Whitney Museum Benefits From Changing Fortunes

Also adding to existing holdings is a 1987-88 painting by Chuck Close of the artist Francesco Clemente. It is a gift of Leonard A. Lauder, the museum’s chairman emeritus, through his American Contemporary Art Foundation.

New Use for Dia Site

In October, when business slowed, the Chelsea dealer Elizabeth Dee and some colleagues began to exchange ideas about what to do in such an unusual moment.