Art
Initial Thoughts and Highlights from the 2019 Whitney Biennial
What not to miss at this year's edition of America's most important survey of contemporary art.
Whitney Biennial
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Forensic Architecture's Project at Whitney Biennial Reveals Museum Vice Chair’s Company May Be Complicit in War Crimes
The research group looks into the potential use of Sierra Bullets-manufactured bullets in Gaza, which prompted a response from the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights.
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Activist Arrested During Protest on Subway Ride to the Whitney Museum for Protest Against Warren Kanders [UPDATED]
The protesters occupied the C subway line from East New York to Chelsea, and were confronted with large police forces at the final stop. One protester was arrested.
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Student Organizations Occupy the Whitney's Lobby to Demand the Ousting of Warren Kanders
The students drew parallels and connections between the museum's board of trustee's vice chair and other board members at their universities
Interview
The Experimental Cinema of This Year's Whitney Biennial Film Curator
Director Sky Hopinka talks to Hyperallergic about depicting language and landscape in his shorts.
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A Musical Protest at the Whitney Museum Focuses on Puerto Rico
“The Whitney is being funded by war waged on our homeland,” one protester said.
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A Heated Fifth Week of Protest at the Whitney Museum Centers Palestinian Liberation
Protesters were challenged by disgruntled museumgoers, youth organizers performed a Dabka, and activists gave impassioned speeches about Whitney vice chair Warren Kanders's association with Palestine through weapons companies.
In Brief
The Whitney Museum Launches Digital Resource for Past Biennials
The open archive provides public access to information about artists and their artworks dating back to the biennial's first edition in 1932.
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Decolonize This Place Holds a Pizza Party in the Whitney Museum
Two Sudanese students, along with an activist greatly involved in curtailing the gentrification of Brooklyn, offered impassioned teach-ins on their causes at the potluck.
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"The Institution Should Not Be Safe As Long As We Are Not Safe": A Third Week of Protests at the Whitney
One activist called the protest an opportunity for museumgoers to consider "the role that our cultural institutions play in our everyday decisions and choices, and the effect that that has.”
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Week 2 of Whitney Protests: Freedom Songs for the Unliberated
"They're singing songs about liberation, just be aware." said one guard over his walkie-talkie — a message that could be heard throughout the lobby.
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Decolonize This Place Launches "Nine Weeks of Art and Action" with Protest at Whitney Museum
The activist organization, which demands the removal of Whitney vice chairman Warren Kanders from the board, gathered at the museum to protest alongside activists from the 30 groups that have come out to support its mission.