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2017 Whitney Biennial

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“What Does It Mean to Be Black and Look at This?” A Scholar Reflects on the Dana Schutz Controversy

by Siddhartha Mitter March 24, 2017March 25, 2017

Christina Sharpe says the issue at the heart of the dispute over the Emmett Till painting is not representation so much as intimacy and our relationship to violence.

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The Greatest Biennial of All

by Jillian Steinhauer March 24, 2017

The Whitney Houston Biennial is back, showing the work of 167 women artists.

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A Moving Image Artist Finds Freedom After Abandoning the Film Industry

by Craig Hubert March 24, 2017March 24, 2017

After her first feature screened at Sundance, Cauleen Smith lost patience with the film industry’s conservatism and devoted herself to art; her work is currently in the Whitney Biennial and Migrating Forms at BAM.

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In Fake Letter, “Dana Schutz” Demands Removal of Controversial Painting from Whitney Biennial

Avatar photo by Benjamin Sutton March 23, 2017March 23, 2017

This morning, several outlets published an open letter purportedly written by artist Dana Schutz and demanding that her painting “Open Casket” be removed from the Whitney Biennial.

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Protesters Block, Demand Removal of a Painting of Emmett Till at the Whitney Biennial

by Anya Jaremko-Greenwold March 22, 2017March 22, 2017

Artists are calling for the removal of Dana Schutz’s painting “Open Casket” from the 2017 Whitney Biennial, while others want more drastic action.

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The Violence of the 2017 Whitney Biennial

Avatar photo by Hrag Vartanian March 20, 2017March 21, 2017

One of the themes of this year’s Whitney Biennial appears to be violence, and not every artist has the ability to transform it into a successful work of art.

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Painting on Message at the 2017 Whitney Biennial

by Jennifer Samet March 18, 2017March 17, 2017

This year, the Whitney Biennial includes plenty of painting. And — for the most part — the painting is on message. It’s eccentric figuration with political content.

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An Omnivorous Tour of the 2017 Whitney Biennial

Avatar photo by Benjamin Sutton March 13, 2017

See highlights from the 2017 Whitney Biennial, which opens to the public later this week.

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Iranian Artist Minoo Emami’s Retrospective Opens at the Hartford Art School Galleries
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Iranian Artist Minoo Emami’s Retrospective Opens at the Hartford Art School Galleries

Featuring two decades of interdisciplinary art along with new work created in response to the ongoing Women’s Rights Movement in Iran, the exhibition is on view in Hartford, Connecticut.

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