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Founded in 1931 by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, it has been an art gallery and museum particularly known for displaying contemporary American art, even more up-to-date than the Museum of Modern Art. Whitney has an internet website - Artport, that features "Net Art" that changes monthly.