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The Whitney Biennial Is Dangerously Quiet About US Imperialism

Avatar photo by Manijeh Moradian August 11, 2022August 12, 2022

The absence of an explicit framing of American art, in all of its diversity, as a visual culture of empire distorts and hampers our ability to understand — and reimagine — our social world.

Posted inNews

Whitney Workers Crash Gala to Protest “Lowball” Wages

Avatar photo by Jasmine Liu May 18, 2022May 18, 2022

The union said that grass hedges were erected around the entrance, blocking the gala’s guests from seeing the protest outside.

Posted inNews

As COVID Cases Surge in NYC, Some Museums Are Lifting Their Mask Mandates

by Hakim Bishara April 13, 2022April 13, 2022

The Whitney and MoMA are the first two major art museums to stop enforcing masking and vaccination.

Posted inNews

Whitney Museum Transfers an Expansive Archive of Andy Warhol Film Archives to MoMA

by Sarah Rose Sharp October 26, 2021October 27, 2021

From 1963 through 1968, Warhol produced nearly 650 films, including hundreds of Screen Tests and dozens of full-length movies.

Posted inBooks

The Story of Women Artists in Revolution, a Movement Against Patriarchy

Avatar photo by Kate Silzer February 13, 2021February 15, 2021

W.A.R. existed for a brief yet prolific period, from 1969 to 1971, igniting a robust movement against New York City’s art industry.

Posted inPodcast

Why Did the Whitney Museum Cancel a Political Art Exhibition?

Avatar photo by Hrag Vartanian August 27, 2020April 13, 2022

Within 24 hours, online critics pushed the New York museum to reconsider an exhibition that many saw as “predatory.” Why?

Posted inNews

Whitney Museum Cancels Show After Artists Denounce Acquisition Process, Citing Exploitation

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia and Hakim Bishara August 25, 2020November 5, 2020

The museum has faced widespread criticism after announcing an exhibition primarily featuring artworks purchased from Black Lives Matter and COVID-19 benefit sales.

Posted inNews

Projecting $7M in Losses in 2020, Whitney Museum Lays Off 76 Staffers

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia April 3, 2020April 6, 2020

Director Adam Weinberg says many of those who were laid off “work in visitor-related roles and are no longer able to fulfill their duties now that the Museum is closed.”

Posted inComics

Tracing the Life of New Age Painter Agnes Pelton

by Coco Picard March 9, 2020March 5, 2020

Agnes Pelton was a lifelong seeker whose matriarchal, artistic household set her aesthetic course.

Posted inIn Brief

David Breslin and Adrienne Edwards Will Curate the 2021 Whitney Biennial

by Hakim Bishara October 7, 2019October 7, 2019

Edwards and Breslin, two of the museum’s in-house curators, will curate the 80th edition of the biennial.

Posted inNews

Safariland Tear Gas Was Allegedly Used Against Protesters in Puerto Rico [UPDATED]

by Hakim Bishara July 30, 2019January 22, 2020

During political protests across San Juan, Puerto Rico, police have fired tear gas and rubber bullets manufactured by weapons companies owned by Warren Kanders.

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.

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