Robert Whitman

Dates

Born 1935, New York, New York

Died 2024, New York

Education

1957, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, BA

1958, Columbia University, New York

2023

Robert Whitman: American Moon, Pace Gallery, 508 West 25th Street, New York, January 13–February 25, 2023.

2018

Robert Whitman: 61, Pace Gallery, 510 West 25th Street, New York, October 26–December 21, 2018. (Catalogue)

2015

Robert Whitman: Soundies, Pace Gallery, 32 East 57th Street, New York, April 2–May 2, 2015.

2013

Robert Whitman: Window/Inside Out, Broadway 1602, New York, January 19–February 20, 2013.

2012

Robert Whitman: Local Report 2012 (organized by Creative Time), Eyebeam Art + Technology Center, New York, October 12–20, 2012.

2007

Robert Whitman: Turning, PaceWildenstein, 534 West 25th Street, New York, September 7–29, 2007. (Catalogue)

Robert Whitman: Sun, PaceWildenstein, 545 West 22nd Street, New York, June 28–September 1, 2007.

Robert Whitman: Local Report, 2005, Art Gallery, Williams Center for the Arts, Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania, February 18–March 25, 2007. (Catalogue)

2005

Robert Whitman: Local Report, Hawley Lane Plaza, Trumbull, Connecticut, July 29–31, 2005. Traveled to: Kohl’s Plaza, Holmdel, New Jersey, August 5–7, 2005; Liberty Square Center, Burlington, New Jersey, August 12–14, 2005; Kingston Center, Kinhston, New Jersey, August 19–21, 2005; Northampton Crossings, Easton, Pennsylvania, August 26–28, 2005; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, December 6, 2005.

2004

Robert Whitman: Images on Paper, 1958–1998, Glenn Horowitz Bookseller, East Hampton, New York, August 21–September 21, 2004.

Robert Whitman, Shading, PaceWildenstein, 534 West 25th Street, New York, January 16–February 21, 2004.

2003

Robert Whitman: Playback, Dia:Chelsea, New York, March 5, 2003–January 11, 2004. Traveled to: Museu Serralves, Museu de Arte Contemporanea, Porto, Portugal, July 23–October 17, 2004; Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, September 15, 2005–January 8, 2006. (Catalogue)

1998

“Notes for Not a Novel,” Thielska Galleriet, Stockholm, 1998.

1997

Robert Whitman: Great Lakes, PaceWildenstein, 142 Greene Street, New York, January 11–February 8, 1997.

1995

Robert Whitman: Backtrack, PaceWildenstein, 142 Greene Street, New York, March 11–April 15 (extended through May 13), 1995.

Note: Robert Whitman was involved in many projects between 1979 and 1995.

1979

Palisade: A Work by Robert Whitman, Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, New York, February 3–March 25, 1979. (Catalogue)

1974

Bob Whitman, Galleria l’Attico, Rome, June 1974.

Robert Whitman, Bykert Gallery, New York, March 26–April 13, 1974.

1973

Untitled, three projection pieces in the “Project Series,” The Museum of Modern Art, New York, April 16–May 23, 1973.

1968

Robert Whitman: Pond, The Jewish Museum, New York, October 7, 1968–January 5, 1969

Robert Whitman: 4 Cinema Pieces, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, April 12–May 19, 1968.

Robert Whitman, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, April 8, 1968. (Mercury Vapor Lamp, a laser piece, was removed after being exhibited for only one day, for safety reasons).

1967

Robert Whitman: Dark, The Pace Gallery, 9 West 57th Street, New York, October 17–November 7, 1967.

1959

Robert Whitman, Reuben Gallery, New York, November 27–December 17, 1959.

Robert Whitman, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, February 1959.

Whitman, Hansa Gallery, New York, January 12–30, 1959.

1958

Robert Whitman, Art House, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, March 1958.

2021

Group Presentation, Pace Gallery, 510 West 25th Street, New York, March 13–April 24, 2021.

2018

Judson Dance Theater: The Work is Never Done, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, September 16, 2018–February 3, 2019. (Catalogue)

Art in Motion: 100 Masterpieces with and through Media. An Operative Canon, ZKM Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe, Germany, July 14, 2018–February 24, 2019.

E.A.T. (Experiments in Art and Technology): Open-ended, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, May 26–September 16, 2018.

2017

Inventing Downtown: Artist-Run Galleries in New York City, 1952–1965, Grey Art Gallery, New York University, New York, January 10–April 1, 2017. Traveled to: NYUAD Art Gallery, Abu Dhabi, October 4, 2017–January 13, 2018. (Catalogue)

2016

Summer Group Show: Make Light of It, Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York, July 7–August 24, 2016.

The Promise of Total Automation, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, March 11–May 29, 2016. (Catalogue)

2015

From the Archives: Art and Technology at LACMA, 1967–1971, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, March 14–October 18, 2015.

