Whitney Museum of American Art

The Whitney Announces Film Program And Expanded Cinema Events Presented As Part Of Dreamlands: Immersive Cinema And Art.

The Whitney Announces Film Program And Expanded Cinema Events Presented As Part Of Dreamlands: Immersive Cinema And Art.1905–2016

Published on Thursday 20 October 2016.

David Breslin To Join The Whitney’s Curatorial Department

The Whitney Museum of American Art is pleased to announce that David Breslin is joining the Museum’s staff as Richard DeMartini Family Curator and Director of the Collection. Currently the John R. Eckel, Jr. Chief Curator of the Menil Drawing Institute in Houston, Breslin will begin working at the Whitney in October.

Published on Friday 16 September 2016.

Leonard A. Lauder Given Inaugural Whitney Collection Award; Museum’s New Building To Be Named In Lauder’s Honor

The inaugural Whitney Collection Award was presented to Leonard A. Lauder, the Museum’s Chairman Emeritus, at a dinner last night at the Whitney Museum of American Art, honoring Mr. Lauder for more than four decades of unstinting support.

Published on Wednesday 06 April 2016.

The Whitney To Present Two-floor Exhibition In Celebration Of The Portrait

A complete reinstallation of the Whitney’s collection in its new building

Published on Wednesday 09 March 2016.

Whitney Acquires Archibald Motley Masterwork

NEW YORK, January 11, 2016—The Whitney Museum of American Art is pleased to announce the acquisition of Archibald Motley’s Gettin’ Religion (1948), the first work by the great American modernist to enter the Whitney’s collection.

Published on Monday 11 January 2016.

The Whitney Announces Curators For 2017 Biennial

The Whitney Museum of American Art announced today that the 2017 Whitney Biennial will be co-curated by Christopher Y. Lew and Mia Locks. This will be the seventy-eighth in the Museum’s series of Annual and Biennial exhibitions inaugurated in 1932 by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney.

Published on Wednesday 04 November 2015.

Whitney Museum Of American Art Receives A Gift For Education From The Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation

The Whitney Museum of American Art has received a $2 million gift from the Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation to support its award-winning education programs, Adam D. Weinberg, Alice Pratt Brown Director of the Whitney, announced today.

Published on Thursday 30 July 2015.

Whitney Museum Announces Curatorial Staff Promotions

The Whitney Museum of American Art today announced five curatorial staff promotions, led by the appointment of Dana Miller to the newly endowed position of Richard DeMartini Family Curator and Director of the Collection.

Published on Wednesday 08 July 2015.

The Whitney Announces New Officers For Board Of Trustees

Neil G. Bluhm and Laurie M. Tisch Named Board Co-Chairmen Richard M. DeMartini Named President

Published on Monday 29 June 2015.

The Whitney Expands Its Leadership Team

Appoints Donna De Salvo to New Position of Deputy Director for International Initiatives and Senior Curator, and Scott Rothkopf to Deputy Director for Programs and Chief Curator

Published on Tuesday 19 May 2015.

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Whitney Museum Of American Art Announces New Building Will Open On May 1, 2015

NEW YORK, November 20, 2014

Published on Thursday 20 November 2014.

Our Offices Have Moved

The new Whitney will open to the public in spring 2015. Designed by architect Renzo Piano and situated between the High Line and the Hudson River, the building will vastly increase the Whitney’s exhibition and programming space, providing the first comprehensive view of its unsurpassed collection of modern and contemporary American art.

Published on Thursday 23 October 2014.

The Whitney’s Photography Collection Transformed By Promised Gift

Adam D. Weinberg, the Alice Pratt Brown Director of the Whitney Museum of American Art, recently announced that a promised gift of seventy-five iconic photographs has been made by Sondra Gilman Gonzalez-Falla and Celso Gonzalez-Falla that will dramatically impact the Museum’s photography collection.

Published on Thursday 25 September 2014.

