Whitneyphile

Whitney Museum of American Art: Designed by Marcel Breuer, the Whitney Museum's current building opened in 1966. Jacqueline Kennedy attended the building on opening day.

Whitney Museum of American Art: This is the site of the Whitney Museum's future building in the Meatpacking District. The Whitney will break ground on the Renzo Piano-designed building in May 2011. Read more.

Whitney Museum of American Art: Edward Hopper's proximity to the Queensboro Bridge led to the painting of the same title, created in 1913.

Whitney Museum of American Art: Painter Edward Hopper's main studio is still partly intact. The building is now owned by New York University.

Whitney Museum of American Art: This was the first location of the Whitney Museum of American Art. It founded in 1930 after Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney's collection of 500+ works by American artists were rejected by the Met. Read more.

Whitney Museum of American Art: Whitney Museum founder Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney established the Whitney Studio Club in 1918 as a meeting space where young artists could create and exhibit their work and socialize. Read more.

Whitney Museum of American Art: Whitney Museum founder Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney moved here in 1907. At the time, the street also housed artists Daniel Chester French, Charles Hawthorne, and Ernest Lawson, among others.