2014

Art=Text=Art: Works by Contemporary Artists, UB Anderson Gallery, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, September 20, 2014–January 11, 2015.

Play What's Not There, Raven Row, London, April 17–June 22, 2014.

2013

Ode to Summer, Pace Gallery, 32 East 57th Street, New York, July 11–August 15, 2013.

2012

Happenings: New York, 1958–1963, The Pace Gallery, 534 West 25th Street, New York, February 10–March 17, 2012. (Catalogue)

2011

Selections from the Private Collection of Robert Rauschenberg, Gagosian Gallery, New York, November 3–December 23, 2011. (Catalogue)

2010

50 Years at Pace, The Pace Gallery, 510 West 25th Street, New York, September 17–October 16, 2010. (Catalogue)

New Realisms: 1957–1962. Object Strategies Between Readymade and Spectacle, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, June 16–October 4, 2010. (Catalogue)

2009

Innovations in the Third Dimension: Sculpture of Our Time, Bruce Museum, Greenwich, January 24–May 24, 2009. (Catalogue: texts by Nancy Hall-Duncan and Joan Pachner)

2006

First Generation: Art and Moving Image [1963–1986], Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, November 7, 2006–April 2, 2007.

9 Evenings Reconsidered: Art, Theatre and Engineering, 1966, MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, May 4–July 9, 2006.

Constructing Realities: Photography, Film, Video, Internet. Diane Arbus Stan Douglas, Gary Hill, Mike Kelley, Andy Warhol, Robert Whitman, PaceWildenstein, New York, January 6–February 4, 2006.

2004

E.A.T.: The Story of Experiments in Art and Technology. In Memory of Billy Klüver, Norrköpings Konstmuseum, Sweden, September 12–November 7, 2004.

2002

Trisha Brown: Dance and Art in Dialogue, 1961–2001, Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, September 27, 2002–January 5, 2003. Traveled to: The Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York, February 1–June 1, 2003; Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, July 12–September 14, 2003; New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, October 9, 2003–January 25, 2004 and Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, March 25–July 18, 2004. (Catalogue)

2001

Into the Light: The Projected Image in American Art 1964–1977, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, October 18, 2001–January 17, 2002.

Les années Pop: cinéma et culture Pop, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, March 21–June 18, 2001.

1999

The American Century: Part 2, 1950–2000, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, September 26, 1999–February 13, 2000.

El Jardin de Eros, Palau de la Virreina and Centre Cultural Tecla Sala (L’Hospitalet), Barcelona, July 4–November 7, 1999.

Off Limits: Rutgers University and the Avant-Garde, 1957–1963, Newark Museum, New Jersey, February 18–May 16, 1999.

Drip, Blow, Burn: Forces of Nature in Contemporary Art, Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, New York, February 12–June 20, 1999.

1998

In Over Our Heads: The Image of Water in Contemporary Art, San Jose Museum of Art, California, June 13–September 20, 1998.

1996

15 Degrees from Rutgers: Charting New Directions in Contemporary Art, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers, State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, February 28–March 31, 1996.

Wesley Kimler, Robert Whitman, Tony Fitzpatrick, Francisco Toledo, Anderson Gallery, Buffalo, New York, January 20–April 24, 1996.

1994

Outside the Frame: Performance and the Object. A Survey History of Performance Art in the U.S.A. since 1950, Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, February 11–May 1, 1994. Traveled to: Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, New York, February 26–June 18, 1995.

1984

Blam! The Explosion of Pop, Minimalism and Performance: 1958–1964, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, September 20–December 2, 1984.

1982

“’60–’80: Attitudes, Concepts, Images,” Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, April 9–July 11, 1982.

1974

Poets of the Cities of New York and San Francisco, 1950–1965, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts and Southern Methodist University, Dallas, November 20–December 29, 1974. Traveled to: San Francisco Museum of Art, January 31–March 23, 1975; and Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut, April 23–June 1, 1975.

Projected Images: Peter Campus, Rockner Krebs, Paul Sharits, Michael Snow, ted Victoria, Robert Whitman, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, September 21–November 3, 1974.

1973

Contemporanea, Parcheggio di Villa Borghese, Rome, November 1973–February 1974.

New York Collection for Stockholm, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, October 27–December 3, 1973.

Prints from the Untitled Press, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, Connecticut, October a7–November 18, 1973.

1971

Sigma 7, Sigma Festival, Bordeaux, France, November 15–20, 1971.

1970

Figures/Environments: Alex Katz, Red Grooms, Jann Haworth, Duane Hanson, Paul Thek, Lynton Wells, George Segal, Robert Whitman, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, May 15–June 13, 1970. Traveled to: Cincinnati Art Museum, October 2–November 1, 1970; Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, December 13, 1970–January 17, 1971.

String and Rope Show, Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, January 7–31, 1970.

1969

False Faces, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, April–May 1969.

