artport: A History of Internet Art marks the 25th anniversary of artport, the Whitney’s online gallery space for commissions of net art, which launched in 2001. Since its inception, artport has presented a snapshot of the varied practices artists use to engage with an ever-evolving online environment. Taking place online and in the gallery, the exhibition tells a history of the evolution of net art over a quarter century and features more than 100 works commissioned specifically for artport.

The exhibition presented on the Museum’s 6th Floor is structured around the three main commissioning categories of the artport website: the Gate Pages, created from 2001 to 2006 as portals to artists’ websites; the main Commissions, which have been ongoing since 2001; and the Sunrise/Sunset series, which ran from 2009 to 2024, along with its successor, On the Hour. In the galleries, the open floor plan creates the impression of floating browser windows, bringing the history of online art into physical space.

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