Whitney Museum of American Art
New York City · United States · Founded 1930
Renzo Piano's airy meatpacking-district landmark devoted to twentieth and twenty-first century American art.
About Whitney Museum of American Art
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney founded the museum in 1930 with her own collection of works by then-overlooked American artists. The museum moved into Renzo Piano's stepped building beside the High Line in 2015.
The Whitney Biennial, the museum's flagship survey of US contemporary art, has been held since 1932.
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