Taína H. Cruz: I Saw the Future and It Smiled Back
Taína H. Cruz
Whitney Museum of American Art
99 Gansevoort St, New York, NY 10014
Mon 10:30am-6pm, Tue Closed, Wed 10:30am-6pm, Thu 10:30am-6pm, Fri 10:30am-10pm, Sat 10:30am-6pm, Sun 10:30am-6pm
Admission
Free Admission
This is a public art installation on a building facade. Standard Whitney Museum admission applies for related indoor exhibitions.
About
This artwork is featured on the building facade on Gansevoort Street across from the Whitney and the High Line. Graffiti is a major inspiration for Taína H. Cruz's (b. 1998, New York, NY) paintings and drawings, including those she created on-site on one of the Whitney's fifth-floor gallery walls for the 82nd edition of the Museum's Biennial. Her work, I Saw the Future and It Smiled Back, on the Gansevoort Street billboard, reflects a child-like sense of newness and anticipation. This work is part of Whitney Biennial 2026. This project is made possible by the Whitney Museum of American Art, TF Cornerstone, and the High Line. Taína Cruz: I Saw the Future and It Smiled Back is part of Outside of the Box programming, which is supported by a generous endowment from the Jacques and Natasha Gelman Foundation.