Whitney Biennial

Beyond the White Cube: Dawn Kasper's Studio Within A Museum

Yasmine Mohseni | Posted 05.21.2012

Yasmine Mohseni

The concept of performing and creating work within various exhibition sites was born out of necessity when the Dawn lost her studio, and it has now become an integral part of her artistic practice.

The 99 Percent Arts

Robert Bettmann | Posted 05.14.2012

Robert Bettmann

The arts are positively integrated into the Occupy Movement in several ways, but they are also a front on which activists are attacking the economic system.

Painters' Table: Top 10 Best Posts: March 2012

Brett Baker | Posted 04.13.2012

Brett Baker

Artists speak the same language, that of the studio, enabling them to ask questions that get beyond basic biography and into the how and why. Enjoy these 10 virtual visits to the Whitney, the Armory Art Fair, artists' studios and exhibitions.

Interview With Andrea Fraser On The State Of The Arts

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Massara | Posted 03.23.2012

For the past 80 years, the Whitney Biennial has introduced to the public the undercurrents running through contemporary art. This year, the Biennial f...

10 Art Fairs, 300+ Exhibitions? Here Are 15 Must-See Installations On View This Week

Chris Vroom | Posted 05.06.2012

Chris Vroom

Art fairs have become an essential ritual in the rhythm of the art world with collectors, curators, museum groups and artists regularly joining hundre...

PHOTOS: Whitney Biennial Opening Party

Posted 03.01.2012

Art kids and fancy celebrities gathered on the Upper East Side on Wednesday evening for the 2012 Whitney Biennial Opening Party, where attendees parti...

From the Radical to the Ridiculous, A Brief History of Anti-Biennial Activism

ARTINFO | Posted 04.30.2012

ARTINFO

The Whitney Biennial always draws fire from critics, but this year we're witnessing what seems like an unprecedented amount of actual anti-biennial ac...

Whitney Biennial Moving Forward

Posted 02.29.2012

An intimate setting and unusual mediums are emphasized at this year's biennial at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Of the 51 artists featured, a la...

Why Were Women and Minorities Shut Out Of The 2012 Whitney Biennial?

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Massara | Posted 01.09.2012

Today Herb Tam wrote about the problems already plaguing the 2012 Whitney Biennial since the artists names were leaked last month. Tam writes on his b...

LEAKED: 2012 Whitney Biennial Artist List

Posted 12.22.2011

Forget WikiLeaks, this week is all about Whitney Leaks. The Whitney Biennial, the large-scale New York exhibition known for setting trends and setting...

Bridging the Gap: Gretchen Skogerson's Strange Play

Zac Hill | Posted 02.18.2012

Zac Hill

The idea is simple enough: it's a series of interconnected vignettes that explore how -- as individuals in society -- we are simultaneously isolated and drawn together by our dependence on communication technology.

Haunted: Sue de Beer at the Park Avenue Armory

Doreen Remen | Posted 05.25.2011

Doreen Remen

Sue de Beer concentrates on giving form to that intense adolescent turmoil that we're all familiar with, modifying conventions of movie-making to help make her point.

Definitive Ironist: The Stephen Malkmus Interview

David Coggins | Posted 05.25.2011

David Coggins

Stephen Malkmus is the slacker king who can't help it. That he's not even a slacker makes his elevation more remarkable still. He's knowing in the e...

New York's Anonymous MuseumNerd Opens Up

Allison K Gibson | Posted 05.25.2011

Allison K Gibson

MuseumNerd's original avatar Chances are, if you're on Twitter and you're an art lover, you've become acquainted with the thoughtful and entertaining...

Whitney Biennial 2010 Reflects American-ness

Nicole Campoy-Leffler | Posted 05.25.2011

Nicole Campoy-Leffler

Curators Francesco Bonami and Gary Carrion-Murayari have indeed found the pulse of the art world in America

Art In New York: Gallery Openings This Week

artinfo.com | Posted 05.25.2011

One has to sympathize with New York gallerists this week: with the Whitney Biennial opening, little attention is being paid to events elsewhere in the...

The Whitney Biennial Goes Raw

Alex Geana | Posted 05.25.2011

Alex Geana

If the Biennial is supposed to have its thumb on the pulse that is American culture, they have succeeded. I didn't like what I saw, either.

Culture Zohn: Whitney Biennial Exclusive

Patricia Zohn | Posted 05.25.2011

Patricia Zohn

The Whitney Biennial's curator flags five pieces exclusively for HuffPost readers, and we check out this year's recession-friendly art on Opening Night.

Los Angeles Artists To Represent At 2010 Whitney Biennial

Los Angeles Times | Posted 05.25.2011

Score one for the home team, including a local comic artist. Twelve Los Angeles-based artists have been chosen to participate in the 2010 Whitney Bie...

Whitney Biennial Jumps the Shark

Carolyn Castiglia | Posted 05.25.2011

Carolyn Castiglia

If working class people can get t-shirts with prints created by artists, why should we complain that we don't have health care? Got an open wound? Take that Jeff Koons t-shirt, shred it up and use it as a tourniquet.