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.{{cite web|work=Whitney Museum of American Art |title=2010 WHITNEY BIENNIAL |url=http://whitney.org/Exhibitions/2010Biennial |accessdate=4 November 2012 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102100007/http://whitney.org/Exhibitions/2010Biennial |archivedate=2 November 2012 |url-status=dead }}

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.Carol Vogel (November 29, 2012), [https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/30/arts/design/whitney-museum-announces-biennial-plans.html Whitney Museum Announces Biennial Plans] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131116030250/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/30/arts/design/whitney-museum-announces-biennial-plans.html |date=November 16, 2013 }} New York Times. The first biennial was curated by a curatorial committee under direction of director John I. H. Baur.{{cite news |title=JOHN I. H. BAUR, ART SCHOLAR; HEADED THE WHITNEY MUSEUM | work=The New York Times |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1987/05/16/280687.html?action=click&contentCollection=Archives&module=LedeAsset®ion=ArchiveBody&pgtype=article&pageNumber=10 |language=en}} 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.{{Cite book|url=http://archive.org/details/1975biennialexhi|title=1975 Biennial exhibition.|last=Whitney Museum of American Art|date=1975|publisher=Whitney Museum of American Art|others=Frances Mulhall Achilles Library Whitney Museum of American Art|language=English}}