1968

Some More Beginnings, Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York, November 26, 1968–January 5, 1969.

Light as Art, Newark College of Engineering, Newark, New Jersey, September 18–October 18, 1968.

Magic Theater, Nelson Gallery of Art and Atkins Museum, Kansas City, Missouri, May 29–June 23, 1968. Traveled to: City Art Museum, St. Louis, October 26–December 1, 1968; Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, September 2–October 5, 1969.

6 Artists, 6 Exhibitions, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, May 12–June 23, 1968. Traveled to: Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, September 23–October 27, 1968. (Catalogue)

1967

Projected Art, Finch College Museum of Art, New York, 1967.

The Projected Image, Institute of Contemporary, Boston, January–February 1967.

1966

Erotic Art, Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, October 3–29, 1966.

Sixty-eighth American Exhibition, Art Institute of Chicago, August 19–October 16, 1966.

1965

Ten from Rutgers, Bianchini Gallery, New York, December 18, 1965–January 12, 1966.

Art Turned On, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, December 10, 1965–January 30, 1966.

Drawings by Claes Oldenburg, Jim Dine, Robert Whitman, Ben Talbert, Dwan Gallery, New York, February 9–March 13, 1965.

Eleven from the Reuben Gallery, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, January 5–31, 1965.

1964

Group Exhibition, Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, 1964.

Seven New Artists, Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, May 5–29, 1964.

1963

An Interior of Sculpture: New Work by Robert Whitman and Walter De Maria, 9 Great Jones Street, New York, January 5–February 2, 1963.

1961

Environments, Situations, Spaces, Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, May 25–June 23, 1961.

1960

New Forms—New Media II, Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, September 28–October 22, 1960.

New Forms—New Media I, Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, June 6–24, 1960.

Paintings, Reuben Gallery, New York, January 29–February 18, 1960.

1959

Group exhibition, The City Gallery, New York, December 19, 1959–January 6, 1960.

Below Zero, Reuben Gallery, New York, December 18, 1959–January 5, 1960.

24, Hansa Gallery, New York, November 3–22, 1959.

100 Works on Paper: 1. United States, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, April–May 1959.

Group exhibition, Barnard College, New York, March 1959.

Rutgers University Show, 92nd Street Young Men’s and Young Women’s Hebrew Association, New York, March 1959.

1958

Group exhibition, The City Gallery, New York, December 19, 1958–January 6, 1959.

Dia Art Foundation, New York

The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia

Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Moderna Museet, Stockholm

Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

The Museum of Modern Art, New York

Musée National d´Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris

Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.

Walker Art Center, Minneapolis

2024

Ludel, Wallace. “Robert Whitman, artist renowned for experiments with performance and technology, has died, aged 88.” The Art Newspaper, 22 January 2024. https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2024/01/22/robert-whitman-happenings-artist-technology-obituary.

Rabb, Maxwell. “Multimedia pioneer Robert Whitman passes away at 88.” Artsy, 23 January 2024. https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-multimedia-pioneer-robert-whitman-passes-88.

“Remembering Robert Whitman (1935 – 2024).” Martin Cid Magazine, 23 January 2024. https://martincid.com/art/remembering-robert-whitman-1935-2024/?swcfpc=1.

“Robert Whitman (1935–2024).” Artforum, 24 January 2024. https://www.artforum.com/news/robert-whitman-dead-19352024-548498/.

“Robert Whitman Pioneer of Happenings Dies Aged 88.” Artlyst, 22 January 2024. https://artlyst.com/people/robert-whitman-pioneer-happenings-dies-aged-88/.

“Robert Whitman, Pioneer of Performance Art Form Known as Happenings, Dies at 88.” Widewalls, 31 January 2024. https://www.widewalls.ch/news-feed/robert-whitman-obituary.

“Robert Whitman, pioneer of ‘happenings’ and multimedia art, 1935–2024.” ArtReview, 22 January 2024. https://artreview.com/robert-whitman-pioneer-of-happenings-and-multimedia-art-1935-2024/.

Villa, Angelica. “Robert Whitman, Artist Whose Happenings Brought Him Frame in New York, Dies at 88.” ARTnews, 22 January 2024. https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/robert-whitman-happenings-dead-1234693575/.

2022

Anyanwu, Obi. “Kith Launches Aaliyah Collection for International Women’s Day.” Women’s Wear Daily Magazine, 8 March 2022. https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-scoops/kith-aaliyah-collection-international-womens-day-1235129468/.

Cowen, Trace William. “Kith Women Launches New Aaliyah Collection Featuring Never-Before-Seen Photos.” Complex Magazine, 8 March 2022. https://www.complex.com/style/kith-women-new-aaliyah-collection-photos.

Newman, Scarlett. “How Does a Collaboration With Aaliyah and Kith Come Together?” The Cut, 8 March 2022. https://www.thecut.com/2022/03/how-a-collaboration-with-aaliyah-and-kith-happened.html.

