Look! Jackie O on the Art Scene Back in 1966
The Whitney Museum has vacated the Breuer Building and is preparing to move downtown to the Meatpacking District. SEEN was at the Whitney’s last big hurrah on Museum Mile earlier this week, where we spotted these amazing photos of the Whitney’s inaugural gala, back in 1966. In some ways, not much has changed (New Yorkers still like an excuse to get dressed and liquored up), but in other ways, we can’t help but feel nostalgic for a time when Jackie O might have showed up looking fabulous and when you could (possibly) afford a great Frank Stella.
Opening party at the Breuer Building, 1966.
Photo: Bernard Gotfryd/Courtesy of Whitney Museum of American Art
Opening party at the Breuer Building, 1966.
Opening party at the Breuer Building, 1966.
Opening party at the Breuer Building, 1966.
Opening party at the Breuer Building, 1966.
Opening party at the Breuer Building, 1966.
Opening party at the Breuer Building, 1966.
Opening party at the Breuer Building, 1966.
Opening party at the Breuer Building, 1966.
Opening party at the Breuer Building, 1966.
Opening party at the Breuer Building, 1966.
Opening party at the Breuer Building, 1966.
Opening party at the Breuer Building, 1966.