The Whitney Museum of American Art has announced the appointment of Kim Conaty as the Nancy and Steve Crown Family Chief Curator. Effective April 8, Conaty assumes this prestigious role, which is set to profoundly shape the museum's future. With an impressive...
The Whitney Biennial, curated by Chrissie Illes and Meg Onli, now in its 81st incarnation, is America's longest-running survey show. It features the work of 71 eclectic artists and two collectives. This year, there are a lot of video works, some traditional and...
The iconic 1966 brutalist building on Madison Avenue in Manhattan, designed by the Bauhaus architect Marcel Breuer will be the new home of auctioneers Sotheby's. The building was initially created for the Whitney Museum of American Art and was the home of the Whitney...
They've smashed up petrol pumps and glued themselves to museum masterpieces; now, the latest audacious stunt saw a man try and super glue his head to Vermeer's 'Girl with a Pearl Earring'. The Guardian reported, "Dutch police have arrested three people at the...
The Whitney Museum of American Art has announced the sixty-three artists and collectives who will be participating in Whitney Biennial 2022. Quiet as It’s Kept, co-organized by two Whitney curators, David Breslin and Adrienne Edwards (Photo Above). This will be the...
The Whitney Biennial 2019 is America’s oldest survey of contemporary art. Now in its 79th edition, this year's event opened as the stock market began to sink. Of the seventy-five artists represented, (three quarters under the age of 40) many live in Brooklyn These...
[soliloquy id="undefined"]The 2017 Whitney Biennial, the first at the new spacious downtown location, is a total home run. Form, function and fun come together. The curators make brilliant use of Renzo Piano‘s sprawling architectural design and none of the art is...