Roy Lichtenstein: Like New at the Whitney

The Whitney Museum opened "Roy Lichtenstein: Like New" on October 11, the first New York retrospective of the artist since 1993. It fills Floor 5 and runs through May 10, 2027.

The title comes from a 1962 work. The show pairs the best-known Pop paintings with lesser-seen pieces, drawing on comic books and newspapers as Lichtenstein did: he reworked a source image, enlarged it and transferred it to canvas. The bold black outlines, flat color and printed-looking dots seem mechanical, yet every one was made by hand. Across six decades, the exhibition covers painting, drawing, sculpture, film and prints, and it includes four re-created murals. Its through-line is the artist's lasting interest in how we perceive images.

Born in 1923, Lichtenstein lived mostly in New York and Southampton and died in 1997 at age 73. The curators argue that his sense of images as unstable things, which travel and come back changed, speaks directly to an era of endless copying, filtering and reposting. The show is organized by Meg Onli and guest curator Alex Da Corte, and the catalogue is designed by Irma Boom.

Related programs include a talk, "Learn to See Like New," on October 14 at 6 pm; Member Mornings on October 17; and a Halloween Member Night on October 28. Alex Da Corte's own show, "Hot Dog With Ketchup," also runs at the Whitney through May 10, 2027, and the museum shop carries an 18-piece Gap collaboration inspired by Lichtenstein. Advance tickets are recommended.