New York - Whitney Museum of American Art

The Whitney Museum of American Art is one of the premier showcases for American art. It was founded in 1930 by sculptor Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney after the Metropolitan Museum of Art turned down her collection of works by living artists. The Permanent Collection of some 12,000 works includes paintings, sculptures, drawings, photographs and prints. Artists on display feature such names as Andy Warhol, Georgia O'Keefe, Roy Lichtenstein, Jasper John and many others.

The building designed by Marcel Breuer for the Whitney is an important landmark in modern architecture. Each floor is cantilevered over the floor below permitting and ever expanding display area inside and an inviting exterior.