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The Whitney is closed in preparation for the opening of our new building downtown on May 1, 2015.
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The Whitney is closed in preparation for the opening of our new building downtown on May 1, 2015.
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Watch & ListenTHE 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.
Whitney Museum of American Art, October 2014. Photograph by Timothy Schenck
The new whitney opens May 1, 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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Be among the first to experience the new building, opening May 1, 2015.
Installation view of Black Male: Representations of Masculinity in Contemporary American Art (Whitney Museum of American Art, November 10, 1994–March 5, 1995). Fred Wilson, Guarded View, 1991. Photograph by Geoffrey Clements
Lectures, Talks, Readings
Looking Back at
Black Male
Fri, Dec 12, 2014 6:30 PM
On the twentieth anniversary of her groundbreaking exhibition Black Male: Representations of Masculinity in Contemporary American Art, curator Thelma Golden speaks with writer Hilton Als, and art historian and critic Huey Copeland.
Please note: This event takes place at The New School Auditorium, 66 West 12th Street.
