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Artist, writer and choreographer Ralph Lemon wins Whitney Museum’s coveted Bucksbaum Award
The prize, given to one artist in every edition of the Whitney Biennial, comes with a $100,000 check
Whitney curator David Breslin appointed to lead Metropolitan Museum’s Modern and contemporary art department
Breslin, who co-curated the 2022 Whitney Biennial, will oversee the Met’s major expansion project
Commemorating the 30th anniversary of David Wojnarowicz’s death
The pioneering American artist left behind a legacy of art as a form of gay rights activism; today, with regressive reproductive laws and the Monkeypox vaccine crisis affecting the queer community, his work proves its timelessness
Former Whitney Museum vice chairman Warren Kanders still profits from tear gas sales despite claiming he would divest
A recent investigation revealed that rather than divest his chemical weapons divisions, as he claimed he would, Kanders has reconfigured his holdings
Whitney Museum workers protest outside the institution’s fundraising gala over union contract negotiations
Around 100 demonstrators rallied outside the institution during its gala, hoping to give greater urgency to ongoing negotiations with museum leaders
Six must-see shows during Frieze New York
From Genesis P-Orridge at Pioneer Works to Louise Bourgeois at the Met, our pick of the best exhibitions in the city this week
The 2022 Whitney Biennial spotlights video artists who are pushing the medium forward
Works by Alfredo Jaar, Dave McKenzie and the collective Moved by the Motion are among the most powerful in the crowded exhibition
Review: Does the Whitney Biennial really reflect the world today?
Plus, the exhibition Afro-Atlantic Histories opens in Washington and Raphael's late self-portrait at London's National Gallery
The 2022 Whitney Biennial in five key themes
The latest iteration of the Whitney Museum's closely-watched exhibition is structured around a contrast between light and dark, but a few motifs provide alternate ways of navigating the massive show
Whitney Museum staff protest against stalled contract negotiations at biennial’s VIP opening
Guests arriving at Tuesday’s reception were handed leaflets explaining the current state of negotiations between the newly formed union and museum administration
Pop artist Roy Lichtenstein’s studio building donated to Whitney Museum
The building, just a few blocks from the museum, will be renovated and used as a permanent home for the Whitney’s Independent Study Program
The next Whitney Biennial’s 63 participating artists and collectives revealed
The exhibition’s 80th iteration, originally scheduled for 2021, will open on 6 April with its own official symbol
The Big Review: Jasper Johns at the Whitney Museum of American Art
The New York incarnation of this two-venue retrospective of the veteran American artist has sublime moments, but needs a much more thorough edit
The Whitney gives vast Andy Warhol research archive to MoMA
The museum also announced the publication of the second volume of Warhol's catalogue raisonné focused on films made between 1963 and 1965
Jasper Johns: a radical look at a colossus of post-war American art
Plus, Venice's tourism problem and Finnish artist Outi Heiskanen
Seeing double: huge Jasper Johns retrospective opens in two cities, 100 miles apart
Simultaneous shows in New York and Philadelphia cover the artist's seven-decade career and include more than 550 works in total
When makers take the mic: the rise of the artist-hosted podcast
Carrie Mae Weems and Emma Cousin are behind two of the latest podcasts to feature artists in conversation with artists
Whitney voluntarily recognises a union local, sparing employees the need to organise a vote
From curators to porters, more than 180 workers are involved in the effort as labour campaigns multiply among US art institutions
Exclusive survey: what progress have US museums made on diversity, after a year of racial reckoning?
We asked art institutions around the country about their efforts to diversify their workforces, exhibition programmes, permanent collections and audiences
Employees at the Whitney and Hispanic Society seek to unionise
Job stability and ongoing inequities have become even more pressing during the pandemic, workers say
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
Wangechi Mutu at Gladstone, Adriana Varejão at Gagosian and the unveiling of Day’s End by David Hammons
Top shows to see in New York during Frieze week
From Eva Hesse and Hannah Wilke at Acquavella Galleries to Deana Lawson at the Guggenheim
David Hammons's monumental public sculpture Day's End is done
The steel frame structure, which recreates the outline of a former warehouse on the Hudson River, is now a permanent fixture on the shoreline
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From Ray Johnson at David Zwirner to Dawoud Bey at the Whitney
Some New York museums will ramp up to 50% visitor capacity next week under relaxed limits announced by governor
Others welcome the change while scrutinising their Covid-19 safety procedures
Dawoud Bey on his new show spanning 1970s street photography to poignant nocturnal landscapes
The US photographer's travelling exhibition, which opens at the Whitney Museum in New York, charts his four decades documenting the African American experience
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From Ann Craven at Karma to Madeline Hollander at the Whitney
A brush with... Julie Mehretu
An in-depth podcast conversation on the artist's big influences, from Kara Walker to Chris Abani
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From Julie Mehretu’s mid-career survey at the Whitney to the Frick Collection’s temporary encampment in the Breuer building
Whitney lays off 15 more staff members, citing ‘extremely low’ attendance
Museum’s director notes that it may take until 2025 for tourists to return in force to New York