The Whitney Museum of American Art

I visited The Whitney Museum of American Art (http://whitney.org/) when we went to New York in July. I was curious to know about this museum since Dustyn mentioned it quite often in class. The Whitney focuses mostly on 20th and 21st century American art. We first went to pay respect to the World Trade Center Memorial Park.  Then the Whitney!

One of the reasons I wanted to go to the Whitney was to see the display by Yayoi Kusama's Fireflies on the Water.  However, we got there around noon, and our appointment time was 4.  We had other plans that day in New York, so I couldn't see it.


I did get to see other permanent displays and special displays.  One floor was covered by all the signs for the presidential elections.  Another floor was full of video displays.  I assume all these are installation arts.  One floor was closed to public since it was under preparation for another display by a Japanese artist (!).

The Whitney is going to move to near the Highline in 2015. http://www.thehighline.org/  Hope I can visit the new Whitney!