The Whitney to Honor Alex von Furstenberg

Online, April 26, 2010 (Newswire.com) - The Whitney Museum will pay tribute Alex von Furstenberg and The Diller - von Furstenberg Family Foundation for their "sustained commitment to the artistic and cultural heritage of the arts in America" at the Museum's 19th annual gala dinner on May 6th.

The gala signifies the inaugural event at The Whitney's future downtown site at Gansevoort and Washington Streets in Manhattan's Meatpacking District. Alex von Furstenberg will be presented with the American Art Award, which will be accompanied by the unveiling of a large-scale collaborative commission from American artists Wade Guyton and Kelley Walker. The first of three installations in an exhibition collectively titled "Whitney on Site: New Commissions Downtown," Guyton/Kelley's work can be viewed publically from the High Line from May 8th through June 23rd; subsequent six-week installations by Tauba Auerbach and Barbara Kruger will follow.