“Decrees may be followed if they are in accordance with the aspiration of the people; they may be ineffective if they are against the aspiration of the people.” This phrase from the Guan Zi, written 2,000 years ago, remains relevant to state #governance today. | Beijing Review

Chief Curator and Deputy Director for Programs Donna De Salvo discusses how the curatorial process informed the building’s architecture, and notes a hope for the future: that artists will reinvent its aspirational spaces in the years to come. Watch more Whitney Stories: http://bit.ly/1cwFKfg | Whitney Museum of American Art