AB[500] · Artist bibliography

Robert Whitman: links

Selected records, interviews, criticism, institutional histories, and audiovisual sources situate Whitman’s work across performance and technology.

20 sources · last updated 2026-07-11

In the AB[500]: Art Blocks

Art Blocks introduces the wider 500-project collection and its place in the platform’s history.

Art Blocks 500 ↗ collection · 2025

Interviews

The Menil Collection’s Artists Documentation Program transcript examines the material and technical requirements of Whitman’s work.

Artists Documentation Program ↗ interview · 2018

The Rauschenberg Foundation’s illustrated oral-history transcript records Whitman’s memories of artists, technologies, and performances.

Rauschenberg oral history ↗ interview · 2014

LACMA’s Art + Technology interview addresses repeatability, collaboration, and the technological life of performance.

LACMA Art + Technology ↗ interview · 2015

Press and criticism

The Art Newspaper obituary assesses Whitman’s experiments with performance, participation, and technology.

The Art Newspaper ↗ criticism · 2024

The Walker Art Center Reader situates Whitman’s projected-image practice within expanded cinema and the media avant-garde.

Walker Reader ↗ criticism · 2011

The Wire preview describes Passport as a non-narrative theater work using video, sound, and artist-made props.

The Wire ↗ press · 2011

Museums and institutions

MoMA’s artist record indexes works and the museum’s 1973 Projects exhibition.

MoMA ↗ museum · ongoing

MACBA’s exhibition archive identifies Whitman as a performance precursor and pioneer in creative uses of new technology.

MACBA ↗ museum · 2005

The MIT List Visual Arts Center records Whitman’s residency and the creation of Black Dirt.

MIT List ↗ institution · 1990

Museo Reina Sofía records its presentation of The American Moon.

Reina Sofía ↗ performance · 2010

Dia’s collection index provides an institutional pathway through Whitman’s works and publications.

Dia collection ↗ archive · ongoing

Galleries and exhibitions

Pace’s film page presents a full performance of American Moon and identifies its original 1960 staging.

American Moon film ↗ exhibition · 2023

Frieze’s event listing records the 2023 American Moon presentation in New York.

Frieze event ↗ exhibition · 2023

Essays, talks and podcasts

Edward A. Shanken’s Artforum essay surveys more than fifty years of Whitman’s theater pieces and technological collaborations.

Artforum essay ↗ essay · 2011

The Arts Company documents Black Dirt and its contemporary radio interview context.

Black Dirt ↗ performance · 1990

Auctions and catalogues

Pace’s selected one-artist exhibition history provides a chronological catalogue of Whitman’s solo presentations.

Exhibition chronology ↗ catalogue · 2024

Profiles and archives

Raster aggregates Robert Whitman's tokenized works across platforms.

Raster ↗ profile · ongoing

The Weisman Art Museum maintains an institutional artist profile for Whitman.

Weisman profile ↗ profile · ongoing

Video

The Performances from the 1960s video record includes footage and commentary concerning American Moon, Flower, Prune Flat, and Ghost.

Performances from the 1960s ↗ video · 2007