2018

Battaglia, Andy. “Under the Rug: Robert Whitman on Six Decades of Artistic Work and Play” (Pace Gallery exhibition review). Art News, 20 December 2018. http://www.artnews.com/2018/12/20/rug-robert-whitman-six-decades-artistic-work-play/

Oren, Shlomit. “Air Roots: Galleries in New York” (Pace Gallery exhibition review). Portfolio Magazine, 29 November 2018. https://www.prtfl.co.il/archives/108125

Robinson, Megan D. “Robert Whitman: 61 Years of Innovation in Multimedia Art” (Pace Gallery exhibition review). Art & Object, 30 October 2018. https://www.artandobject.com/shorts/robert-whitman-61-years-innovation-multimedia-art

Whitman, Robert. “Backstory: Light’s Out.” Art in America (October 2018): 53, illustrated.

2015

Orel, Gwen. “Using the senses onstage.” Review of “Swim: A Theater Piece” by Robert Whitman. The Montclair (New Jersey) Times, 19 March 2015: D3, illustrated.

“’Robert Whitman: Soundies’ at the Pace Gallery, New York” (exhibition review). Art News, 7 April 2015. http://www.artnews.com/2015/04/07/robert-whitman-soundies-at-pace-new-york/

Whitman, Robert. "Soundies: An Interview with Robert Whitman." Interview with Adam Harrison Levy. Observer Quarterly 1: The Acoustic Issue, no.1 (Fall 2015): 18–27, illustrated.

2013

Marcum, Anna. “Dia Acquires Lannan Foundation Works.” Art in America, 7 May 2013. http://www.artinamericamagazine.com/news-opinion/news/2013-05-07/dia-acquires-lannan-foundation-works-/

2012

“Galleries—Chelsea: ‘Happenings: New York, 1958–1963’” (exhibition review). The New Yorker, 5 March 2012: 12, discussed.

Kino, Carol. “What Happened At Those Happenings?” The New York Times, 5 February 2012.

Pearlman, Ellen. “When New York Was Really Happening” (The Pace Gallery exhibition review). Hyperallergic, 14 February 2012. http://hyperallergic.com/46882/happenings-new-york-1958-1963-pace-gallery/

Whitman, Robert. “Media Study.” Artforum 51, no. 1 (September 2012): 467, illustrated.

Whitman, Robert. “Passages: Robert Breer, 1926–2011.” Artforum 50, no. 5 (January 2012): 34.

2011

Michaud, Philippe-Alaine. “Tenue de ville: À propos de Prune Flat (1965), de Robert Whitman.” Les Cahiers du Musée national d’art moderne, no.116 (Summer 2011): 62–83, illustrated.

Vogel, Carol. “Inside Art: Simultaneous Shows, One Indoors, One Out.” The New York Times, 18 March 2011: C26.

Whitman, Robert. “In Conversation: Robert Whitman with Joan Waltemath at Mimi Gross’s Tribeca loft.” Brooklyn Rail (April 2011): 32–34, illustrated.

Whitman, Robert. “1000 Words: Robert Whitman.” Introduction by Liz Kotz. Artforum 49, no. 8 (April 2011): 192–195, illustrated.

2010

Haidu, Rachel. “Reviews: New Realisms: 1957–1962” (exhibition review). Artforum 49, no. 2 (October 2010): 267–277, illustrated.

2008

“Material Witness: A Tribute to Robert Rauschenberg (1925–2008).” Contributions by Thomas Crow, Merce Cunningham, Robert Whitman, Trisha Brown, Barbara Rose, Brice Marden, Branden W. Joseph and James Rosenquist. Artforum 47, no. 1 (September 2008): 424–441, illustrated.

2007

Govan, Michael. “Famous in 2112?” Art News 106 (November 2007): 203, discussed.

Jacobs, Joseph. “Moving Image: When Video Was Yong” (Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía exhibition review). Art in America (May 2007): 118–121, illustrated.

Maine, Stephen. “Robert Whitman at PaceWildenstein” (exhibition review). Art in America (December 2007): 153, illustrated.

McAdams, Shane. “Robert Whitman: Turning” (exhibition review). Brooklyn Rail (October 2007): illustrated.

2006

Joseph, Branden W. “Plastic Empathy: The Ghost of Robert Whitman.” Grey Room, No. 25 (Fall, 2006): 64–91.

2005

Kuo, Michelle. “Faulty Transmission.” Artforum (October 2005): 89, illustrated.

Swartz, Anne. “Local Report from the Guggi” (exhibition review). NYArts Magazine 11 (January/February 2006): illustrated.

2004

Leffingwell, Edward. “Whitman’s Expanded Theater.” Art in America, January 2004: 62–60, illustrated.

2003

Avgikos, Jan. “Robert Whitman. Dia: Chelsea, New York.” performance exhibition review. Artforum, November 2003: 187.

