The big Metropolitan Museum of Art has a few satellite locations including Met Breuer at Madison Avenue and 75th Street, the former home of the Whitney Museum. A New York State resident can be admitted for whatever amount he/she wants to pay.
The first exhibit I visited was called Everything is Connected: Art and Conspiracy. When I got off the elevator there were large murals of Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack Ruby. It included 70 works by 30 artists in various formats that explore the hidden operations of power and the symbiotic suspicion between the government and its citizens that haunts Western democracies. There were several photographs of Henry Kissinger of all people. Anyway, as you can see above there was a work by John Miller of the Wheel of Fortune with Pat Sajak and Vanna White. It doesn't fit in with the theme of the exhibit, but it was the highlight of the day for me. Apparently, John Miller drew more paintings of game shows as indicated in this press release. I am going to see if I can find out more information about this.
The second exhibit was Odyssey: Jack Whitten Sculpture, 1963-2017. Whitten's sculptures, which he first created in New York and later at his summer home on Crete, consist of carved wood, often in combination with found materials sourced from his local environment, including bone, marble, paper, glass, nails, and fishing line.
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