Robert Whitman

Robert Whitman
Whitman in 2010
Born	(1935-05-23)May 23, 1935 New York City, U.S.
Died	January 19, 2024(2024-01-19) (aged 88) Warwick, New York, U.S.
Nationality	American
Education	Rutgers University Columbia University
Notable work	Experiments in Art and Technology
Movement	Performance art
Spouses	Mia Lahanas ​ (m. 1956⁠–⁠1961)​ Simone Forti ​ (m. 1962⁠–⁠1966)​ Sylvia Palacios Whitman ​ ​ (m. 1968)​
Children	3

Robert Whitman (May 23, 1935 – January 19, 2024) was an American artist best known for his seminal theater pieces of the early 1960s combining visual and sound images, actors, film, slides, and evocative props in environments of his own making. From the late 1960s on he worked with new technologies, and his latest work incorporated cellphones.