In this video, artist Glenn Ligon and curator Scott Rothkopf discuss Ligon’s “America” neons and his body of work in response to James Baldwin’s essay “Stranger in the Village,” both of which are on view in the exhibition Glenn Ligon: AMERICA.
The Whitney Museum of American Art is finalizing plans to build a 200,000-square-foot building in downtown Manhattan, designed by Pritzker Prize–winning architect Renzo Piano. Learn more
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