The Whitney Expands its Hours Due to Popularity of Koons Retrospective

NEW YORK, August 18, 2014—In response to the popularity of Jeff Koons: A Retrospective, the Whitney Museum of American Art will expand its operations to six days per week by opening on Mondays from 11 am–6 pm starting on September 1, 2014 (Labor Day).

Published on Monday 18 August 2014.

Alex Katz Mural to be Unveiled Opposite Future Whitney

In celebration of the Whitney Museum of American Art’s forthcoming move to its new Renzo Piano–designed building in the Meatpacking District, the Museum has partnered with TF Cornerstone and High Line Art on a series of public art installations.

Published on Tuesday 29 July 2014.

The Whitney Appoints Christopher Y. Lew As Associate Curator

NEW YORK, July 9, 2014—The Whitney Museum of American Art has announced the appointment of Christopher Y. Lew as associate curator. Mr. Lew will begin working at the Museum this summer.

Published on Wednesday 09 July 2014.

Zoe Leonard Receives $100,000 2014 Bucksbaum Award

Adam D. Weinberg, Alice Pratt Brown Director of the Whitney Museum of American Art, has announced that artist Zoe Leonard is the recipient of the eighth Bucksbaum Award. The award, established by Melva Bucksbaum and her family, is given every two years to one of the artists in the Biennial whose work demonstrates a singular combination of talent and imagination.

Published on Thursday 15 May 2014.

Whitney Museum Donates Education Studio To Socrates Sculpture Park

NEW YORK, May 14, 2014—Socrates Sculpture Park and the Whitney Museum of American Art announced today that the Whitney’s freestanding educational studio, designed by the innovative architectural firm LOT-EK, will be donated to Socrates Sculpture Park.

Published on Wednesday 14 May 2014.

The Whitney Announces Inaugural Year Exhibitions For Its New Downtown Home

When the Whitney Museum’s new Renzo Piano-designed home on Gansevoort Street opens its doors in the spring of 2015, the inaugural installation will be the largest display to date of the Whitney’s permanent collection.

Published on Friday 02 May 2014.

Whitney Museum Announces 2014 Bucksbaum Award Jury

NEW YORK, April 11, 2014—The Whitney Museum of American Art has tapped a pair of well-respected figures from the art world, Michelle Kuo, the Editor in Chief of Artforum International, and Nancy Spector, the Deputy Director and Chief Curator of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, to be on the jury for the 2014 Bucksbaum Award.

Published on Saturday 12 April 2014.

Whitney Museum Loans Two Edward Hopper Paintings To The White House

The Whitney Museum of American Art is delighted to announce the loan of two Edward Hopper paintings to The White House. The two paintings, Burly Cobb’s House, South Truro and Cobb’s Barns, South Truro, both dated 1930–1933, were installed in the Oval Office last week.

Published on Tuesday 11 February 2014.

Whitney To Highlight Recent Acquisitions By Emerging Artists

NEW YORK, NY, August 9, 2013—This fall, the Whitney Museum of American Art will present Test Pattern, an exhibition that showcases the work of predominantly young and emerging artists who are questioning the ways in which we process visual information.

Published on Friday 09 August 2013.

A New Graphic Identity for the Whitney

As the Whitney approaches the opening of its new building in 2015, it' is are taking stock of all aspects of its programming and operations. Two years ago, Museum staff began a thoughtful internal dialogue regarding the Whitney’s graphic identity and selected the design studio Experimental Jetset to develop a new approach which embraces the spirit of the Museum.

Published on Friday 21 June 2013.

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Pioneering Internet Artwork Rescued by the Whitney

After a year-long project to restore a visionary work of Internet art, the Whitney has relaunched Douglas Davis's The World’s First Collaborative Sentence (1994). Comprised of more than 200,000 posts in a dozen languages, the Sentence is a living document of the Internet's evolution, capturing an early era of online communication.

Published on Thursday 13 June 2013.

Elevators Commissioned from Artschwager for the Whitney's Future Downtown Home

When the Whitney Museum of American Art opens its downtown home to the public in 2015, one of the most striking features of the new building will be its four distinctive elevators.

Published on Friday 07 June 2013.