AppointmentOctober 18, 2019
David Breslin and Adrienne Edwards will be the curators of the 2021 Whitney Biennial
The Whitney Museum of American Art announced that its 2021 Biennial will be co-organized by two members of the Museum’s curatorial department, David Breslin and Adrienne Edwards. This will be the Biennial’s 80th edition. The exhibition will open in spring 2021. The 2021 Whitney Biennial is presented by Tiffany & Co., which has been the lead sponsor of the Biennial since the Museum’s move downtown.
Initiated by founder Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney in 1932, the Whitney Biennial is the longest-running survey of American art. More than 3,600 artists have participated, including Edward Hopper, Georgia O’Keeffe, Alexander Calder, Louise Bourgeois, Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Robert Rauschenberg, Cy Twombly, Andy Warhol, Ellsworth Kelly, Richard Serra, Barbara Kruger, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Jenny Holzer, Kara Walker, Cindy Sherman, Nan Goldin and Cecilia Vicuña.
David Breslin was recently named the DeMartini Family Curator and Director of Curatorial Initiatives, a role he will assume this month. Since joining the Museum in 2016 as DeMartini Family Curator and Director of the Collection, Breslin has spearheaded the Museum’s collection-related activities, curating a series of major collection exhibitions and overseeing acquisitions.
In 2018, Adrienne Edwards was named Engell Speyer Family Curator and Curator of Performance at the Whitney. Previously, she served as curator of Performa since 2010 and as Curator at Large for the Walker Art Center since 2016.
Initiated by founder Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney in 1932, the Whitney Biennial is the longest-running survey of American art. More than 3,600 artists have participated, including Edward Hopper, Georgia O’Keeffe, Alexander Calder, Louise Bourgeois, Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Robert Rauschenberg, Cy Twombly, Andy Warhol, Ellsworth Kelly, Richard Serra, Barbara Kruger, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Jenny Holzer, Kara Walker, Cindy Sherman, Nan Goldin and Cecilia Vicuña.
David Breslin was recently named the DeMartini Family Curator and Director of Curatorial Initiatives, a role he will assume this month. Since joining the Museum in 2016 as DeMartini Family Curator and Director of the Collection, Breslin has spearheaded the Museum’s collection-related activities, curating a series of major collection exhibitions and overseeing acquisitions.
In 2018, Adrienne Edwards was named Engell Speyer Family Curator and Curator of Performance at the Whitney. Previously, she served as curator of Performa since 2010 and as Curator at Large for the Walker Art Center since 2016.
