The New York Studio School was founded in the 1960s by artists for artists and is located in a National Historic Landmark in Greenwich Village that served as the original home of the Whitney Museum of American Art. Small-group guided tours are available on Friday, October 18. On Saturday, October 19 and Sunday October 20, visitors are welcome to visit the School’s public spaces in the lobby that include architectural details from the Whitney Museum of American Art, including original light fixtures, terrazzo floors, aluminum decorative elements, and a reproduction of the original wallpaper lining the main staircase. We invite all visitors to enjoy the exhibition on view in our main gallery, “Twilight: 21 Works by James Howell” curated by Silvia Benedetti. The show explores Howell’s obsession with the infinite nuances of gray. **Friday Tours**: 12, 1, 2, 3, & 4pm Small-group guided tours are available on the hour, on a first-come, first-served basis. Tours include an exclusive behind-the-scenes visit to Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney’s stunning studio with its “inferno fireplace” designed by Robert Winthrop Chanler. Other highlights will be a look at MacDougal Alley where other artists, such as James Earle Fraser and Charles Webster Hawthorne, had their studios, a courtyard featuring a work by Whitney, and a selection of spaces originally part of the Whitney Museum of American Art. Tours last 45 minutes; please meet in the lobby.
The New York Studio School was founded in the 1960s by artists for artists and is located in a National Historic Landmark in Greenwich Village that served as the original home of the Whitney Museum of American Art.
Small-group guided tours are available on Friday, October 18. On Saturday, October 19 and Sunday October 20, visitors are welcome to visit the School’s public spaces in the lobby that include architectural details from the Whitney Museum of American Art, including original light fixtures, terrazzo floors, aluminum decorative elements, and a reproduction of the original wallpaper lining the main staircase.
All visitors can enjoy the exhibition on view in our main gallery, “Twilight: 21 Works by James Howell” curated by Silvia Benedetti. The show explores Howell’s obsession with the infinite nuances of gray.
Friday Tours: 12, 1, 2, 3, & 4pm
Small-group guided tours are available on the hour, on a first-come, first-served basis. Tours include an exclusive behind-the-scenes visit to Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney’s stunning studio with its “inferno fireplace” designed by Robert Winthrop Chanler. Other highlights will be a look at MacDougal Alley where other artists, such as James Earle Fraser and Charles Webster Hawthorne, had their studios, a courtyard featuring a work by Whitney, and a selection of spaces originally part of the Whitney Museum of American Art. Tours last 45 minutes; please meet in the lobby.
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1923; Robert Winthrop Chanler
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