Whitney Museum of American Art

The Whitney, New York’s beloved institution devoted to art of the U.S., has just re-opened in its bran new, Renzo Piano-designed space located in the hip Meatpacking District. Inaugural exhibit America Is Hard to See is an unprescedented selection of works from the Whitney’s permanent collection, comprising approximately 650 pieces by some 400 artists, with rarely shown pieces side-by-side with familiar icons by Hopper, O’Keeffe, and Calder, among others. Whether exploring the fabulous new building and its Hudson River views or admiring all that fantastic art, you wno’t be disappointed.

(Photograph by Ed Lederman)