The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/The_Whitney_Museum_of_American_Art,_New_York
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:museum
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:The_Whitney
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:American_Alliance_of_Museums
gptkbp:annualEvent gptkb:Whitney_Biennial
gptkbp:collectionSize over 25,000 works
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:currentBuildingArchitect gptkb:Renzo_Piano
gptkbp:currentLocation 99 Gansevoort Street, Meatpacking District, Manhattan
gptkbp:director gptkb:Scott_Rothkopf
gptkbp:established 1930
gptkbp:focus 20th-century and contemporary American art
gptkbp:formerPosition 945 Madison Avenue, Upper East Side, Manhattan
gptkbp:foundedBy gptkb:Gertrude_Vanderbilt_Whitney
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
gptkbp:location gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:mission collect, preserve, interpret, and exhibit American art of our time
gptkbp:notableArtist gptkb:Alexander_Calder
gptkb:Andy_Warhol
gptkb:Jean-Michel_Basquiat
gptkb:Edward_Hopper
gptkb:Georgia_O'Keeffe
gptkb:Jackson_Pollock
gptkb:Jasper_Johns
gptkb:Louise_Nevelson
Cindy Sherman
gptkbp:notableExhibit gptkb:Whitney_Biennial
gptkbp:opened 2015
gptkbp:previousBuildingArchitect gptkb:Marcel_Breuer
gptkbp:publicTransit gptkb:14th_Street–Eighth_Avenue_station
gptkbp:type non-profit institution
gptkbp:visitorCount2019 1.1 million
gptkbp:website https://whitney.org/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Oscar_Tuazon
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7