney Museum of American Art

Emily Fisher Landau, Patron of Contemporary Art, Dies at 102

A jewelry heist in her Manhattan home spurred her to start one of America’s premier collections, shown in a private Queens museum and much of it donated to the Whitney.

By Joseph Giovannini