Whitney Biennial 2026

The curators Marcela Guerrero and Drew Sawyer are both known for rigorous and acclaimed exhibitions of a broad range of artists. For the 2026 iteration of the storied Whitney Biennial, they have considered the concerns of American artists working across the country and abroad, resulting in a powerful and important exhibition. Artists’ voices are central to this book; each artist has participated in a conversation with a curator, writer, or art historian, and these insightful and illuminating texts appear alongside the artist’s work. Conceived in the style of longform magazine conversations, they provide a unique window into emerging artists’ work and thinking. Essays by Guerrero and Sawyer surface themes and influences specific to each curator.