“Don’t Miss… Robert Whitman. Dia Chelsea.” Time Out New York, 4–11 September 2003: 106.

Griffin, Tim. “Preview Winter 2003: Robert Whitman Dia Center For The Arts.” Artforum, January 2003: 51.

Johnson, Ken. “Art Review: Eye–Catching Women In an Altered Reality.” New York Times, 16 May 2003: E35.

Rush, Michael. “Playing Tag With Time And Art’s Transience.” New York Times, 2 March 2003: 41.

2002

Joselit, David. “Into the Light: The Projected Image In American Art 1964–1977” (exhibition review). Artforum, January 2002: 135.

Princenthal, Nancy. “Illuminations For a Dark Place.” Art in America (1992): 96–101.

Rimanelli, David. “Entries: September 19.” review of Ghost. Artforum, November 2002: 41.

1999

Camhi, Leslie. “School Daze: ‘Off Limits Rutgers University and the Avant–Garde, 1957–63.’” Village Voice, 19 May 1999: 141.

Gomez, Edward M. “Modern Art’s Missing Link: The New Jersey Scene.” New York Times, 21 February 1999: 47.

Kalina, Richard. “The Rutgers Group: Garden State Avant–Garde.” Art in America, December 1999: 55–59.

Stevens, Mark. “New Brunswick Stew.” New York, 15 March 1999: 63–64.

1998

“Contemporary Images of Water.” West Art, 10 July 1999.

Maclay, Catherine. “The Art of the Elusive: New Shows at SJMA.” San Jose Mercury News, 28 June 1998: 10G, 11G.

Zanardi, Bonny. “Images of Water. In Over Our Heads: The Image of Water in Contemporary Art.” San Mateo County Times. 17 July 1998,

1997

“Robert Whitman” (PaceWildenstein exhibition review). The New Yorker, 3 February 1997: 20.

Rush, Michael. “Robert Whitman at PaceWildenstein SoHo.” Review Art, 1 February 1997.

1995

Glueck, Grace. The New York Observer, 27 March 1995: 22.

Johnson, Ken. “Machine Dreams.” Art in America (July 1995): 58–61, illustrated.

"Robert Whitman." The New Yorker, 17 April, 1995: 22.

1984

Banes, Sally. “Man in Shadow.” Village Voice, 10 January 1984: 81.

Howell, John. Artforum, March 1984: 87. (review of Eclipse)

1983

Becker, Bonnie L. “Robert Whitman's Raincover.” Drama Review XXVII (Spring 1983): 107–110.

Darton, Eric. “Gone But Not Forgotten.” East Village Eye, May 1983: 30.

Howell, John. Artforum, March 1983: 68. (review of Raincover)

1982

Banes, Sally. “Dream Time in a Warehouse.” Village Voice, 23 November 1982: 105.

1981

Coe, Robert. Live V, 1981: 46.

Frederick, Charles. Live V, 1981: 46.

1979

Mower, David. “Through the Looking Glass and What the Artists Found There.” Art International, September 1979: 67, 70.

Pincus–Witten, Robert. “Entries: Cutting Edges.” Arts Magazine, June 1979: 105–106.

Rose, Barbara. “Talking About Art.” Vogue, April 1979: 180.

Tully, Judd. Arts Magazine, June 1979: 17.

Welish, Marjorie. Art in America, May/June 1979: 133.

Whitman, Robert. “Light Touch.” October 4, Fall 1977.

1977

Moser, Charlette. Houston Chronicle, 25 November 1977: 2.

Crossley, Mimi. Houston Post, 26 November 1977.

1976

Bourdon, David. Village Voice, 19 April 1976. (review of Retrospective)

Glueck, Grace. New York Times, 30 April 1976.

McDonagh, Don. New York Times, 12 April 1976. (reviews of Salad P.N. and Prune Flat)

McDonagh, Don. New York Times, 16 Mat 1976. (review of Retrospective)

Mekas, Jonas. Soho News, 13 May 1976. (reviews of Prune Flat and Film Images)

Russell, John. New York Times, 10 April 1976.

Savitt, Mark. Soho News, 22 April 1976. (reviews of Prune Flat, Salad P.N. and Flower)

Savitt, Mark. Soho News, 29 April 1976. (review of American Moon)

Savitt, Mark. Soho News, 6 May 1976. (review of Nighttime Sky)

New York Times, 2 May 1976.

1974

Mekas, Jonas. “Movie Journal.” Village Voice, 25 April 1974.

Thomsen, Barbara. “Robert Whitman at Bykert Downtown.” Art in America, July/August 1974: 82–83.

1972

Goldin, Amy. “Art and Technology in a Social Vacuum.” Art in America, March/April 1972: 46–51.

Segal, George. “On Whitman and Things.” Art and Artists and Arts Magazine, November 1972: 53–55, 16–19.

