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Behind the Scenes Tour of the Whitney Museum

September 13, 2022 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm EDT

Free
The Whitney View from Gansevoort Street. Photographed by Ed Lederman, 2015

Photo: The Whitney Building: View from Gansevoort Street. Photographed by Ed Lederman, 2015.

The tour, led by Nick Holmes, will include an overview of the Whitney Museumโ€™s Renzo Piano-designed building, and offer a behind the scenes view of spaces rarely open to the public, including a look inside the museum's conservation lab, and more.

Meet at 555 West Street entance.

This event is free to attend, but we suggest a $10 donation to The Village Trip.

 

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The Whitney Museum of American Art, founded in 1930 by the artist and philanthropist Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875โ€“1942), houses the foremost collection of American art from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Mrs. Whitney, an early and ardent supporter of modern American art, nurtured groundbreaking artists when audiences were still largely preoccupied with the Old Masters. From her vision arose the Whitney Museum of American Art, which has been championing the most innovative art of the United States for ninety years. The core of the Whitneyโ€™s mission is to collect, preserve, interpret, and exhibit American art of our time and serve a wide variety of audiences in celebration of the complexity and diversity of art and culture in the United States. Through this mission and a steadfast commitment to artists, the Whitney has long been a powerful force in support of modern and contemporary art and continues to help define what is innovative and influential in American art today.

Whitney Museum View from Gansevoort Street. Photograph by Karin Jobst, 2014
View from Gansevoort Street. Photograph by Karin Jobst, 2014

 

 

Details

Date:
September 13, 2022
Time:
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm EDT
Cost:
Free
Event Category:

Venue

Whitney Museum of American Art
555 West Street NY NY 10014 United States