Whitney Museum of American Art Hosts Dedication Ceremony

Speakers included architect Renzo Piano, First Lady Michelle Obama, museum director Adam D. Weinberg, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, and Gertrude Whitney's granddaughter Flora Miller Biddle.

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The Whitney Museum of American Art hosted a dedication and ribbon-cutting ceremony today for its new building designed by Renzo Piano Building Workshop with Cooper Robertson. The New York museum opens to the public Friday.

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Sara Johnson

Sara Johnson is the former associate editor, design news at ARCHITECT. Previously, she was a fellow at CityLab. Her work has also appeared in San Francisco, San Francisco Brides, California Brides, DCist, Patchwork Nation, and The Christian Science Monitor.

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