The Whitney Museum of American Art, fondly known as the Whitney, is an art museum in Manhattan that focuses on 20th and 21st century American art. Founded in 1931 by prominent American socialite and art patron Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, the Whitney has a permanent collection of more than 21,000 paintings, prints, drawings, sculptures, photographs, films, videos, and historical artifacts as well as new media by more than 3,000 artists. An extensive permanent collection showcases notable works from the first half of the last century, while other galleries are dedicated to exhibiting the work of living artists. The museum is based in a Renzo Piano designed building on Gansevoort Street in the creative West Village / Meatpacking District neighborhood of Lower Manhattan and hosts popular annual and biennial exhibitions each year, which showcase lesser known and up-and-coming artists.
99 Gansevoort St, New York, NY 10014, Phone: 212-570-3600