Whitney Biennial

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Unmissable shows in New York this May include “The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism,” The Whitney Biennial, and surveys of Marian Zazeela, Terry Fox and Joan Jonas

David Breslin and Adrienne Edwards’s biennial documents the power of the individual imagination within imperfect nation-state borders

BY Peter Brock |

In the age of ‘fake news’ Lukas Brasiskis analyses the moving-image artists recalibrating the optics on truth

BY Lukas Brasiskis |

In further news: Marisa Merz (1926-2019); and artists withdraw from Whitney Biennial

BY Frieze News Desk |

From the High Line Plinth to the Whitney Biennial and the Guggenheim, the artist’s sculptures celebrate the architecture of the Black female body

BY Rianna Jade Parker |

Most works carry a subtle political charge that amounts to a thoughtful critique of the injustice of our times

BY Evan Moffitt |

In further news: Met rejects Sackler gifts; Indigenous Womxn’s Collective protests Warren B. Kanders at Whitney Biennial opening

BY Frieze News Desk |

In further news: decline in arts industry hiring; call for MoMA to divest from private prison companies

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In further news: backlash over Serpentine Pavilion architect’s unpaid interns; Whitney Museum hit by further protests

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In further news: Decolonize This Place plans 9 weeks of protest ahead of Whitney Biennial; Rothko Chapel to undergo major restoration

BY Frieze News Desk |

The Iraqi-American artist withdrew in protest over the Whitney’s vice chairman Warren B. Kanders and his links to tear gas producers

BY Frieze News Desk |

In further news: documenta artists protest ‘profit-above-everything’ motive; Monir Museum opens in Tehran; Beijing artist on the run over eviction footage

BY Frieze News Desk |

From Hannah Black to Not Surprised, the changes demanded by today’s letter writers are still a long way from being assured

BY Ellen Mara De Wachter |

The Emmett Till painting saga continues; Guggenheim Abu Dhabi ‘should be postponed or downsized’ says former director

The work of filmmaker James N. Kienitz Wilkins on the occasion of his inclusion in the 2017 Whitney Biennial film programme

BY Nick Pinkerton |

Trisha Brown has died, aged 80; two new appointments at London’s ICA; controversy at the Whitney

Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA

BY Dan Fox |

London’s V&A acquires a pussyhat, Herzog & de Meuron take on ‘the Batcave’, the Whitney Biennial opens this Friday

Whitney 2017 artist list announced; Helen Marten wins the inaugural Hepworth Prize for sculpture

Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA

BY Dan Fox |