Whitney Live

Like they have in the past, the Whitney Museum of American Art is putting a series of “pay what you wish” concerts this summer. Check out the Todd P* curated music lineup for “Whitney Live” below. Who says Madison Avenue doesn’t know how to rock?

Whitney Live: Summer 2010
Presented by Keds
Fridays: July 2, July 23, Aug 13, Aug 27
Lower Gallery / Sculpture Court
7pm

Downstairs this July and August Whitney Live rocks the Lower Gallery and Sculpture Court with upstarts in experimental pop, tropicalia, chill-wave, beach music, garage rock, post-punk, and globe-trotting bass-inflected DJ beats. Whitney Live is free with Museum admission, which is pay-what-you-wish on Fridays from 6-9 pm.

JULY 2
HIGH PLACES + TORO Y MOI

JULY 23
BEAR HANDS + DARLINGS

AUGUST 13
JAVELIN + WARPAINT

AUGUST 27
DJ/RUPTURE + TANLINES

* Actually I have no idea who booked these shows.

List of current and upcoming exhibitions at the Whitney after the jump.

Current and Upcoming Exhibitions at the Whitney Museum of American Art
Collecting Biennials Through November 28, 2010
Facing the Artist: Portraits by John Jonas Gruen June 3-August 8, 2010
Heat Waves in a Swamp: The Paintings of Charles Burchfield June 24–October 17, 2010
Christian Marclay: Festival July 1–September 26, 2010
Off the Wall: Part 1—Thirty Performative Actions July 1-September 19, 2010
Jill Magid: A Reasonable Man in a Box July 1-September 12, 2010
Lee Friedlander: America by Car Opens September 4, 2010
Off the Wall: Part 2—Seven Works by Trisha Brown September 30-October 3, 2010
Paul Thek: Diver, A Retrospective October 21, 2010-January 9, 2011
Modern Life: Edward Hopper and His Time Opens October 27, 2010
Charles LeDray: workworkworkworkwork Nov. 18, 2010-Feb. 13, 2011