NYC Museum & Gallery Analysis
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This article is about contemporary art museums and galleries in NYC. I research some of them from exhibition content, artists, interpretation presentation, space and profit model. I want to choose one for my thesis design implementation spot.
Whitney Museum of American Art
Summary | The Whitney Museum of American Art — known informally as the “Whitney” — is an art museum located in Manhattan. It was founded in 1931 by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, a wealthy and prominent American socialite and art patron after whom the museum is named.
The Whitney focuses on 20th- and 21st-century American art. The museum’s Annual and Biennial exhibitions have long been a venue for younger and less well-known artists whose work is showcased there.
Exhibition content
Contemporary art of American art
Interpretation Presentation
The interpretation has several parts.The artist experience paragraph on the wall. The art work interpretation on the tag. Opinions and critiques in the audio guide. There is a book about the art works.
Space
Five floors of exhibition space. Seventh floor is museum collection of artworks.
Profit model
Access tickets and shop
Digital Design
New Museum
Summary|The New Museum of Contemporary Art, founded in 1977 by Marcia Tucker, is a museum in New York City at 235 Bowery, on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. It is among the few contemporary art museums worldwide exclusively devoted to presenting contemporary art from around the world.
Exhibition content
Artists
Interpretation Presentation
Space
Profit model
Digital Design
MoMA PS1
MoMA PS1 is one of the oldest and largest nonprofit contemporary art institutions in the United States. An exhibition space rather than a collecting institution, MoMA PS1 devotes its energy and resources to displaying the most experimental art in the world.
Exhibition content
Contemporary art
Interpretation Presentation
Audio Interpretation 2–3mins
Vivid description of art works, engaging and interesting.
Space
Profit model
Selling tickets
Digital Design
Jewish Museum
MoMA PS1 is one of the oldest and largest nonprofit contemporary art institutions in the United States. An exhibition space rather than a collecting institution, MoMA PS1 devotes its energy and resources to displaying the most experimental art in the world.
Exhibition content
Contemporary art
Interpretation Presentation
Audio Interpretation 2–3mins
Vivid description of art works, engaging and interesting.
Space
Profit model
Selling tickets
Digital Design
Indiana American Museum
MoMA PS1 is one of the oldest and largest nonprofit contemporary art institutions in the United States. An exhibition space rather than a collecting institution, MoMA PS1 devotes its energy and resources to displaying the most experimental art in the world.
Exhibition content
Contemporary art
Interpretation Presentation
Audio Interpretation 2–3mins
Vivid description of art works, engaging and interesting.
Space
Profit model
Selling tickets
Digital Design
Findings
- Galleries need sell art works to make money, so galleries’ user would be collectors.
- Art museums have huge obligation to educate public of art and provide good visiting experience.
