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Whitney Museum selects two staff curators to lead 2026 biennial
The 82nd edition of the most closely-watched recurring exhibition in the United States will open in spring 2026
Welcome to the slow museum, where less is more
In an effort to deepen existing programming and community engagement, some institutions are choosing to stage fewer exhibitions
Fifteen exhibitions to see in New York this spring
From a historic Harlem Renaissance show at the Met and MoMA's Joan Jonas retrospective to solo museum debuts for Melissa Cody and Nona Faustine
Kim Conaty, curator of prints and drawings at the Whitney Museum, promoted to chief curator
She was the curator of the museum's blockbuster Edward Hopper and critically acclaimed Ruth Asawa exhibitions
The 2024 Whitney Biennial in five key themes
The Whitney Museum’s flagship contemporary art showcase turns on questions of identity, authenticity and mutability, which play out across more than a handful of interrelated topics
Neon work in Whitney Biennial features unexpected ‘free Palestine’ message
The biennial’s curators were unaware of the statement in a work by Demian DinéYazhi’ prior to the exhibition preview
Harold Cohen's pioneering AI works provide essential context for conversations about generative art
The Whitney Museum of American Art is spotlighting the late art and technology innovator's prescient "AARON" series
71 participating artists and collectives revealed for 2024 Whitney Biennial
The exhibition, titled “Even Better Than the Real Thing” and co-curated by Chrissie Iles and Meg Onli, will feature works by 69 artists and two collectives
AI to Z: an art and tech alphabet for 2023
Our guide to a fast-moving year in artificial intelligence, blockchain contracts, stadium-scale video, NFTs and social media
Five curators join Whitney Biennial team for the 2024 edition
The additional staff will programme sound art, film and performance events
Rashid Johnson and Dyani White Hawk make new works for Whitney Museum restaurants
The museum's revamped dining areas include lush installations by Johnson and White Hawk that blend interior and exterior spaces
Chimeric creature descends on the Whitney Museum in new augmented reality commission
Nancy Baker Cahill’s augmented-reality work explores the climate crisis and interdependence between humans and nature
Ten exhibitions to see in New York City this autumn
From large-scale surveys of Judy Chicago and Ed Ruscha, to showcases of Barkley L. Hendricks’s portraits, Ruth Asawa’s works on paper, Shary Boyle’s surreal ceramics, Korean experimental art and more
Museums go for broke on new social media platform Threads
Major institutions are falling over themselves to be funny on the new rival to Twitter
Whitney Museum of American Art raises ticket prices and becomes most expensive New York museum
Admission fees have increased by 20% for adults and 33% for seniors and students, matching (and even exceeding) those at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Sotheby’s will pay $100m for the Whitney Museum’s Marcel Breuer building
The auction house expects to move into the Madison Avenue building in 2025, vacating its current York Avenue headquarters
New York mayor declares 31 May as Ellsworth Kelly Day in honour of artist's centennary
The artist's 100th birthday coincides with an array of exhibition programming, celebrations and municipal recognitions of Kelly's legacy
Twelve must-see exhibitions in New York during Frieze
From Lauren Halsey's new commission for the Met rooftop to funkily subversive sculptures at the Museum of Arts and Design, the season's essential exhibitions
An overdue retrospective for an artist in touch with America’s dark ‘underbelly’
Native American artist Jaune Quick-to-See Smith has been transforming the contemporary art canon for decades with multilayered works that address cultural misconceptions with humour
New York, London, Los Angeles, Dubai, Linz ... Which city has the best digital art?
With the power to show works simultaneously in different countries, digital art does not really need to "be" anywhere. But where it is being created, exhibited and funded has a deep impact on how the work is made
‘Duplicative’ or discarded? Whitney's sale of more Hopper works from historic bequest comes under scrutiny
Questions resurface over New York museum’s rationale for consigning works by the artist to auction
The mystic and the Modernist: Hilma af Klint and Piet Mondrian
We explore the Tate Modern exhibition. Plus, the Whitney's Jaune Quick-to-See Smith retrospective and a reconstructed Roman gateway in England
Adam Weinberg stepping down as Whitney Museum director, with chief curator Scott Rothkopf succeeding him
During Weinberg’s tenure, the Whitney built and moved into its new Meatpacking District home, saw attendance increase threefold and navigated a series of scandals
Unionised Whitney Museum workers ratify their first contract after 16 months of negotiations
The deal means significant pay increases for hourly wage earners and salaried employees alike, and extends some benefits to temporary workers
Why Edward Hopper’s New York was far from reality
The Whitney Museum's exhibition reveals an artist who painted the tranquil city he wanted to see
The Big Review: Edward Hopper’s New York ★★★★☆
A vivid portrait of the American artist’s fruitful relationship with the city he called home for nearly six decades
How did a clergyman come to own hundreds of Edward Hopper works? We delve into the Whitney's archive controversy
Plus, a horror show in London and a Flemish masterpiece in Bruges
Whitney’s Edward Hopper archive questioned amid major exhibition
A Baptist minister donated a vast archive of Hopper memorabilia to the museum but some question how he acquired the works
The first major ‘pandemic art’ comes to the Whitney Museum
Meriem Bennani and Orian Barki’s eight-part film "2 Lizards" was acquired by the Whitney and the Museum of Modern Art in 2021
Chrissie Iles and Meg Onli will curate the 2024 Whitney Biennial
After a 2022 Biennial curated entirely in-house, the Whitney has selected one staff member, Iles, and an independent curator, Onli, to organise the exhibition’s 81st edition