Mary Heilmann: Long Line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Through January 19, 2026
Long Line, 2020
Acrylic on wood panel, 24 × 96 × 3.25 in. (60.96 × 243.84 × 8.26 cm)
Collection of Megan & Mark Dowley
Courtesy of the Artist, 303 Gallery, New York, and Hauser & Wirth
© Mary Heilmann.
Photograph by Thomas Barrat
Installation view of Mary Heilmann: Sunset
(Whitney Museum of American Art, New York,
May 1, 2015 – September 27, 2015)
Photograph by Marco Anelli
Inspired by Mary Heilmann’s expansive practice and ethos of social connection, this new site-specific project celebrates the 10th anniversary of the opening of the Whitney Museum’s downtown building, for which Mary Heilmann (b. 1940, San Francisco, CA) created Sunset (2015) on the fifth-floor terrace. That project, which included a large-scale reproduction of a vibrant painting, a film, and Heilmann’s signature Monochrome Chairs, inaugurated the Museum’s largest outdoor gallery and transformed it into a site of reverie, memory, and leisure.
Photograph by Matthew Carasella
Installation view of Mary Heilmann: Long Line
(Whitney Museum of American Art, New York,
April 9, 2025-January 19, 2026)
On floor: Monochrome Chairs, 2015; April Chairs, 2025
(Whitney Museum of American Art, New York,
April 9, 2025-January 19, 2026)
On wall: Long Line, 2025
On floor: Monochrome Chairs, 2015; April Chairs, 2025
Photograph by Matthew Carasella
Mary Heilmann: Long Line further considers the relationship between the Museum's architecture and the city. Heilmann's immersive environment includes a hand-painted enlargement of her 2020 painting Long Line, as well as a variety of chairs related to furniture she has displayed in homes and exhibitions. Serving as elements in her larger composition, this furniture also encourages visitors to recharge and interact with one another and the environment outside the Museum.
Mary Heilmann: Long Line is organized by Laura Phipps, Associate Curator.
WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, NEW YORK
