Whitney Museum Wants To Bring A Permanent Art Installation To The Hudson River
Less than a week after billionaire Barry Diller announced that he was pulling his support for a “floating park” at Pier 55 designed by Thomas Heatherwick, the Whitney Museum has surfaced plans for its own permanent Hudson River installation, not far from where Pier 55 would’ve taken shape, reports The New York Times.
The commission, to be created by artist David Hammons, would sit at the edge of Gansevoort Peninsula, not far from the museum’s location. According to the Times, the project would serve as a tribute to the original Pier 52 and its history, with an open frame that outlines what once stood there. The design would rely on 12 pilings, half of them on land and the other half in the water. . .