List of Whitney Biennial curators explained

This is a complete list of Whitney Biennial curators who have curated or are scheduled to curate the Whitney Biennial exhibitions at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City, United States. The Whitney Biennial began as an annual exhibition in 1932, the first biennial was in 1973.[1]

History

The Whitney Museum had a long history beginning in 1932 of having a large group exhibition of invited American artists every year called the 'Whitney Annual'. In the late sixties, it was decided to alternate between painting and sculpture, although by the 1970s the decision was to combine both together in a biennial.[2] The first biennial was curated by a curatorial committee under direction of director John I. H. Baur.[3] The 1975 Whitney Biennial, the first to credit curators with the show curation, acknowledged the five person curatorial team of John Hanhardt, Barbara Haskell, James Monte, Elke Solomon, and Marcia Tucker. The catalog additionally acknowledges how the curators' work was co-supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.[4]

Whitney Biennial Curators

Year Curator/OrganizersAffiliated Curator/s & Advisor/s
2024(forthcoming)
2022David BreslinAdrienne EdwardsGabriel Almeida Baroja - Curatorial Project AssistantMargaret Kross - former Senior Curatorial Assistant
2019 Jane Panetta
Rujeko Hockley[5]
film program guest curated by Maori Karmael Holmes, Matt Wolf, and Sky Hopinka.[6]
2017 Christopher Y. Lew
Mia Locks[7]
co-curated film program with Aily Nash
2014 Stuart Comer
Anthony Elms
Michelle Grabner[8]
2012 Elisabeth Sussman
Jay Sanders
co-curated film program with Thomas Beard and Ed Halter, co-founders of Light Industry[9]
2010 Francesco Bonami
Gary Carrion-Murayari[10]
2008 Henriette Huldisch
Shamim M. Momin[11]
overseen by Donna De Salvo, advisors: Thelma Golden, Bill Horrigan, Linda Norden
2006 Philippe Vergne
Chrissie Iles[12]
2004 Chrissie Iles
Shamim M. Momin
Debra Singer[13]
2002 Lawrence Rinder[14] Chrissie Iles, curator of film and video
Christiane Paul, curator of Internet-based art works
Debra Singer, curator of performance and sound art[15]
2000 Maxwell L. Anderson
Michael Auping
Valerie Cassel
Hugh M. Davies
Jane Farver
Andrea Miller-Keller
Lawrence R. Rinder[16]
1997 Lisa Phillips
Louise Neri[17]
1995 Klaus Kertess[18]
1993 Elisabeth Sussman[19] Associate Curators - Lisa Phillips, John Hanhardt and Thelma Golden
1991 Richard Armstrong
Richard D. Marshall
Lisa Phillips
John Hanhardt[20]
1989 Richard Armstrong
Richard D. Marshall
Lisa Phillips
with John Hanhardt choosing the artists in the film and video section.[21]
1987 Richard Armstrong
Richard D. Marshall
Lisa Phillips[22]
1985 John Hanhardt
Barbara Haskell
Richard D. Marshall
Lisa Phillips
Patterson Sims[23]
Richard Armstrong (museum director)
1983 John Hanhardt
Barbara Haskell
Richard D. Marshall
Lisa Phillips
Patterson Sims[24]
1981 John Hanhardt
Barbara Haskell
Richard D. Marshall
Lisa Phillips
Patterson Sims[25]
1979 John Hanhardt
Barbara Haskell
Richard D. Marshall
Mark Segal
Patterson Sims[26]
1977 Barbara Haskell
Marcia Tucker[27]
Patterson Sims, Associate Curator
1975 John Hanhardt
Barbara Haskell
James Monte
Elke Solomon
Marcia Tucker
1973 Curatorial Committeeunder direction of director John I. H. Baur[28]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: . 2010 WHITNEY BIENNIAL . 4 November 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121102100007/http://whitney.org/Exhibitions/2010Biennial . 2 November 2012 . dead .
