Juan Sánchez: States of Liberation

Preview: written before the show opened

The Whitney fronts this show with Para Don Pedro, a 1992 print from its own collection that layers a color photolithograph, a lithograph and a laser print, then adds oil stick and collage on top. Sánchez, born in New York in 1954, has spent more than four decades on the histories, politics and spiritual traditions of the working-class Puerto Rican communities he grew up in.

This is his first traveling retrospective, arranged in four threads: autobiography, community, nation and utopia. The Whitney counts more than 60 works and its co-organizer, The Phillips Collection, says 75, across painting, works on paper, photography and video. If you're in Washington next summer, it opens there first, June 26 to September 12, 2027.

The Whitney lists its run as opening in fall 2027, with no exact dates yet. Admission is $30, $24 for seniors and students, and free for visitors 25 and under, on Friday nights (open until 10pm) and on second Sundays. The Whitney is closed Tuesdays.