1971

Burnham, Jack. “Corporate Art.” Artforum, October 1971: 66–71.

Livingston, Jane. “Some Thoughts on `Art and Technology.'” Studio International, June 1971: 258–63.

1970

“Art's New Ally – Science.” Nature/Science Annual, New York: Time-Life Books, 1970.

Ashton, Dore. “Intercultural Gaps on the Cote d'Azur: Maeght Foundation Shows American Art.” Arts Magazine, September 1970: 38–41.

“Mirror Dome, Santa Ana, California.” Architectural Design, January 1970: 2.

Tomkins, Calvin. “Onward and Upwards with the Arts: E.A.T.” The New Yorker, 3 October 1970.

Tuchman, Maurice. “Art and Technology.” Art in America, March/April 1970.

1969

“Artists Use an Industrial Pallette.” Business Week, 8 November 1969.

Ashton, Dore. “A Planned Coincidence.” Art in America, September/October 1969: 36–47.

Burman, Robert. “Portrait of the Artist as a Mad Scientist.” Lost Angeles, November 1969.

“Exhibition at the Jewish Museum.” Studio International, February 1969: 94.

Rawson, Eric. “Pond.” Techne, 14 April 1969: 10.

1968

Bann, S. “Magic Theatre, Une Exposition a Kansas City.” Oeil, August/ September 1968: 43.

Peine, O. “Mother Turn off the Picture.” Artscanada, June 1968: 15.

1967

Brown. Gordon. “In the Galleries.” Arts Magazine, September/October 1967: 53–54.

“Kinetics.” Time Magazine, October 27, 1967: 64.

Kozloff, Max. “Robert Whitman, Pace Gallery” (exhibition review). Artforum (December 1967): 54.

Lippard, Lucy R. “Total Theatre?” Art International, 20 January 1967: 39.

Mellow, James R. “New York Letter.” Art International, Christmas 1967: 74.

Perreault, John. “Light is Here to Stay.” Village Voice, October 26, 1967.

Piene, Nan R. “Light Art.” Art in America (May/June 1967): 24–47, illustrated.

Rosenstein, Harris. “Reviews and Previews.” Art News, December 1967: 56. (review of exhibition at Pace Gallery)

1966

Hering, Doris. “The Engineers Had All the Fun.” Dance Magazine, December 1966: 36.

“Jammed Doors.” Newsweek, 31 October 1966.

Johnston, Jill. “Dance Journal: Robert Whitman.” Village Voice, 8 September 1966.

Kirby, Michael. “Uses of Film in the New Theatre.” Tulane Drama Review, Fall 1966.

Lester, Eleanor. “So What Happens After Happenings?” New York Times, 4 September 1966.

Mekas, Jonas. “Movie Journal.” Village Voice, 1 September 1966.

Mekas, Jonas. “Movie Journal.” Village Voice, 15 September 1966.

1965

Geldzahler, Henry. “Happenings: Theater by Painters.” Hudson Review 18, no. 4 (Winter 1965–1966): 581–86.

Johnston, Jill. “Dance Journal: Three Theatre Events.” Village Voice, 23 December 1965.

Johnston, Jill. “Theatre: Nighttime Sky.” Village Voice, 27 May 1965.

Junker, Howard. “Films –– The Underground Renaissance.” The Nation, 27 December 1965.

Krim, Seymour. “A Funny Thing Happened.” Herald Tribune Sunday Magazine, 19 December 1965.

Mekas, Jonas. “Movie Journal.” Village Voice, 3 June 1965.

Whitman, Robert. “Night Time Sky.” Tulane Drama Review 10, no. 2 (Winter 1965): 100–106.

1964

Tillim Sidney. “In the Galleries.” Seven New Artists at Janis, Arts Magazine, September 1964: 62–63.

1963

Benedikt, Michael. “Happening: Flower.” Village Voice, 4 April 1963: 11, 16.

Coplans, John. “Notes on the Nature of Joseph Cornell.” Artforum 1, no. 9 (February 1963): 27–29.

Hororwitz, Leonard. Characters in Search of a Movement.” Village Voice, 4 April 1963: 11.

Johnston, Jill. “Reviews and Previews” (exhibition review of 9 Great Jones Street). Art News, February 1963: 12.

Johnston, Jill. “Reviews and Previews” (exhibition review of 9 Great Jones Street). Art News, May 1963: 62.

Wilcock, John. “What's Going on Here?” Herald Tribune Sunday Magazine, 5 May 1963: 62.

1962

Horowitz, Leonard. “What’s Happening?” Horizon 5, no. 2 (November 1962): 114.

Johnston, Jill. “Environment, Uptown.” Village Voice, 4 January 1962: 6.

Johnston, Jill. “Reviews and Previews” (Green Gallery exhibition review). Art News, February 1962: 15.

1961

Kroll, Jack. “Situations and Environments.” Art News 60, no. 5 (September 1961): 16.

