Whitney Museum of American Art

Manhattan, United States

Open to visitors

The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.

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Opening hours: Mo-Su 10:30-18:00; Tu off; Fr 10:30-22:00
Admission: Ticketed
Wheelchair access: Accessible
Phone: +1-212-570-3600

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The Whitney Museum of American Art, located in Manhattan's Meatpacking District and West Village, is a modern and contemporary art museum founded in 1930 by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, a prominent American socialite, sculptor, and art patron. The institution houses more than 25,000 works spanning the late 19th century to the present, emphasizing 20th- and 21st-century American art across painting, sculpture, drawing, print, photography, film, video, and new media by over 3,500 artists. It holds the world's largest repository of Edward Hopper's artwork and archival materials, alongside significant collections including the Arshile Gorky Research Collection. After occupying a Marcel Breuer-designed building on the Upper East Side from 1966 to 2014, the museum relocated to its current home at 99 Gansevoort Street, designed by Renzo Piano and opened in May 2015, with 50,000 square feet of exhibition space. The Whitney organizes the Whitney Biennial, considered the longest-running and most important survey of contemporary American art, and operates the Whitney Independent Study Program, established in 1968 to support artists, critics, and art historians.

Architect

Renzo Piano

Built: 1931
Type: nonprofit organization, art museum, arts venue
Place: Manhattan, United States

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