Showing artport: A History of Internet Art, at Whitney Museum of American Art

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Screenshots from select projects commissioned for artport
Screenshots from select projects commissioned for artport. Image courtesy New Information.

Group exhibition

artport: A History of Internet Art

Whitney Museum of American Art

From Nov 21, 2026 Meatpacking District

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Wed, Nov 18Member Preview Days, 12–6 pm

Thu, Nov 19Human Unreadable Act III by Operator, world premiere performance, Susan and John Hess Family Theater

Sat, Nov 21Human Unreadable Act III by Operator, performance, Susan and John Hess Family Theater

Sun, Nov 22Human Unreadable Act III by Operator, performance, Susan and John Hess Family Theater

More than 100 net art works commissioned for the Whitney’s artport website since 2001, shown online and in the galleries.

Marking artport’s 25th anniversary, the show traces a quarter century of net art through works the Whitney commissioned for its online gallery. It is organized by the site’s three commissioning strands: Gate Pages (2001–2006), main Commissions, and the Sunrise/Sunset series (2009–2024) with its successor, On the Hour. The open gallery plan evokes floating browser windows.

The artists work in code, data visualization, gaming environments and AI, exploring privacy, identity and surveillance. The duo Operator premieres Human Unreadable Act III, a live performance in the Hess Family Theater on November 19, 21 and 22.

Full details at whitney.org

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