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 show is generally regarded as one of the leading shows in the art world, often setting or leading trends in contemporary art.
1973
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2000 The curators were Whitney museum director Maxwell L. Anderson, Michael Auping, Valerie Cassel, Hugh M. Davies, Jane Farver, Andrea Miller-Keller, and Lawrence R. Rinder.
2002
2004 The curators were Chrissie Iles, Shamim M. Momin, Debra Singer.
2006 The 73rd Whitney Biennial. The curators were Philippe Vergne and Chrissie Iles.
2008 The 74th Whitney Biennial.
2010 The 75th Whitney Biennial/Annual ran February 25 to May 30, 2010. The curators were Francesco Bonami and associate Gary Carrion-Murayari.
2012 The 76th Whitney Biennial/Annual ran March 1 through May 27, 2012. It was curated by Elisabeth Sussman and Jay Sanders. They co-curated the film program with Thomas Beard and Ed Halter, co-founders of Light Industry, a venue for film and electronic art in Brooklyn.
2014 The 77th Whitney Biennial was on view March 7 through May 25, 2014. The exhibition was curated by Stuart Comer, Anthony Elms, and Michelle Grabner.
2017 The 2017 Biennial is the first to take place in the museum's much larger new location in the Meatpacking District. With 63 participants the exhibition runs from March 17 until June 11, and is co-curated by Christopher Y. Lew and Mia Locks.
2019 The Biennial participating artists were announced in February 2019. Curated by Rujeko Hockley and Jane Panetta, the show is open from May 17 to September 22, 2019. One artist, Michael Rakowitz, turned down the invitation to participate in response to the presence of the Whitney's vice chair at the time, Warren Kanders, CEO of Safariland. In mid-July 2019, eight artists requested for their work to be withdrawn from the 2019 Whitney Biennial in response to additional concerns over Safariland's manufacturing of tear gas and police equipment. Kanders resigned from his position on the board July 25, 2019.
2022
The 2021 Whitney Biennial was postponed till 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2022 Whitney Biennial was curated by David Breslin and Adrienne Edwards.
2024
The Biennial participating artists were announced on January 25, 2024. Titled "Even Better Than The Real Thing," the exhibition was curated by Chrissie Iles and Meg Onli with a performance program co-curated with guest curator Taja Cheek. The show ran from March 20 to August 11, 2024.
2026
The Biennial participating artists were announced on December 15, 2025. Curated by Marcela Guerrero and Drew Sawyer, the show opened on March 8, 2026.
See also List of Whitney Biennial curators
References
External links 1973 Biennial, Whitney Archives 1969 Annual, Whitney Archives 1967 Annual, Whitney Archives