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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 ]
Every two years, the museum hosts the Whitney Biennial, an international art show which displays many lesser-known artists new to the American art scene. It has displayed works by many notable artists, and has featured unconventional works, such as a 1976 exhibit of live body builders , featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger .
The 81st edition of the Whitney Biennial, “Even Better Than the Real Thing,” opens to the public on March 20. - Sean Zanni/Patrick McMullan/Getty Images
The group also placed tampons and uncooked eggs around the Whitney Museum, on which the artists had written their "fifty percent" message. [4] The group's actions had quantifiable results—the number of women represented rose from 4.5 to 22 percent in one year. [4] [1]
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 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 2022 Whitney Biennial, titled Quiet as It's Kept, is the 80th edition of the Whitney Museum's art biennial, hosted between April and October of 2022. [1] [2] Described by ARTnews as the "most closely watched contemporary art exhibition in the United States."