Collection View: Louise Nevelson
Fri, May 30
|Whitney Museum of American Art
Step into a shadowed cityscape shaped by Louise Nevelson—where found objects become poetic monuments to New York itself.
Time & Location
May 30, 2025, 7:00 AM – Aug 10, 2025, 11:00 PM
Whitney Museum of American Art, 99 Gansevoort St, New York, NY 10014, USA
About the event
On view through August 10, 2025
Whitney Museum of American Art – Floor 5
In Collection View: Louise Nevelson, the Whitney revisits the profound visual legacy of one of New York’s most iconic sculptors. Known for her dramatic, monochrome assemblages of found materials—collected across city streets and back alleys—Louise Nevelson transformed the discarded into the sublime. This exhibition highlights the deep ties between Nevelson and the urban landscape she called home for more than half a century.
Nevelson once declared, “I see New York City as a great big sculpture.” True to this vision, her stacked, shadowy creations echo the skyline’s rhythm—balancing chaos and order, light and void. By painting scavenged elements black, Nevelson stripped them of their original identities, inviting viewers to see form and structure anew. The result? Towering abstract works that pulse with the city's dynamic energy.
Organized by Kim Conaty, Crown Family Chief Curator, with Roxanne Smith and Antonia…