Whitney Biennial - Hyperallergic (Page 2)

Opinion

After Kanders, Decolonization Is the Way Forward

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."

News

Artists No Longer Request Their Work to be Withdrawn from Whitney Biennial

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.

News

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

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.

In Brief

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

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.

News

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

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

News

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

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.

Art

How Do Artists Get Into the Whitney Biennial?

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

Art

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

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.

Film

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

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

Film

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

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

News

Forensic Architecture Says Warren Kanders Is One Part of a Web of Possible War Crimes in Gaza

Members of the research group say their "Triple-Chaser" video at the Whitney Biennial is part of an ongoing investigation into violence at the Israeli-Palestinian border.

Opinion

Forensic Architecture's Documentary on Kanders Doesn’t Absolve the Whitney Museum

A documentary at the 79th Whitney Biennial may detail horrors funded by the Whitney’s own chairperson Warren Kanders, but don’t applaud the museum for the self-criticism.