- Whitney Biennial
The Whitney Biennial is a biennial exhibition of contemporary American [The determination of what constitutes "American art" (and whether non-citizens of the United States who work or show in America may be included in the biennial) has been subject to different interpretations by various biennial curators. In 2006, European-born curators Chrissie Iles of the Whitney (English) and Philippe Vergne (French) of Minneapolis's
Walker Art Center included a number of non-citizens in their biennial.] art, typically by young and lesser known artists, on display at theWhitney Museum of American Art in New York City,USA . The event began as an annual exhibition in1932 . The Whitney show is generally regarded as one of the leading shows in the art world, often setting or leading trends incontemporary art .History
In
1987 the show was protested by theGuerrilla Girls for its allegedsexism andracism In
2002 WhitneyBiennial.com, an exhibition dedicated to digital art, was founded.Since
2000 , theBucksbaum Award has been awarded to an artist exhibiting at the Biennial.The
2008 [http://www.whitney.org/biennial/ Biennial] opened on March 6, curated by Henriette Huldisch and Shamim M. Momin. This year brought big changes to the Biennial. The exhibition took over the Park Avenue Armory as a space for performance and installation art. [citation | title=The Best of the Biennial | author=Robert Ayers | publisher=ARTINFO | year=2008 | date=March 5, 2008 | url=http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/27002/the-best-of-the-biennial/ | accessdate=2008-04-15 ]Notes
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Visual arts of the United States
*Art exhibition
*Biennale External links
* [http://www.whitney.org/biennial/ Whitney Biennial Official Website ]
* [http://www.artkrush.com/mailer/issue27/interview/index.html Artkrush.com interview with 2006 Whitney Biennial co-curator Philippe Vergne (March 2006)]
* [http://docs.google.com/View?docid=d2p33px_12gfhh66 Review of 2006 Whitney Biennial ]
* [http://www.artseditor.com/html/features/0208_whitney.shtml "Curatorial Charge: the 2008 Whitney Biennial: Part One"] ArtsEditor.com
* [http://www.artseditor.com/html/features/0308_whitney.shtml "Time/Stop/Time: the 2008 Whitney Biennial: Part Two"] ArtsEditor.com
* [http://www.artinfo.com/galleryguide/exhibition/19588/6132/114510/2008-whitney-biennial/ 2008 Whitney Biennial]
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