New York: Inside the new Whitney Museum of American Art

A sculpture called “Untitled” by Donald Judd on the museum’s sixth floor.

“America Is Hard to See” is divided into chapters. “Raw War” includes an Andy Warhol portrait of President Nixon (center) titled “Vote McGovern.” It’s on the sixth floor.

The Whitney Museum’s seventh-floor gallery features the sculpture “Velvet White” (1962) by John Chamberlain.

Robert Morris’ “Untitled (3 Ls)” frames the Empire State Building in the distance. It’s on the sixth floor outdoor gallery.

The building designed by architect Renzo Piano offers outdoor balconies with views of lower and mid-Manhattan.

The Whitney Museum overlooks the High Line, the freight train track-turned-park where you can walk above street level. Colorful chairs sculpted by Mary Heilmann are in the foreground.

The building’s design includes outdoor spaces on different sides of the building, offering views of the Hudson River (at left) too.

The Whitney Museum has outdoor sculpture gardens on floors five through eight. It moved from the Breuer building at the corner of Madison Avenue and 75th Street.

Artwork by Richard Artschwager adorns the inside of the massive elevators at the Whiteny Museum. “Six in Four” (there are four elevators) is the only piece in the museum that was commissioned for the building. This one has a basket motif.

Untitled is a new restaurant from chef Michael Anthony of Gramercy Tavern. It’s on the ground floor and can be accessed without museum admission.

The profile of the Renzo Piano-designed Whitney Museum of American Art in the Meatpacking District. The pink wall elements are titled “Sunset” by Mary Heilmann.

Artist Mary Heilmann also designed brightly colored chairs on exhibit -- yes, you may sit on them -- on the Whitney Museum’s fifth floor.

“Running People at 2,616,216” by Jonathan Borofsky is installed on the west side of the fifth floor of the Whitney Museum of American Art.

Chuck Close created this work titled “Phil,” of American composer Philip Glass. It hangs in an airy gallery on the fifth floor of the Whitney Museum.