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2019 Whitney Biennial

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After Kanders: Reflecting on the 2019 Whitney Tear Gas Biennial

Avatar photo by Hrag Vartanian October 7, 2019April 14, 2022

As this year’s Whitney Biennial wraps up, we invited Hyperallergic critics and reporters to reflect on a tumultuous exhibition.

Posted inArt

Tackling Gentrification and Other Injustices Through Landscape Painting

by Julia Friedman August 26, 2019January 22, 2020

Eddie Arroyo decidedly updates the genre of American landscape painting, recording real-estate developments and gentrification and capturing the flux of contemporary urban landscapes.

Posted inOpinion

After Kanders, Decolonization Is the Way Forward

by Decolonize This Place July 30, 2019January 22, 2020

Activist organization Decolonize This Place believes “the museum can be made responsive to people rather than to the dictates of capital, that it can foster creativity and memory rather than functioning as a tool to launder the reputations of the ultra-wealthy.”

Posted inNews

Artists No Longer Request Their Work to be Withdrawn from Whitney Biennial

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Jasmine Weber and Zachary Small July 25, 2019July 26, 2019

In the wake of Warren Kanders’s resignation from the board of trustees, the eight artists wrote to the museum curators permitting their work to remain in the galleries.

Posted inNews

Warren Kanders Resigns From Whitney Museum Board After Months of Controversy and Protest [UPDATED]

Avatar photo by Zachary Small July 25, 2019July 25, 2019

Warren Kanders’s wife, Allison, simultaneously resigned from the museum’s painting and sculpture committee. The news comes after months of protests and an emerging boycott, with eight artists withdrawing from the 2019 Whitney Biennial.

Posted inIn Brief

As Artists Withdraw From the Whitney Biennial Over Kanders Controversy, Others Refuse the Call to Boycott

Avatar photo by Zachary Small July 24, 2019July 24, 2019

Laura Ortman, Thirza Cuthand, Brendan Fernandes, Marcus Fischer, Nibia Pastrana Santiago, and Maia Ruth Lee have publicly announced their intention to stay in the biennial despite calls for a boycott.

Posted inNews

Forensic Architecture Says It Has Found Bullet Linking Whitney Vice Chair to Violence in Gaza, Withdraws from Biennial

Avatar photo by Zachary Small July 20, 2019July 22, 2019

“After this discovery, what may have started as the Tear Gas Biennial is now the Sierra Bullet Biennial,” a Forensic Architecture researcher told Hyperallergic.

Posted inNews

Eight Artists Withdraw Their Work From 2019 Whitney Biennial [UPDATED]

Avatar photo by Zachary Small July 20, 2019July 25, 2019

Korakrit Arunanondchai, Meriem Bennani, Nicole Eisenman, and Nicholas Galanin say that the museum has failed to adequately respond to the Warren Kanders controversy. Following the announcement, Eddie Arroyo, Christine Sun Kim, Agustina Woodgate, and Forensic Architecture announced their withdrawal.

Posted inArt

How Do Artists Get Into the Whitney Biennial?

by John Yau June 9, 2019December 18, 2019

I made a spreadsheet to find out what the participants in the Whitney Biennial have in common.

Posted inArt

Probing the Proper Grounds for Criticism in the Wake of the 2019 Whitney Biennial

Avatar photo by Seph Rodney June 7, 2019February 1, 2022

In the wake of numerous critiques regarding the lack of perceived “radicality” in the Whitney Biennial, a critic analyzes the implications of artist Simone Leigh’s response.

Posted inFilm

Ava DuVernay’s When They See Us Is a Brutal Look at a 30-Year-Old Injustice

Avatar photo by Zoe Guy May 31, 2019November 18, 2021

The new Netflix miniseries joins an ongoing cultural conversation over the case of the Central Park Five.

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The Exciting Native American Film Program at This Year’s Whitney Biennial

by Lindsay Costello May 28, 2019May 5, 2020

At Yale Union, visitors can preview the films Sky Hopinka has curated for the Biennial.

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