  2. Carol Vogel (November 29, 2012), Whitney Museum Announces Biennial Plans New York Times.
  3. News: JOHN I. H. BAUR, ART SCHOLAR; HEADED THE WHITNEY MUSEUM . The New York Times . en.
  4. Book: Whitney Museum of American Art. 1975 Biennial exhibition.. 1975. Whitney Museum of American Art. Frances Mulhall Achilles Library Whitney Museum of American Art. English.
  5. Web site: Rujeko Hockley and Jane Panetta Will Organize 2019 Whitney Biennial. Russeth. Andrew. 2017-12-13. ARTnews. en-US. 2019-01-29.
  6. Web site: Whitney Biennial 2019 Film Screenings and Performances . 2023-05-13 . whitney.org . en.
  7. Web site: Whitney Biennial 2017: How the Museum's Riskiest, Most Political Survey in Decades Came Together. Zhong. Fan. W Magazine. 15 March 2017 . en. 2019-01-29.
  8. Web site: Whitney Museum of American Art. Whitney Biennial 2014. 19 November 2013.
  9. Web site: . Whitney Biennial 2012 . 4 November 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121101133827/http://whitney.org/Exhibitions/2012Biennial . 1 November 2012 . dead .
  10. Web site: VernissageTV Art TV - Whitney Biennial 2010 / Interview with Curator Francesco Bonami. on. Enrico. en-US. 2019-01-29.
  11. Web site: Rave On - artnet Magazine. www.artnet.com. 2019-01-29.
  12. Web site: Chrissie Iles and Philippe Vergne discuss the 2006 Whitney Biennial. www.artforum.com. January 2006 . en-US. 2019-01-29.
  13. Book: Whitney biennial 2004. Whitney Biennial (2004 : New York. NY). Iles. author.), Chrissi. Momin. author.), Shamim. Singer. author.), Debr. Art. Whitney Museum of American. Biennial (2004). Whitney. 2004. New York : Whitney Museum of American Art. 9780874271393. English.
  14. Web site: Whitney Biennale covers a lot of ground . chicagotribune.com. 21 May 2002 .
  15. Web site: The Whitney Biennial 2002 Opens in New York - Whitney Museum of American Art - Absolutearts.com . www.absolutearts.com.
  16. News: What a Difference Two Years Make. MUCHNIC. SUZANNE. 2000-03-24. Los Angeles Times. 2019-01-29. en-US. 0458-3035.
  17. Web site: THE 1997 WHITNEY BIENNIAL . www.artnet.com.
  18. Web site: Profiling Klaus Kertess and the 1995 Whitney Biennial. 2011-12-28. Observer. en. 2019-01-29.
  19. Web site: Smith . Roberta . At the Whitney, a Biennial with a Social Conscience . The New York Times . 5 March 1993.
  20. Web site: Kimmelman . Michael . Review/Art; At the Whitney, A Biennial That's Eager to Please . The New York Times . 19 April 1991.
  21. Web site: Smith . Roberta . Review/Art; More Women and Unknowns in the Whitney Biennial . The New York Times . 28 April 1989.
  22. Web site: Brenson . Michael . Art: Whitney Biennial's New Look . The New York Times . 10 April 1987.
  23. Book: Whitney Museum of American Art. 1985 Biennial exhibition.. 1985. Whitney Museum of American Art. Frances Mulhall Achilles Library Whitney Museum of American Art. English.
  24. Book: Whitney Museum of American Art. 1983 Biennial exhibition.. 1983. Whitney Museum of American Art. Frances Mulhall Achilles Library Whitney Museum of American Art. English.
  25. Web site: Russeth . Andrew . Richard D. Marshall, Longtime Whitney Curator Who Helped Build the Lever House Collection, Dies at 67 . ARTnews . 14 August 2014.
  26. Web site: Secrets of the Whitney Biennial: 1979. Kirsch. Corinna. 2014-02-28. Art F City. en-US. 2019-01-29.
  27. Book: Whitney Museum of American Art. 1977 Biennial exhibition.. 1977. Whitney Museum of American Art. Frances Mulhall Achilles Library Whitney Museum of American Art. English.
  28. News: JOHN I. H. BAUR, ART SCHOLAR; HEADED THE WHITNEY MUSEUM . The New York Times . en.