Vida Americana Mexican Muralists Remake American Art: 1925-1945
By Martica Sawin To step out of the elevator onto the fifth floor of the Whitney Museum into the newly installed exhibition Vida Americana Mexican […]
The Whitney Museum Opens its 2019 Biennial Exhibition
By Martica Sawin Two years have gone by and the Whitney Biennial is here again on Gansevoort Street and will be with us until September […]
Restoration Hardware Transforms Historic Market District Wagon Shed
By Martica Sawin No doubt many West Villagers received, along with the Saturday, March 16th, New York Times, a glossy 360-page publication whose cover featured the former […]
MoMA Lost My Art
By Martica Sawin In 1979, MoMA curator Kynaston McShine was walking along SoHo’s West Broadway when he noticed a display of exquisitely-decorated artificial cakes in […]
A Tale of Two Exhibitions: An Afternoon of Art Without Leaving the Neighborhood
By Martica Sawin The first Whitney Biennial in the new Gansevoort Street building focuses on contemporary political and social concerns. The spacious galleries are […]
Briefly Noted: Court Date Set for Save Gansevoort Lawsuit
Readers of WestView News are by now aware that the neighborhood group, Save Gansevoort, has been working for more than a year to challenge a […]
Art by Whitney Museum Staff Shown in the Westbeth Gallery
By Martica Sawin On the evening of January 5, 2017, a youthful energy emanated from the brightly lit Westbeth Gallery as scores of visitors sipped […]