O’Doherty. “Art: Three Displays Run Gamut of Styles.” New York Times, 16 June 1960: 10.

Petersen, Valerie. “Reviews and Previews” (Rueben Gallery exhibition review) Art News, January 1961: 13.

Robinson, Jean. “New Happenings at the Reuben.” Village Voice, 16 June 1960: 13.

Schmidt, Sandra. “Theater American Moon.” Village Voice, 15 December 1960: 10.

1959

Dennison, George. “In the Galleries” (Reuben Gallery exhibition review). Arts Magazine, December 1959: 69.

Porter, Fairfield. “Reviews and Previews: New Names this Month.” Art News, January 1959: 18.

Samaras, Lucas. “Antho Reviews Art Show.” Rutgers Daily Targum (23 February 1959): 4.

“Robert Whitman at Reuben Gallery.” Art New 58, no. 8 (December 1959): 20

Tillim, Sidney. “In the Galleries” (Hansa Gallery exhibition review). Arts Magazine, March 1959: 63.

2018

Bianconi, Giampaolo. “Robert Whitman: American Moon, 1960.” In Judson Dance Theater: The Work is Never Done (exhibition catalogue). New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2018: 134–135, illustrated.

Robert Whitman: 61 (exhibition catalogue). Text by Adam Harrison Levy. New York: Pace Gallery, 2018.

2017

Inventing Downtown: Artist-Run Galleries in New York City, 1952–1965 (exhibition catalogue). New York and Munich: Grey Art Gallery, New York University; Delmonico Books Prestel, 2017: 70, 111, illustrated.

2016

Michaud, Philippe-Alain. Sur le film. Paris: Éditions Macula, 2016: 60–90, illustrated.

The Promise of Total Automation (exhibition catalogue). Vienna: Kunsthalle Wien, 2016: 67, illustrated.

2015

E.A.T.: Experiments in Art and Technology. Edited by Sabine Breitwieser. Salzburg: Museum der Moderne Salzburg, 2015.

2014

Joseph, Branden W. Joseph. “Plastic Empathy: The Ghost of Robert Whitman.” In Robert Lehman Lectures on Contemporary Art. New York: Dia Art Foundation, 2014: 147–173, illustrated.

Mcdonough, Tom. “Robert Whitman’s American Moon: A Reading in Four Phases.” In Robert Lehman Lectures on Contemporary Art. New York: Dia Art Foundation, 2014: 105–127, illustrated.

Uroskie, Andrew V. Between The Black Box and The White Cube: Expanded Cinema and Postwar Art. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2014: 34, 123–130, 133–147, illustrated.

2012

Selections from the Private Collection of Robert Rauschenberg (exhibition catalogue). Text by Robert Storr. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 2012: 275–276, 353 illustrated.

2010

50 Years at Pace (exhibition catalogue). Texts by Arne Glimcher et al. New York: The Pace Gallery, 2010: illustrated.

Robinson, Julia, ed. New Realisms: 1957–1962. Object Strategies Between Readymade and Spectacle (exhibition catalogue). Madrid: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, 2010: illustrated.

2009

Comer, Stuart, ed. Film and Video Art. London: Tate Publishing, 2009: 71, illustrated.

Innovations in the Third Dimension: Sculpture of Our Time (exhibition catalogue). Texts by Nancy Hall-Duncan and Joan Pachner. Greenwich: Bruce Museum, 2009: 2–3, 48, 87, illustrated.

Kennedy, Brian P. and Emily Schubert Burke, eds. Modern and Contemporary Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art. Hanover, New Hampshire: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, 2009: 190, illustrated.

Rattemeyer, Christian, ed. The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection. Catalogue Raisonné. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2009: 281, illustrated.

2008

Heartney, Eleanor. Art & Today. London: Phaidon Press Limited, 2008: 168.

The History Book: On Moderna Museet 1958–2008. Germany: Steidl, 2008.

Macnair, Jennifer, Thomas Frick and Nola Butler, ed. BCAM/LACMA 2008. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2008: 139.

2007

Robert Whitman: Local Report (exhibition catalogue). Texts by Julie Martin, Bettina Funcke, Shawn Van Every and Hans–Cristoph Steiner. Berkeley, New Jersey: Experiments in Art and Technology, 2007.

Robert Whitman: Turning (exhibition catalogue). Interview by Coosje van Bruggen. New York: PaceWildenstein, 2007.

2006

Davies, Penelope J. E., Joseph Jacobs, et al. Janson's History of Art, The Western Tradition, 7th edition. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson–Prentice Hall, 2006: 1049–50; 1050, Robert Whitman, “Prune Flat,” illustrated, 29.13.

Joseph, Branden W. “Plastic Empathy: The Ghost of Robert Whitman.” Grey Room, no. 25 (Fall 2006): 64–91.

