WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART
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Museum of modern art with huge terraces on the 7th and 8th floors housing a particularly rich collection of artworks.
Previously on the Upper East Side, the Museum of Modern Art moved to the Meatpacking District in May 2015. It was founded in 1931 by American modern art collector Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney. She had initially wanted to donate her collection to the Met, but was turned down. As MoMA - the city's other museum of modern art - was focusing mainly on European artists at the time, she decided to open her own museum. The move took seven years and cost $500 million. The architecture of the new building was designed by Renzo Piano, who also drew up the plans for the Centre Pompidou. Spanning nine floors and 1,400m2, the Whitney features retrospectives and presentations by contemporary artists. Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, herself a sculptor and above all immensely wealthy, began her collection in the 1930s. The collection is particularly rich in works by artists of the interwar period, such as Hopper and Marsh. There are also many works by Andy Warhol and Jackson Pollock. Logic dictates that visitors start on the 8th floor and finish on the first floor. The permanent collection occupies only two floors, so it's a good idea to check the Whitney Museum website for information on current exhibitions. The 7th and 8th floors are more outward-looking, with huge terraces offering magnificent views of the World Trade Center.
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