Whitney Biennial Curators

Year	Curator/Organizers ! Affiliated Curator/s & Advisor/s
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2026 \|Marcela Guerrero Drew Sawyer \|
2024 \|Chrissie Iles Meg Onli \|
2022 \|David Breslin Adrienne Edwards \|Gabriel Almeida Baroja - Curatorial Project Assistant Margaret Kross - former Senior Curatorial Assistant
2019	Jane Panetta Rujeko Hockley{{Cite web\|url=http://www.artnews.com/2017/12/13/rujeko-hockley-jane-panetta-will-organize-2019-whitney-biennial/\|title=Rujeko Hockley and Jane Panetta Will Organize 2019 Whitney Biennial\|last=Russeth\|first=Andrew\|date=2017-12-13\|website=ARTnews\|language=en-US\|access-date=2019-01-29}}	film program guest curated by Maori Karmael Holmes, Matt Wolf, and Sky Hopinka.{{Cite web \|title=Whitney Biennial 2019 Film Screenings and Performances \|url=https://whitney.org/exhibitions/2019-biennial/films-performances \|access-date=2023-05-13 \|website=whitney.org \|language=en}}
2017	Christopher Y. Lew Mia Locks{{Cite web\|url=https://www.wmagazine.com/story/whitney-biennial-2017-how-the-museums-riskiest-most-political-survey-in-decades-came-together\|title=Whitney Biennial 2017: How the Museum's Riskiest, Most Political Survey in Decades Came Together\|last=Zhong\|first=Fan\|website=W Magazine\|date=15 March 2017 \|language=en\|access-date=2019-01-29}}	co-curated film program with Aily Nash
2014	Stuart Comer Anthony Elms Michelle Grabner{{cite web\|work=Whitney Museum of American Art\|title=Whitney Biennial 2014\|url=http://whitney.org/Exhibitions/2014Biennial\|accessdate=19 November 2013}}
2012	Elisabeth Sussman Jay Sanders	co-curated film program with Thomas Beard and Ed Halter, co-founders of Light Industry{{cite web\|work=Whitney Museum of American Art \|title=Whitney Biennial 2012 \|url=http://whitney.org/Exhibitions/2012Biennial \|accessdate=4 November 2012 \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121101133827/http://whitney.org/Exhibitions/2012Biennial \|archivedate=1 November 2012 \|url-status=dead }}
2010	Francesco Bonami Gary Carrion-Murayari{{Cite web\|url=https://vernissage.tv/2010/02/24/whitney-biennial-2010-interview-with-curator-francesco-bonami/\|title=VernissageTV Art TV - Whitney Biennial 2010 / Interview with Curator Francesco Bonami\|last=on\|first=Enrico\|language=en-US\|access-date=2019-01-29}}
2008	Henriette Huldisch Shamim M. Momin{{Cite web\|url=http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/reviews/davis/davis3-7-08.asp?print=1\|title=Rave On - artnet Magazine\|website=www.artnet.com\|access-date=2019-01-29}}	overseen by Donna De Salvo, advisors: Thelma Golden, Bill Horrigan, Linda Norden
2006	Philippe Vergne Chrissie Iles{{Cite web\|url=https://www.artforum.com/print/200601/chrissie-iles-and-philippe-vergne-discuss-the-2006-whitney-biennial-10063\|title=Chrissie Iles and Philippe Vergne discuss the 2006 Whitney Biennial\|website=www.artforum.com\|date=January 2006 \|language=en-US\|access-date=2019-01-29}}
2004	Chrissie Iles Shamim M. Momin Debra Singer{{Cite book\|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/version/46651515\|title=Whitney biennial 2004\|last1=Whitney Biennial (2004 : New York\|first1=NY)\|last2=Iles\|first2=author.), Chrissi\|last3=Momin\|first3=author.), Shamim\|last4=Singer\|first4=author.), Debr\|last5=Art\|first5=Whitney Museum of American\|last6=Biennial (2004)\|first6=Whitney\|date=2004\|publisher=New York : Whitney Museum of American Art\|isbn=9780874271393\|language=English}}
2002	Lawrence Rinder{{cite web \|title=Whitney Biennale covers a lot of ground \|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2002-05-21-0205210008-story.html \|website=chicagotribune.com\|date=21 May 2002 }}	Chrissie Iles, curator of film and video Christiane Paul, curator of Internet-based art works Debra Singer, curator of performance and sound art{{cite web \|title=The Whitney Biennial 2002 Opens in New York - Whitney Museum of American Art - Absolutearts.com \|url=https://www.absolutearts.com/artsnews/2002/03/06/29713.html \|website=www.absolutearts.com}}
2000	Maxwell L. Anderson Michael Auping Valerie Cassel Hugh M. Davies Jane Farver Andrea Miller-Keller Lawrence R. Rinder{{Cite news\|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-mar-24-ca-12032-story.html\|title=What a Difference Two Years Make\|last=MUCHNIC\|first=SUZANNE\|date=2000-03-24\|work=Los Angeles Times\|access-date=2019-01-29\|language=en-US\|issn=0458-3035}}
1997	Lisa Phillips Louise Neri{{cite web \|title=THE 1997 WHITNEY BIENNIAL \|url=http://www.artnet.com/magazine_pre2000/news/97biennial/robinson3-19-97.asp \|website=www.artnet.com}}
1995	Klaus Kertess{{Cite web\|url=https://observer.com/2011/12/profiling-klaus-kertess-and-the-1995-whitney-biennial/\|title=Profiling Klaus Kertess and the 1995 Whitney Biennial\|date=2011-12-28\|website=Observer\|language=en\|access-date=2019-01-29}}
1993	Elisabeth Sussman{{cite web \|last1=Smith \|first1=Roberta \|title=At the Whitney, a Biennial with a Social Conscience \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/03/05/arts/at-the-whitney-a-biennial-with-a-social-conscience.html \|website=The New York Times \|date=5 March 1993}}	Associate Curators - Lisa Phillips, John Hanhardt and Thelma Golden
1991	Richard Armstrong Richard D. Marshall Lisa Phillips John Hanhardt{{cite web \|last1=Kimmelman \|first1=Michael \|title=Review/Art; At the Whitney, A Biennial That's Eager to Please \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/04/19/arts/review-art-at-the-whitney-a-biennial-that-s-eager-to-please.html \|website=The New York Times \|date=19 April 1991}}
1989	Richard Armstrong Richard D. Marshall Lisa Phillips	with John Hanhardt choosing the artists in the film and video section.{{cite web \|last1=Smith \|first1=Roberta \|title=Review/Art; More Women and Unknowns in the Whitney Biennial \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/04/28/arts/review-art-more-women-and-unknowns-in-the-whitney-biennial.html \|website=The New York Times \|date=28 April 1989}}
1987	Richard Armstrong Richard D. Marshall Lisa Phillips{{cite web \|last1=Brenson \|first1=Michael \|title=Art: Whitney Biennial's New Look \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/04/10/arts/art-whitney-biennial-s-new-look.html \|website=The New York Times \|date=10 April 1987}}
1985	John Hanhardt Barbara Haskell Richard D. Marshall Lisa Phillips Patterson Sims{{Cite book\|url=http://archive.org/details/1985biennialexhi\|title=1985 Biennial exhibition.\|last=Whitney Museum of American Art\|date=1985\|publisher=Whitney Museum of American Art\|others=Frances Mulhall Achilles Library Whitney Museum of American Art\|language=English}}	Richard Armstrong (museum director)
1983	John Hanhardt Barbara Haskell Richard D. Marshall Lisa Phillips Patterson Sims{{Cite book\|url=http://archive.org/details/1983biennialexhi\|title=1983 Biennial exhibition.\|last=Whitney Museum of American Art\|date=1983\|publisher=Whitney Museum of American Art\|others=Frances Mulhall Achilles Library Whitney Museum of American Art\|language=English}}
1981	John Hanhardt Barbara Haskell Richard D. Marshall Lisa Phillips Patterson Sims{{cite web \|last1=Russeth \|first1=Andrew \|title=Richard D. Marshall, Longtime Whitney Curator Who Helped Build the Lever House Collection, Dies at 67 \|url=http://www.artnews.com/2014/08/14/richard-d-marshall-longtime-whitney-curator-who-helped-build-the-lever-house-collection-dies-at-67/ \|website=ARTnews \|date=14 August 2014}}
1979	John Hanhardt Barbara Haskell Richard D. Marshall Mark Segal Patterson Sims{{Cite web\|url=http://artfcity.com/2014/02/28/secrets-of-the-whitney-biennial-1979/\|title=Secrets of the Whitney Biennial: 1979\|last=Kirsch\|first=Corinna\|date=2014-02-28\|website=Art F City\|language=en-US\|access-date=2019-01-29}}
1977	Barbara Haskell Marcia Tucker{{Cite book\|url=http://archive.org/details/1977biennialexhi\|title=1977 Biennial exhibition.\|last=Whitney Museum of American Art\|date=1977\|publisher=Whitney Museum of American Art\|others=Frances Mulhall Achilles Library Whitney Museum of American Art\|language=English}}	Patterson Sims, Associate Curator
1975	John Hanhardt Barbara Haskell James Monte Elke Solomon Marcia Tucker
1973	Curatorial Committee	under direction of director John I. H. Baur

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Curators

List of Whitney Biennial curators

History

Whitney Biennial Curators

See also

References