List of Whitney Biennial curators
This is a complete list of Whitney Biennial curators who have curated or are scheduled to curate the Whitney Biennial exhibitions at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City, United States. The Whitney Biennial began as an annual exhibition in 1932, the first biennial was in 1973.[1]
History
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 first biennial was curated by a curatorial committee under direction of director John I. H. Baur.[3] The 1975 Whitney Biennial, the first to credit curators with the show curation, acknowledged the five person curatorial team of John Hanhardt, Barbara Haskell, James Monte, Elke Solomon, and Marcia Tucker. The catalog additionally acknowledges how the curators' work was co-supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.[4]
Curators
| Year | Curators/organizers | Affiliated curator(s) and advisor(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Marcela Guerrero Drew Sawyer |
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| 2024 | Chrissie Iles Meg Onli |
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| 2022 | David Breslin Adrienne Edwards |
Gabriel Almeida Baroja, curatorial project assistant Margaret Kross, former senior curatorial assistant |
| 2019 | Jane Panetta Rujeko Hockley[5] |
Film program guest curated by Maori Karmael Holmes, Matt Wolf, and Sky Hopinka.[6] |
| 2017 | Christopher Y. Lew Mia Locks[7] |
Co-curated film program with Aily Nash |
| 2014 | Stuart Comer Anthony Elms Michelle Grabner[8] |
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| 2012 | Elisabeth Sussman Jay Sanders |
Co-curated film program with Thomas Beard and Ed Halter, co-founders of Light Industry[9] |
| 2010 | Francesco Bonami Gary Carrion-Murayari[10] |
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| 2008 | Henriette Huldisch Shamim M. Momin[11] |
Overseen by Donna De Salvo; advisors: Thelma Golden, Bill Horrigan, Linda Norden |
| 2006 | Philippe Vergne Chrissie Iles[12] |
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| 2004 | Chrissie Iles Shamim M. Momin Debra Singer[13] |
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| 2002 | Lawrence Rinder[14] | Chrissie Iles, curator of film and video Christiane Paul, curator of Internet-based art works Debra Singer, curator of performance and sound art[15] |
| 2000 | Maxwell L. Anderson Michael Auping Valerie Cassel Hugh M. Davies Jane Farver Andrea Miller-Keller Lawrence R. Rinder[16] |
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| 1997 | Lisa Phillips Louise Neri[17] |
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| 1995 | Klaus Kertess[18] | |
| 1993 | Elisabeth Sussman[19] | Associate curators: Lisa Phillips, John Hanhardt, and Thelma Golden |
| 1991 | Richard Armstrong Richard D. Marshall Lisa Phillips John Hanhardt[20] |
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| 1989 | Richard Armstrong Richard D. Marshall Lisa Phillips |
With John Hanhardt choosing the artists in the film and video section.[21] |
| 1987 | Richard Armstrong Richard D. Marshall Lisa Phillips[22] |
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| 1985 | John Hanhardt Barbara Haskell Richard D. Marshall Lisa Phillips Patterson Sims[23] |
Richard Armstrong |
| 1983 | John Hanhardt Barbara Haskell Richard D. Marshall Lisa Phillips Patterson Sims[24] |
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| 1981 | John Hanhardt Barbara Haskell Richard D. Marshall Lisa Phillips Patterson Sims[25] |
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| 1979 | John Hanhardt Barbara Haskell Richard D. Marshall Mark Segal Patterson Sims[26] |
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| 1977 | Barbara Haskell Marcia Tucker[27] |
Patterson Sims, associate curator |
| 1975 | John Hanhardt Barbara Haskell James Monte Elke Solomon Marcia Tucker[4] |
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| 1973 | Curatorial Committee | Under direction of director John I. H. Baur[3] |
See also
References
- ↑ "2010 WHITNEY BIENNIAL". Whitney Museum of American Art. Archived from the original on November 2, 2012. Retrieved November 4, 2012.
- ↑ Carol Vogel (November 29, 2012), Whitney Museum Announces Biennial Plans Archived November 16, 2013, at the Wayback Machine New York Times.
- 1 2 "JOHN I. H. BAUR, ART SCHOLAR; HEADED THE WHITNEY MUSEUM". The New York Times.
- 1 2 Whitney Museum of American Art (1975). 1975 Biennial exhibition. Frances Mulhall Achilles Library Whitney Museum of American Art. Whitney Museum of American Art.
- ↑ Russeth, Andrew (December 13, 2017). "Rujeko Hockley and Jane Panetta Will Organize 2019 Whitney Biennial". ARTnews. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
- ↑ "Whitney Biennial 2019 Film Screenings and Performances". whitney.org. Retrieved May 13, 2023.
- ↑ Zhong, Fan (March 15, 2017). "Whitney Biennial 2017: How the Museum's Riskiest, Most Political Survey in Decades Came Together". W Magazine. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
- ↑ "Whitney Biennial 2014". Whitney Museum of American Art. Retrieved November 19, 2013.
- ↑ "Whitney Biennial 2012". Whitney Museum of American Art. Archived from the original on November 1, 2012. Retrieved November 4, 2012.
- ↑ "VernissageTV Art TV - Whitney Biennial 2010 / Interview with Curator Francesco Bonami". Retrieved January 29, 2019.
- ↑ "Rave On - artnet Magazine". www.artnet.com. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
- ↑ "Chrissie Iles and Philippe Vergne discuss the 2006 Whitney Biennial". www.artforum.com. January 2006. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
- ↑ Iles, Chrissie; Momin, Shamim M.; Singer, Debra (2004). Whitney Biennial 2004. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art. ISBN 9780874271393.
- ↑ "Whitney Biennale covers a lot of ground". chicagotribune.com. May 21, 2002.
- ↑ "The Whitney Biennial 2002 Opens in New York - Whitney Museum of American Art - Absolutearts.com". www.absolutearts.com.
- ↑ Muchnic, Suzanne (March 24, 2000). "What a Difference Two Years Make". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
- ↑ "The 1997 Whitney Biennial". www.artnet.com.
- ↑ "Profiling Klaus Kertess and the 1995 Whitney Biennial". Observer. December 28, 2011. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
- ↑ Smith, Roberta (March 5, 1993). "At the Whitney, a Biennial with a Social Conscience". The New York Times.
- ↑ Kimmelman, Michael (April 19, 1991). "Review/Art; At the Whitney, A Biennial That's Eager to Please". The New York Times.
- ↑ Smith, Roberta (April 28, 1989). "Review/Art; More Women and Unknowns in the Whitney Biennial". The New York Times.
- ↑ Brenson, Michael (April 10, 1987). "Art: Whitney Biennial's New Look". The New York Times.
- ↑ 1985 Biennial exhibition. Whitney Museum of American Art. 1985.
- ↑ 1983 Biennial exhibition. Whitney Museum of American Art. 1983.
- ↑ Russeth, Andrew (August 14, 2014). "Richard D. Marshall, Longtime Whitney Curator Who Helped Build the Lever House Collection, Dies at 67". ARTnews.
- ↑ Kirsch, Corinna (February 28, 2014). "Secrets of the Whitney Biennial: 1979". Art F City. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
- ↑ 1977 Biennial exhibition. Whitney Museum of American Art. 1977.