GREAT MUSEUMS: Whitney Museum Online Collection II
Devoted to the art of the U.S.A., the Whitney Museum of American Art presents the full range of 20th Century and Contemporary American art, with a special focus on works by living artists. The Museum is dedicated to collecting, preserving, interpreting, and exhibiting American art, and its collection is the Museum’s key resource. The Museum’s signature exhibition, the Biennial, is the country’s leading survey of the most recent developments in American art (Part I).
By Efi Michalarou Photo: Whitney Museum of American Art Archive
The Whitney’s collection includes over 22,000 works created by more than 3,000 artists during the 20th and 21st Centuries. At its core are Museum founder Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney’s personal holdings, totaling some 600 works when the Museum opened in 1931. These works served as the basis for the founding collection, which Mrs. Whitney continued to add to throughout her lifetime. The Whitney’s collection online provides access to over 21,000 works by more than 3,000 artists. These works in all mediums (painting, sculpture, drawing, printmaking, photography, film, video, installation, and new media) serve as a remarkable resource for understanding art history and the creative process of artists in the U.D.A. from 1900 to today. The Whitney has deep holdings of the work of certain key artists, spanning their careers and the mediums in which they worked, including: Alexander Calder, Mabel Dwight, Jasper Johns, Glenn Ligon, Brice Marden, Reginald Marsh, Agnes Martin, Georgia O’Keeffe, Claes Oldenburg, Ed Ruscha, Cindy Sherman, Lorna Simpson, and David Wojnarowicz.
Devoted to the art of the U.S.A., the Whitney Museum of American Art presents the full range of 20th Century and Contemporary American art, with a special focus on works by living artists. The Museum is dedicated to collecting, preserving, interpreting, and exhibiting American art, and its collection is the Museum’s key resource. The Museum’s signature exhibition, the Biennial, is the country’s leading survey of the most recent developments in American art (Part I).