2005

Bits and Pieces Put Together to Present a Semblance of a Whole: Walker Art Center Collections. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Walker Art Center, 2005: 35, illustrated.

Brecht, George, Julia Robinson, and Alfred M. Fischer. George Brecht: Events: Eine Heterospektive: a Heterospective. Köln: Walther König, 2005:226–227.

2004

Cooke, Lynne and Michael Govan. Dia: Beacon. New York: Dia Art Foundation, 2004: 306, 310, 311, illus.

2003

Robert Whitman: Playback (exhibition catalogue). Texts by Lynne Cooke, David Joselit, Ben Portis, George Baker, and the artist. New York: Dia Art Foundation, 2003.

Whitman, Robert. Performances from the 1960s. Houston, Texas: Artpix Notebooks, 2003, DVD.

Whitman, Robert. Robert Whitman Sounds for 4 Cinema Pieces. 80 min. Chicago: Museum of Contemporary Art, (1985), 2003, DVD.

2002

Trisha Brown: Dance and Art in Dialogue, 1961–2001 (exhibition catalogue). Andover, Massachusetts: Addison Gallery of America Art, Phillips Academy Essays: 9, 31, 70, 71, 73, 301, 323, illustrated.

2001

Adventures in Art: 40 Years at Pace. Text by Arne Glimcher. Milan: Leonardo International, 2001: 78–79, illustrated.

Iles, Chrissie. Into the Light: The Projected Image in American Art 1964–1977 (exhibition catalogue). New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 2001: 3, 87–89, illustrated; 86, discussed.

Meyer, James. Minimalism: Art and Polemics in the Sixties. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2001.

1999

Corzo, Miguel Angel, ed. Mortality Immortality?: The Legacy of 20th-Century Art. Los Angeles: The Getty Conservation Institute, 1999.

Drip, Blow, Burn: Forces of Nature in Contemporary Art. Yonkers, New York: The Hudson River Museum, February 12–June 20, 1999.

Whitman, Robert. “Interview with Robert Whiteman.” In Off Limits: Rutgers University and the Avant–Garde, 1957–1963. Edited by Joan Marter, with essays by Simon Anderson et al. Newark: The Newark Museum, 1999: 146–152.

1998

Causey, Andrew. Sculpture Since 1945. Oxford History of Art. Oxford: University Press, 1998: 102.

1995

Sanford, Mariellen, R., ed. Happenings and Other Acts. London: Routledge, 1995.

1979

Goldberg, Roselee. Performance. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1979.

Palisade: A Work by Robert Whitman at the Hudson River Museum (exhibition catalogue). Text by Billy Kluver and Julie Marten; interview with Barbara Rose. Yonkers, New York: Hudson River Museum, 1979.

Palisades: A Photo sketchbook of Images about Palisade, a work by Robert Whitman shown at The Hudson River Museum. Yonkers, New York: Hudson River Museum, 1979.

1977

Great Events of the Twentieth Century. Pleasantville: Reader's Digest Association, 1977.

1976

Oliva, Achille Bonito. Europe/America: The Different Avant–Gardes. Milan: Deco Press, 1976.

1975

Alloway, Lawrence. Topics in American Art Since 1945. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1975: 153, 154, 156.

1974

Rose, Barbara. "Considering Robert Whitman." Projected Images. Walker Art Center, 1974: 38–45.

1972

Kluver, J.W. and Rose, Barbara, eds. Pavilion. New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1972.

1971

Tuchman, Maurice. Art and Technology. New York: Viking Press, 1971.

1970

Youngblood, Gene. Expanded Cinema. New York: E.P.Dutton & Co., 1970.

Kaprow, Allan. Assemblage, Environments, and Happenings. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1970.

Johnston, Jill. Marmalade Me. New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1970.

1969

Kirby, Michael. Art of Time. New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1969.

1968

Kostelantez, Richard. The Theatre of Mixed Means. New York: Dial Press, 1968.

Robert Whitman: 4 Cinema Pieces (exhibition recording). Chicago: Museum of Contemporary Art, 1968. Text by Jan Van der Marck. “Sound for 4 Cineman Pieces,” by Robert Whitman, Eva Tone Soundsheet.

6 Artists, 6 Exhibitions. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Walker Art Center, May 12–June 23, 1968. In cooperation with the Albright–Knox Gallery, Buffalo, New York.

1967

Benedict, Michael. Theater Experiment. New York: Doubleday & Co., 1967.

Mussman, Toby. "The Images of Robert Whitman," in The New American Cinema. Gregory Battcock, ed. New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1967.

Renan, Sheldon. An Introduction to the American Underground Film. New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1967.

1966

Erotic Art (exhibition catalogue). Text by Sidney Janis. New York: Sidney Janis Gallery, 1966: illustrated.

1965

Kirby, Michael. Happenings, New York: E.B. Dutton & Co.: 134–183.