Whitney Biennial Artists: Artworks on Ocula

Explore artworks on Ocula by artists who have shown at, or will show work in in one of the most polarising but hotly anticipated exhibitions in the American art calendar, the Whitney Biennial.

Instigated by The Whitney Museum‘s founder Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney in 1932, the bi-annual New York event was introduced to reflect developments in the art of the United States, and as such each show triggers a cacophony of art world comment. One of its most infamous iterations was the 1993 edition, which many derided at the time for its focus on identity politics. In recent years that show has been re-evaluated for how it drew attention to the experience of people of colour in the United States. Despite its controversies, the show is seen as an important barometer on the United State’s contemporary art scene, and the context it exists within.

Participating artists include Rick Lowe, Adam Pendalton, Lucy Raven, Nayland Blake, Raven Chacon, Tony Cokes, Alex Da Corte, Ellen Gallagher, Alfredo Jaar, and many more.