Abstract

Art

The Whitney Museum offers until April 14 the work of thirty American painters and sculptors under thirty-five are representative of present-day trends. Last month the American Institute of Arts and Letters showed the work of the thirty-five artists selected by the painter and sculptors members of the Institute as applicants for its annual grants. Both shows draw from the same pool, but were chosen according to different points of view. The selecting committee of the Whitney contains no artists. The Museum is extremely sensitive to critical currents and is closely associated with the educational program of the Museum of Modern Art. The show it offers can be taken to represent an advanced critical and academic opinion, an official view of American contemporary painting from outside the profession.