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Whitney Museum of American Art
at Altria*
120 Park Avenue at 42nd Street
New York, New York 10017
(917) 663-2453
Hours
Gallery: Monday-Friday 11 am-6 pm
Thursday 11 am-7:30 pm
Sculpture Court: Monday-Saturday
7:30 am-9:30 pm
Sunday and holidays 11 am-7 pm
Admission free
The Whitney Museum of American Art at Altria is located in
the street-level pedestrian plaza of the international headquarters
of Altria Group, Inc., designed by Ulrich Franzen. Situated
on Park Avenue directly across from Grand Central Station, the museum
serves as a primary cultural resource in this bustling midtown commercial
area.
This Branch Museum and all of its programs are funded by Altria Group,
Inc. For more than forty years, Altria Group,
Inc., has been a major supporter of the arts and has contributed to
museums, theaters, dance companies, music groups, and other cultural
institutions around the world. The association between the Whitney
Museum of American Art and Altria Group, Inc. dates back
to 1967, when the corporation established a special purchase fund
for the Museum. Since that time, Altria Group, Inc. has
made substantial contributions to the operations of the Museum and
has sponsored several important Whitney exhibitions.
Four exhibitions are organized annually in the 900-square-foot gallery,
with an emphasis on solo exhibitions by contemporary living artists.
Each year, one or two projects are also presented in the 5,200-square-foot
Sculpture Court, a glass-enclosed atrium with public seating and an
espresso bar. Artists who have been exhibited in recent years include
Jane Dickson, Ming Fay, Ik-Joong Kang, Christian Marclay, Shirin Neshat,
Hope Sandrow, and Accra Shepp. A free brochure accompanies each exhibition,
and gallery talks with the artists are organized regularly. Lunchtime
gallery tours are offered every Wednesday and Friday at 1 pm. Tours
for both adult and student groups may also be arranged by calling
(917) 663-2349.
In addition to the exhibitions
and education programs, the Whitney Museum at Altria produces Performance
on 42nd, an ongoing series of free music, dance, theater, and
performance art. No reservations are taken. Recent performers in the
series include Sussan Deyhim, Ned Rothenberg, Christian Marclay, Pheeroan
akLaff, Goldhuber & Latsky, Dael Orlandersmith, and Nai-Ni Chen
Dance Company.
*Beginning January 2003, the branch museum will be known as the Whitney
Museum of American Art at Altria, to reflect the change in the name of the
funding corporation.
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