American Voices at the Whitney Museum

The American Voices audio tour at the Whitney Museum is likely a better resource if you are actually at the Museum in front of the work being discussed. The images that go along with the online tour are pretty small. The advantage of the site is that you can hear the narration at the same time that you read the text.

You can always search the web for a better image of the artwork - this often leads to more art-related sites and more links but that's part of the fun.

One warning - do not click on the link at the upper left of the screen. It leads to a blank screen. It's better to go back to the introduction page, or click on the index. There you'll find a chronological listing of the artwork in the tour along with thumbnails. I found this intriguing since I hadn't heard of many of the artists (for instance, Elsie Driggs) so seeing a striking image first, and then discovering the artist was part of the adventure.