Dedication of the Whitney Museum of American Art April 30, 2015
The Wooster Group cuts the ribbon at the Whitney dedication ceremony. Photograph by Filip Wolak
The Whitney Museum inaugurated the opening of its new home with a dedication ceremony and ribbon-cutting, featuring remarks from First Lady Michelle Obama and a performance by the Wooster Group.
Watch a video of the dedication ceremony, and view the full program below.
Incantation
Matana Roberts
Remarks
Robert J. Hurst, Co-Chairman
Brooke Garber Neidich, Co-Chairman
Neil G. Bluhm, President
Board of Trustees of the Whitney Museum of American Art
Renzo Piano, Renzo Piano Building Workshop
Design Architect for the Whitney Museum of American Art
Adam D. Weinberg
Alice Pratt Brown Director of the Whitney Museum of American Art
The Honorable Bill de Blasio
Mayor of the City of New York
Flora Miller Biddle
Honorary Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Whitney Museum of American Art and granddaughter of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney
Michelle Obama
First Lady of the United States of America
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
The Wooster Group
and teens from the Whitney’s Youth Insights Program