It has been years with discussions and rumors about the expansion of the Whitney Museum. As I am sure you all know the new Downtown Whitney Museum will be located as a anchor to the already exciting High Line. New York Magazine reports that the new space will be home to a scheduled sculpture garden, research library, roof deck, auditorium, cafe and much more. The museum designed by architect Renzo Piano will be another classic New York hub in the art world. Just picture living in close proximity to works by American artists Georgia O’Keefe and Diane Arbus.

The Whitney Museum has already commissioned some art to beautify the current construction site. Tauba Auerbach’s installation, Quarry, will be on view until August 29, 2010. Only in New York will an artist be allowed to use an active construction site as a canvas for her art. Auerbach takes this opportunity to cover this site with photographic images of marble, leaving the illusion of large blocks of marble. A block of marble will soon be a sculpture in an artist’s eyes, like this construction site will soon be a world class museum.

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