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THE WHITNEY IS CLOSED IN PREPARATION FOR THE OPENING OF OUR NEW BUILDING in spring 2015


Designed by architect Renzo Piano and situated between the High Line and the Hudson River, the new 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.

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A child designs his own Museum-of-the-Future at the annual HarvestFest celebration in Gansevoort Plaza, 2013. Photograph by Danielle Linzer

Watch: Tours of the Meatpacking District

Tom Otterness: Life Underground

Artist Tom Otterness talks about Life Underground (2001), his sculpture installation at the Fourteenth Street and Eighth Avenue subway station.

From the Blog

TOUCH TOUR of JEFF KOONS: A RETROSPECTIVE

SEP 23, 2014

The Whitney offers Verbal Description and Touch Tours for visitors who are blind or partially-sighted. On September 12, art historian and educator Georgia Krantz led a tour of Jeff Koons: A Retrospective.
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Jeff Koons, Boy with Pony, 1995–2008. Oil on canvas; 136 1⁄2 × 107 in. (346.7 × 271.8 cm). Private collection. © Jeff Koons