1. America Is Hard To See
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Whitney Museum of American Art
The Whitney inaugurated its new Meatpacking District home with a collection show to end all collection shows: A top-to-bottom survey sprawling though every floor and outdoor space of the building. Divided into titled sections, “America Is Hard To See” told several stories at once: of the Whitney itself and modernism’s growth in America, and the less-happy tale of a country evolving from provincial backwater to overweening superpower. A commanding start to a new era for the museum, the show evoked a view of an America impossible to pin down because of its constantly changing history.