Members’ Day Trip: Whitney Biennial: Even Better Than the Real Thing

with a visit to Dia Chelsea, Chelsea art galleries, and public art on the High Line

Thursday, May 16, 2024

Departure: 6:45 am, Return approximately 8:00 pm

Pick up location: Central Presbyterian Church in Towson

Join ASG on a guided tour of the eighty-first edition of the Whitney Biennial—the longest-running survey of contemporary art in the United States. This exhibition features seventy-one artists and collectives grappling with today's pressing issues - a 'dissonant chorus' of distinct voices that collectively probe cracks in the unfolding moment. The exhibition's subtitle, Even Better Than the Real Thing, acknowledges that Artificial Intelligence (AI) is complicating our understanding of what is real, and rhetoric around gender and authenticity is being used politically and legally to perpetuate transphobia and restrict bodily autonomy. These developments are part of a long history of deeming marginalized people as subhuman—less than real. Artists in this biennial explore the permeability of the relationships between mind and body, the fluidity of identity, and the growing precariousness of the natural and constructed worlds around us. Whether through subversive humor, expressive abstraction, or non-Western forms of cosmological thinking, these artists demonstrate that there are pathways to be found, strategies of coping and healing to be discovered, and ways to come together in a fractured time.

Members will enjoy lunch on their own at either the Chelsea Market or Chelsea Market Passage on the High Line before exploring the NYC’s Chelsea art district through a self-guided tour. Options include Dia Chelsea, the area's spectacular blue chip art galleries, and public art on the High Line. A map will be provided with exhibition information as an aid for this exploration. In case of rain, attendees will visit the MoMA after the Whitney (on view: Joan Jonas: Good Night Good Morning and Käthe Kollwitz, among other exhibits).

ASG members only, $180 Trip Fee.
BOXED DINNER IS AN ADDITIONAL FEE STARTING AT $20.55 (order form to come).
TICKETS FOR MOMA (RAIN PLAN) ARE NOT INCLUDED IN PRICE.
$126 maximum refund (70%); no refunds after 5/9/2024

PLEASE NOTE: AFTER ADDING TO CART, GO TO THE CART BUTTON ON THE TOP RIGHT OF YOUR LAPTOP/DESKTOP SCREEN OR THE CART BANNER AT THE BASE OF YOUR PHONE SCREEN THEN FOLLOW THE STEPS TO CHECK OUT. YOU WILL RECEIVE A CONFIRMATION NUMBER.