Edward Hopper's New York @ Whitney Museum

Edward Hopper's New York @ Whitney Museum

Take a journey back in time to experience the captivating legacy of Edward Hopper's work at the Whitney Museum. Join your fellow Fulbrighters as we explore this extraordinary exhibition which showcases New York City as a backdrop for his subtle reflections on urban experience. See how this artist's iconic work serves as a cultural and historical lens that provides a window into life in early 20th century New York -- highlighting both similarities and differences between then and now.

Ticket prices include a group discount (regularly $25 for tickets and $18 for university students; our prices are $20 and $16). Tickets are limited so grab yours soon!

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More info on the exhibition:

For Edward Hopper, New York was a city that existed in the mind as well as on the map, a place that took shape through lived experience, memory, and the collective imagination. It was, he reflected late in life, “the American city that I know best and like most.”

The city of New York was Hopper’s home for nearly six decades (1908–67), a period that spans his entire mature career. Hopper’s New York was not an exacting portrait of the twentieth-century metropolis. During his lifetime, the city underwent tremendous development—skyscrapers reached record-breaking heights, construction sites roared across the five boroughs, and an increasingly diverse population boomed—yet his depictions of New York remained human-scale and largely unpopulated. Eschewing the city’s iconic skyline and picturesque landmarks, such as the Brooklyn Bridge and the Empire State Building, Hopper instead turned his attention to its unsung utilitarian structures and out-of-the-way corners, drawn to the awkward collisions of new and old, civic and residential, public and private that captured the paradoxes of the changing city. Edward Hopper’s New York charts the artist’s enduring fascination with the city, revealing a vision of New York that is as much a manifestation of Hopper himself as it is a record of the city around him.

"Edward Hopper’s New York" takes a comprehensive look at Hopper’s life and work, from his early impressions of New York in sketches, prints, and illustrations, to his late paintings, in which the city served as a backdrop for his evocative distillations of urban experience. Drawing from the Whitney’s extensive holdings and amplified by key loans, the exhibition brings together many of Hopper’s iconic city pictures as well as several lesser-known yet critically important examples. The presentation is significantly informed by a variety of materials from the Museum’s recently acquired Sanborn Hopper Archive—printed ephemera, correspondence, photographs, and journals that together inspire new insights into Hopper’s life in the city. By exploring the artist’s work through the lens of New York, the exhibition offers a fresh take on this formidable figure and considers the city itself as a lead actor.

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We will meet in the lobby of the Whitney Museum. Enter through the main entrance on 99 Gansevoort Street and wait on or near the couches nearest the café. Any large bags, large backpacks, and umbrellas are required to be checked in at the complimentary coat check. Afterwards, we can go to a nearby cafe to catch up and continue the camaraderie.