Okokuqala kuvuliwe ngo-1931, i-Whitney Museum yase-American Art mhlawumbe imyuziyamu ebaluleke kunazo zonke ezinikezwe amamaki waseMelika nabaculi. Ukuqoqwa kwalo kuhlanganisa ikhulu le-20 nele-21 leminyaka kanye nobuciko besikhathi samanje saseMelika, ngokugcizelela ngokukhethekile umsebenzi wabaculi abaphilayo. Abaculi abangaphezu kuka-3,000 banikezele ekuqoqweni kwayo okuhlala njalo kwemidwebo engaphezu kuka-21,000, izithombe, imidwebo, ama-prints, amavidiyo, ifilimu nezithombe.
Umbukiso we-Biennial wesignesha ubonisa umsebenzi owenziwe ngabaculi abamenywe, okugqokisa ngokuphawulekayo ukuthuthukiswa kwamuva kwezobuciko baseMelika.
Okufanele Ukwazi Ngokuvakashela IWhitney
- Abavakashi be-Whitney bangajabulela ukuvakasha kwamahhala nsuku zonke kweqoqo nemiboniso. Akukho ukubhuka okudingekayo.
- Okungenasihloko, indawo yokudlela yaseMelika, ekhonza ikhofi kanye nama-pastries ekuseni futhi ivulekile ukudla kwasemini, isidlo sakusihlwa kanye ne-brunch ngempelasonto.
- I-Studio Cafe isebenzisa ukuhamba okulula kokuqala ngesikhathi semini. It has amafasitela phansi kuya kuya kanye nombono Manhattan skyline . Ukuhlala ngaphandle kutholakala ehlobo.
Okuningi mayelana ne-Whitney Museum of Art American
Ngemuva kokuba iMetropolitan Museum of Art yenqabe amandla nokuqoqa kwakhe, umdwebi uGertrude Vanderbilt Whitney wasungula i-Whitney Museum ye-American Art ngo-1931 ukuze akhiphe ukuqoqwa kwemisebenzi yobuciko engaphezu kuka-500 abadwebi baseMelika abayitholile kusukela ngo-1907.
Wayebhekwa njengomqondisi ohola ubuciko baseMelika kuze kube sekufeni kwakhe ngo-1942.
I-Whitney yaziwa ngemisebenzi yayo ku-Modernism and Social Realism, Precisionism, Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art, Minimalism, ne-Postminimalism. Abaculi abavelele emnyuziyamu bahlanganisa u-Alexander Calder, uMabel Dwight, uJasper Johns, Georgia O'Keeffe noDavid Wojnarowicz.
Izindawo zangaphambilini nezamanje
Indawo yokuqala yayikuGreenwich Village e-West Eighth Street. Ukwandiswa kweMyuziyamu kuye kwadingeka ukuba kuthunyelwe izikhathi eziningana. Ngo-1966, yathuthela esakhiweni esakhiwe uMarcel Breuer eMadison Avenue. Ngo-2015, i-Whitney Museum yabuyela ekhaya elisha elahlelwe nguRenzo Piano. Ihlezi phakathi koMgwaqo oPhezulu noMfula i-Hudson esifundeni saseMeatpacking. Lesi sakhiwo sinamamitha angama-200,000 ububanzi nezindawo eziyisishiyagalombili ngamanothi amaningi okubuka.
Funda kabanzi ngomlando weMicrosoft Museum.