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Whitney Museum

The Whitney Museum of American Art (“The Whitney”) is located at 99 Gansevoort St, New York, NY and was founded in 1930 by sculptor and art patron Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney. The museum is dedicated to collecting, preserving and exhibiting American art, with a focus on contemporary works. Its collection includes over 25,000 pieces by artists such as Edward Hopper, Georgia O’Keeffe and Jasper Johns. The museum is housed in a building designed by architect Renzo Piano, featuring expansive galleries and outdoor exhibition spaces. Notable exhibitions have included the Whitney Biennial a survey of contemporary American art and “Andy Warhol: From A to B and Back Again.” The Whitney also offers educational programs, artist talks and public events fostering an appreciation for modern and contemporary American art. Read more about Museums.

A sculpture reassembling a tree but made of composed of roughly 3,500 hand-braided strands.

The 2026 Whitney Biennial Delivers American Art for a Fractured Age

Across the Biennial, artists trace the afterlives of empire, technological distortion and ecological collapse—theirs is a world struggling to imagine the conditions of its own renewal.
By Elisa Carollo

The Whitney’s 2026 Art Party Turns Up the Heat for New York’s Next Gen Patrons

"It felt as if everyone in attendance was in competition with the works of art for the boldest look of the night,” Gabrielle Richardson told Observer.
By Elisa Carollo

Wall-to-Wall Cultural Capital: Inside Observer’s Art Power Index Party

Under the dim lights of the Lower East Side's Maison Nur, art world luminaries gathered to celebrate Observer's Art Power Index—and each other. From the impassioned speeches to the sharp tailoring and Damien Hirst over the bar, the evening embodied our legacy of chronicling power with style.
By Olivia Empson
17th International Architecture Exhibition Opening

The Most Important Art Biennials of 2026

By Elisa Carollo
A painting by Frida Kahlo shows a woman sleeping in a yellow bed while a skeletal figure lies on a second bed stacked above her against a cloudy sky background.

Observer’s Must-See Museum Shows of 2026

By Elisa Carollo
A rooftop installation of Christmas trees at DUMBO House, each tree decorated with multicolored lights and playful, fabric-covered arms reaching outward, set against sweeping views of the Brooklyn Bridge and the Manhattan skyline at dusk.

10 New York Museum Shows Worth Slowing Down for Over the Holidays

By Elisa Carollo
Exterior view of the Whitney Museum of American Art’s Leonard A. Lauder Building, showing its angled steel facade, glass canopy and upper-level cantilever against a partly cloudy sky.

The 2026 Whitney Biennial Aims to Map a New Geography of American Art in ‘a Moment of Profound Transition’

By Elisa Carollo
An artist wearing a cap and gray sweater leans over a large oil-paint printer machine as she works on a printed portrait in her studio.

The Algorithm Thinks You’re Ugly: An Interview With Artist Gretchen Andrew

By Mieke Marple
A Christie’s auctioneer gestures from the podium as Mark Rothko’s No. 31 (Yellow Stripe) and its multimillion-dollar currency conversions are displayed on large screens before a packed salesroom.

Christie’s Opens New York’s Marquee Auctions Week With a $689 Million Single-Night Total

By Elisa Carollo
A wide view of Paula Cooper Gallery’s main room shows four large abstract oil paintings by Jay DeFeo hanging on white walls under a high wooden ceiling with exposed beams. The concrete floor reflects the muted light, emphasizing the tension between the dark, moody compositions and the open, minimal space.

Five Groundbreaking Postwar Women Artists Lead New York’s Fall Art Season

By Elisa Carollo

Observer’s 2025 Art Power Index: The Art Market’s Most Influential People

By The Editors, Christa Terry, Dan Duray, Elisa Carollo, Farah Abdessamad and Merin Curotto

The Best Gifts From Museum Shops

By Merin Curotto
A minimalist installation in a bright, white-walled gallery features a dark rectangular panel mounted on the wall, displaying rows of seemingly random white letters and numbers resembling an encrypted code or departure board. In front of it stands a small wooden kneeler with a cushioned pad and an attached cable, evoking a mix of prayer and machine interface. Large windows on the right side let in natural light, illuminating the polished concrete floor and serene, contemplative atmosphere.

Art Basel Launches Zero 10, a New Platform for Digital Art in the Era of Next Gen Collecting

By Elisa Carollo
The exterior of the Breuer building on Madison Avenue, a Brutalist granite structure with deep horizontal bands and a distinctive trapezoidal window, flanked by mid-rise buildings.

Sotheby’s Has Set a Debut Date for Its Landmark Breuer Building Headquarters

By Elisa Carollo
Historic two-story corner building at 201–225 Hamilton Avenue in downtown Palo Alto, built in 1909, with green awnings and a curved façade in early 20th-century architectural style.

Hauser & Wirth Heads to Palo Alto as Mega-Galleries Target Silicon Valley

By Elisa Carollo
"The Subway" by George Tooker.

On View Now: America’s Evolving Identity at the Whitney

By Hudson Warm
Visitors look at the Winged Victory of Samothrace (Victoire de Samothrace) ancient Greek sculpture at The Louvre Museum in Paris.

The Louvre and Other French Institutions Prepare to Raise Ticket Prices for Non-E.U. Visitors

By Elisa Carollo

Margaritas, Max Mara and TLC: Inside the Whitney’s Glamorous 2025 Gala

By Christa Terry
View of the Frick Collection’s entrance hall with limestone walls, arched doorways, a coffered wooden ceiling with gilded details, and a central chandelier.

Observer’s Guide to the New Frick: Highlights and Hidden Details

By Elisa Carollo
Andrea Fraser, Museum Highlights: A Gallery Talk, 1989 Performance, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA, February 5,1,112,18 and 19, 1989

How Andrea Fraser Turned Institutional Critique Into a Lifelong Practice

By Xinyi Ye

Art Icons Hit the Whitney for a First Look at Amy Sherald’s ‘American Sublime’

By Christa Terry
A large installation shows two giant red inflatable arms emerging from opposite walls and interacting with a rough stone sculpture at the center, while a bench sits in the middle of the gallery space for viewers.

Christine Sun Kim Explores the Visual Language of Sound at the Whitney

By Mána Taylor
A photograph captures two elegantly dressed women seated at a round table during a formal event, surrounded by other attendees in a dimly lit venue with warm, ambient lighting. The older woman on the left wears a black and white patterned jacket with polka dots, a pearl necklace, and pearl earrings, and has short blonde hair styled in soft waves. The younger woman on the right wears an off-the-shoulder floral dress with large ruffled sleeves, bright orange earrings, and has her hair pulled back in a high ponytail. Both women are smiling slightly, looking directly at the camera, with plates of partially eaten food, wine glasses, and a centerpiece of white flowers on the table. A sign with the number "10" is visible in the background, indicating a table assignment at the event.

Cultural Powerhouses: The Women of Arts Philanthropy, Past and Present

By Aurelie Cauchy and Leslie Ramos
Drawing of a boy dressed like a sailor

From Schiele to Banksy: What to Watch in London’s Spring Art Auctions

By Elisa Carollo
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