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This is an incomplete list of Whitney Biennial artists selected for the Whitney Biennial exhibitions of contemporary American art, at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City, United States. The event began as an annual exhibition in 1932, the first biennial was in 1973.
The Whitney's original location, at 8–12 West 8th Street, between Fifth Avenue and MacDougal Street in Greenwich Village. Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, the museum's namesake and founder, was a well-regarded sculptor and serious art collector.
The Whitney Museum had a long history beginning in 1932 of having a large group exhibition of invited American artists every year called the 'Whitney Annual'. In the late sixties, it was decided to alternate between painting and sculpture, although by the 1970s the decision was to combine both together in a biennial. [2]
The Whitney Biennial is a biennial exhibition of contemporary American [1] art organized by the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City, United States.The event began as an annual exhibition in 1932; the first biennial was in 1973.
The 2024 Whitney Biennial, titled Even Better than the Real Thing, is the 81st edition of the Whitney Museum's art biennial, hosted between March and August 2024. Artists [ edit ]
The Whitney Museum of American Art 's original building is a collection of three 1838 rowhouses at 8–12 West 8th Street, between Fifth Avenue and MacDougal Street, in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City.
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (January 9, 1875 – April 18, 1942) was an American sculptor, art patron and collector, and founder in 1931 of the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City. She was a prominent social figure and hostess, who was born into the wealthy Vanderbilt family and married into the Whitney family.
Pages in category "People associated with the Whitney Museum of American Art" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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