NEW BUILDING OF THE WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART IN NEW YORK

• Authors: Jasińska, Anna , Jasiński, Artur

Abstracts

EN

On the 1st of. May 2015, in Meatpacking District of West Manhattan, the new building of the Whitney Museum of American Art was opened. It is the fourth location of this well-known New York museum, which was established in 1930, by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney. The Whitney possesses the world’s largest collection of American art and focuses on exhibiting living artists. Spectacular, industrial in character architecture signed by Renzo Piano has met with mixed reactions. The building is functional and well connected with the post-industrial site, however, not appreciated by everyone. Similar situation happened forty years ago, when Centre of Georges Pompidou, designed by Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers, pioneers of high-tech architecture, was widely criticised. Only popularity, high attendance and commercial success of famous Paris facility changed that negative opinion. Is the New Whitney following the same path – time will tell.

Keywords

EN

Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875–1942); Renzo Piano; museum architecture

• Publisher: Krajowy Ośrodek Badań i Dokumentacji Zabytków
• Journal: Muzealnictwo
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 59
• Pages: 19-27

Dates

published

2018-03-30

Contributors

author

Jasińska, Anna

author

Jasiński, Artur

Identifiers

DOI

10.5604/01.3001.0011.7190