List of Whitney Biennial curators

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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]

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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]

Whitney Biennial Curators

YearCurator/OrganizersAffiliated Curator/s & Advisor/s
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 [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]
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]
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]
2004 Chrissie Iles
Shamim M. Momin
Debra Singer [13]
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]
1997 Lisa Phillips
Louise Neri [17]
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]
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]
1985 John Hanhardt
Barbara Haskell
Richard D. Marshall
Lisa Phillips
Patterson Sims [23] 		Richard Armstrong (museum director)
1983 John Hanhardt
Barbara Haskell
Richard D. Marshall
Lisa Phillips
Patterson Sims [24]
1981 John Hanhardt
Barbara Haskell
Richard D. Marshall
Lisa Phillips
Patterson Sims [25]
1979 John Hanhardt
Barbara Haskell
Richard D. Marshall
Mark Segal
Patterson Sims [26]
1977 Barbara Haskell
Marcia Tucker [27] 		Patterson Sims, Associate Curator
1975 John Hanhardt
Barbara Haskell
James Monte
Elke Solomon
Marcia Tucker [4]
1973Curatorial Committeeunder direction of director John I. H. Baur [3]

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