5th Floor Whitney Museum
Craft in art 1950 2019 whitney museum of american art new york november 22 2019 january 2021.
5th floor whitney museum. Each floor has a theme from 1965 to now 5th floor 1950 1975 6th floor 1925 1960 7th floor 1910 1940 8th floor. From 5th to 8th floor with exhibition galleries on each floor and a magnificent terrace overlooking the area and almost all of new york and new jersey. Robert rauschenberg yoicks 1954 photograph by ryan lowry. A space called the education center with a theater for some events conferences and shows.
May 11 2011 the whitney and the metropolitan museum of art announce a collaborative agreement for the whitney s breuer building on the upper east side. Book tickets what to expect. The whitney has reopened its doors to the public with new guidelines in place for the safety and well being of our visitors and staff. The whitney museum is finally done unpacking in meatpacking.
Gertrude vanderbilt whitney the museum s namesake and founder was a well regarded sculptor as well as a serious art collector as a patron of the arts she had already achieved some success with the whitney studio club a new york based exhibition space she created in 1918 to promote the works of avant garde and unrecognized american artists. Installation view 5th floor america is hard to see may 1 september 27 2015 whitney museum of american art new york n y. The interior walls of the whitney s fifth floor will be removed to create the largest column free museum space in new york. As part of this program whitney museum fifth floor will be re designed.
The whitney closes on the land purchase for the building site from the city of new york. 1 30 new whitney museum profile. The illustrious new york institution opened the glassy doors of its new digs at 99 gansevoort street. It serves as a reminder that the museum can be at times prescient in its selections wnyc.
Renzo piano architect of the whitney museum of american art s new downtown home in manhattan s meatpacking district stands in its vast fifth floor gallery during construction. All visitors and members must book timed tickets in advance. Beautifully installed on the fifth floor it caps off an extravaganza of brand new art with a humbling and diverting mix of classics oldies and one hit wonders all drawn from the whitney s collection the new york times. This quite ambitious and amazing project is a part of preparations for five part exhibition where large scale installations by michael heizer.