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Whitney Biennial
art review
Mar. 19, 2024
What to See and What to Skip at the Whitney Biennial
Jerry Saltz searches for the real thing at the museum’s latest survey of contemporary art.
By
Jerry Saltz
art review
Apr. 1, 2022
The Whitney Biennial Falters On
The 2022 show has just enough high points to get you through it — including three stunning Charles Ray sculptures.
By
Jerry Saltz
art
July 22, 2019
A True Protest Biennial
Artists are withdrawing from the Whitney left and right, making good on the radical politics of the show.
By
Jerry Saltz
art
May 16, 2019
Whitney Biennial Artists Share Mood Boards for Their Works
What were they thinking about when they made that?
By
Carl Swanson
whitney biennial
May 14, 2019
The New Whitney Biennial Made Me See Art History in a New Way
This show demonstrates unmistakably that subject matter is just as important as form.
By
Jerry Saltz
art
June 28, 2018
Henry Taylor’s Wild Heart Can’t Be Broken
Even after a star turn at last year’s Whitney Biennial, the art world still wants to see the master painter as an outsider.
By
Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah
art and design 2017
Apr. 20, 2017
Is Political Art the Only Art That Matters Now?
The art world is going to war with Trump. If it doesn’t shoot itself in the foot first.
By
Carl Swanson
controversies
Apr. 3, 2017
Open Casket
Artist Defends Her Emmett Till Painting, Says It Needs Context
“I knew the risks going into this. What I didn’t realize was how bad it would look when seen out of context.”
By
Hunter Harris
art
Mar. 14, 2017
The 2017 Whitney Biennial Is the Most Politically Charged in Decades
The first, last, and only Hillary Clinton biennial.
By
Jerry Saltz
art
Apr. 21, 2016
The Reviled Identity Politics Show That Forever Changed Art
How identity politics became for this era what Impressionism and Cubism were for theirs.
By
Jerry Saltz
and
Rachel Corbett
seeing out loud
Mar. 5, 2014
Jerry Saltz on the Whitney Biennial
Careful correctness abounds.
By
Jerry Saltz
art
Mar. 3, 2014
Meet 7 Artists Showing at the Last Whitney Biennial on Madison
They will engage with the old building as they close it down.
By
Jerry Saltz
art
Jan. 31, 2012
Jerry Saltz: As Massimiliano Gioni Takes Over, New Hope for the Biennale
“It’s not beyond Gioni to do a bad show, but I’m hopeful that he won’t for several reasons.”
By
Jerry Saltz
the take
Mar. 17, 2008
Video: Jerry Saltz Tours the Whitney Biennial
New York art critic Jerry Saltz walks us through the highlights.
news reel
Mar. 5, 2008
The Whitney Biennial: Behind Eduardo Sarabia’s Tequila Bar
Is tequila art?
news reel
Mar. 5, 2008
Opening Night at the Whitney Biennial: The Art Crowd Is Not Impressed
It was hip to be squared at last night’s opening.