Whitney Biennial 2026, Inside the Biennial
Whitney Biennial 2026, Inside the Biennial
Whitney Biennial 2026, Inside the Biennial
Whitney Biennial 2026, Inside the Biennial
About the Video
Whitney Biennial 2026 co-curators Marcela Guerrero and Drew Sawyer walk us through how they designed the Biennial as a series of affective spaces that embody relationality as the exhibition’s overarching theme. They leveraged color and scale to develop compositions that encourage emotional connections. Throughout the exhibition, relationality is conveyed through the stark contrasts and soothing harmonies.
About the Program
The annual Hyundai Terrace Commission gives artists and curators a platform to present site-specific works on the museum’s fifth-floor terrace, as part of the Whitney’s 10-year partnership with Hyundai Motor. Artists are invited to create large-scale, experimental projects that enable them to test their aspirations, incubate their creativity, and respond to the space and the neighborhood. During the years of the Whitney Biennial (every two years), the fifth-floor terrace space will feature the commissioned work of an artist for the Hyundai Terrace Commission in conjunction with the larger Biennial exhibition.