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The Whitney Museum of American Art. Explore works, exhibitions, and events online. Located in New York City.
The Whitney Museum of American Art is a must-see New York destination. As the preeminent institution devoted to the art of the United States, the Whitney presents the full range of twentieth-century and contemporary American art, with a special focus on works by living artists.
The Whitney is the only museum dedicated to American art and artists. Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney founded the Museum in 1932, taking a bold stand for American artists who were often overlooked.
Explore an archive of Whitney exhibitions going back to 1931. View archive.
Edward Hopper’s New York takes a comprehensive look at Hopper’s life and work, from his early impressions of New York in sketches, prints, and illustrations, to his late paintings, in which the city served as a backdrop for his evocative distillations of urban experience.
Designed by architect Renzo Piano and situated between the High Line and the Hudson River, the Whitney’s building in the Meatpacking District offers the most expansive display ever of its unsurpassed collection of modern and contemporary American art.
The Whitney’s stoop—the steps that wrap around the Museum’s southwest corner—is the spot to catch a New York City sunset. Rest on the stairs (even after Museum hours) to socialize and watch the final rays disappear over the Hudson, illuminating Day's End, a sculpture by David Hammons made just for this moment.
Hopper's work, spanning oil paintings, watercolors, and etchings, predominantly explores themes of loneliness and isolation within American urban and rural settings. His most famous painting, (1942), epitomizes his interest in the quiet, introspective moments of everyday life.
Explore the Whitney's collection of over 26,000 works, created by more than 3,900 American artists during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
The Whitney Museum of American Art was founded in 1930, and opened in 1931 on West Eighth Street near Fifth Avenue. Following a move in 1954 to an expanded site on West 54th Street, the Whitney opened the Marcel Breuer-designed building on Madison Avenue at 75th Street in 1963.