Okokuqala kwavulwa ngo-1931, iMyuziyamu yase-Whitney yase-American Art mhlawumbi i-museum ebaluleke kakhulu ezinikezelwe kwi-American art and artists. Ukuqokelelwa kwalo kuluhlu lwama-20 kunye ne-21 leminyaka kunye nobugcisa be-American, ngokugxininiswa ngakumbi emsebenzini weengcali eziphilayo. Abaculi abangaphezu kwama-3,000 baye bancedisa ekuqokelelweni kwayo ngokusisigxina kwemifanekiso engaphezulu kwama-21,000, imifanekiso, imidwebo, iimifanekiso, iividiyo, ifilimu kunye neefoto.
Umboniso wesibonakaliso se-Biennial ubonisa umsebenzi owenziwe ngabaculi ababiziweyo, ngokugqwesa ngokugqithisileyo ukuphuhliswa kwamuva kwimibukiso yaseMelika.
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- Abavakatyeli kwi-Whitney banokuzonwabisa kwiityelelo zemihla ngemihla yokuqokelela kunye nemibukiso. Akukho zibonelelo ezifunekayo.
- Iingqungquthela, ivenkile yokutya yaseMerika, ikhonza ikhofi kunye neefishi ezithengisayo kusasa kwaye ivulekile isidlo sasemini, isidlo sakusihlwa kunye ne-brunch weekend.
- I-Studio Cafe isebenzisa ukuhamba okulula ukuqala ngexesha lesidlo sasemini. Inamafasitela angaphantsi-kuya kutsho kunye nombono weManhattan skyline . Izihlalo zangaphandle zifumaneka ehlobo.
Olongezelelweyo Ngomxholo weMicrosoft yaseMelika
Emva kokuba uMasipala waseMetropolitan Museum of Art wenqaba ukunika amandla kunye nokuqokelela, umdwebi waseGertrude Vanderbilt uWotney wamisa iMusic Museum yaseMelika ngo-1931 ukuza kuqokelela imisebenzi engaphezu kwama-500 yobugcisa be-American artists ayeyifumene ukuqala ngo-1907.
Wayeyithathwa njengonobangela obunobungcali bemveli yaseMelika de wafa ngo-1942.
I-Whitney yaziwa ngemisebenzi yayo kwi-Modernism kunye neNtlalo yeNtlalo, ukuCwangcisa, ukuCatshulwa koBuchule, uPop Art, i-Minimalism, ne-Postminimalism. Abaculi ababoniswe kumyuziyam baquka uAlexander Calder, uMabel Dwight, uJasper Johns, uGeorge O'Keeffe noDavid Wojnarowicz.
Indawo eDlulileyo neNje
Indawo yokuqala yayikulo dolophu yaseGreenwich kwiSitalato sase-West Eighth. Ukwandiswa kwemyuziyamu kwenze ukuba kuyimfuneko ukufudula amaninzi amaxesha. Ngowe-1966, yafudukela kwisakhiwo esakhiwe nguMarcel Breuer kwi-Avenue yeMadison. Ngo-2015, iMyuziyamu yase-Whitney yabuyela kwakhona kwikhaya elitsha elenziwe nguRenzo Piano. Ihlala phakathi kwe-High Line kunye noMlambo i-Hudson kwiSithili saseMeatpacking. Isakhiwo sinamamitha angama-200,000 eekwere kunye nesibhozo esingaphantsi kweekhonkco ezininzi.
Funda kabanzi malunga nomlando weMyuziyam.