BiennialAugust 16, 2024
Curators for the 2026 Whitney Biennial. The Whitney Museum of American Art
The next Whitney Biennial will be co-organized by Museum curators Marcela Guerrero and Drew Sawyer. Guerrero, the DeMartini Family Curator, and Sawyer, the Sondra Gilman Curator of Photography, will lead the development of the eighty-second edition of the Museum’s landmark exhibition series, set to open in spring 2026.
“As the 2024 Biennial draws to a close, we’re delighted to pass the baton to another superb team of Whitney curators in anticipation of the 2026 edition,” remarked Scott Rothkopf, Alice Pratt Brown Director. “As much as the Biennial is a showcase of current artistic talents, it is also a platform for visionary curators like Marcela and Drew. The Biennial may open every two years, but it is ‘always on’ at the Whitney, helping to shape how we think about our broader artistic program, our collection, our ways of working with artists, and role in our community and beyond.”
Marcela Guerrero has worked at the Whitney for seven years and was the Museum’s first curator to specialize in Latinx art. She currently serves as the DeMartini Family Curator and has curated landmark exhibitions like no existe un mundo poshuracán: Puerto Rican Art in the Wake of Hurricane Maria, in 2022. Guerrero is responsible for many major acquisitions of work by prominent Latinx artists to the Whitney’s collection, including Laura Aguilar, Patrick Martinez, and Freddy Rodriguez. She has also been instrumental in the Museum’s digital and on-site Spanish-language Initiatives.
Drew Sawyer joined the Whitney Museum in July 2023, as the Sondra Gilman Curator of Photography. Sawyer oversees the Museum's collection of photography from 1900 to the present and leads its photography acquisition committee. An accomplished curator and art historian, Sawyer has focused on photography of the 1930s and 1970s, as well as queer art histories and contemporary practices in the United States throughout his career.
Please visit The Whitney Museum page at: https://whitney.org/
“As the 2024 Biennial draws to a close, we’re delighted to pass the baton to another superb team of Whitney curators in anticipation of the 2026 edition,” remarked Scott Rothkopf, Alice Pratt Brown Director. “As much as the Biennial is a showcase of current artistic talents, it is also a platform for visionary curators like Marcela and Drew. The Biennial may open every two years, but it is ‘always on’ at the Whitney, helping to shape how we think about our broader artistic program, our collection, our ways of working with artists, and role in our community and beyond.”
Marcela Guerrero has worked at the Whitney for seven years and was the Museum’s first curator to specialize in Latinx art. She currently serves as the DeMartini Family Curator and has curated landmark exhibitions like no existe un mundo poshuracán: Puerto Rican Art in the Wake of Hurricane Maria, in 2022. Guerrero is responsible for many major acquisitions of work by prominent Latinx artists to the Whitney’s collection, including Laura Aguilar, Patrick Martinez, and Freddy Rodriguez. She has also been instrumental in the Museum’s digital and on-site Spanish-language Initiatives.
Drew Sawyer joined the Whitney Museum in July 2023, as the Sondra Gilman Curator of Photography. Sawyer oversees the Museum's collection of photography from 1900 to the present and leads its photography acquisition committee. An accomplished curator and art historian, Sawyer has focused on photography of the 1930s and 1970s, as well as queer art histories and contemporary practices in the United States throughout his career.
Please visit The Whitney Museum page at: https://whitney.org/
