March 7, 2026 – August 9, 2026
Whitney Biennial
The Whitney Biennial is America's most prestigious survey of contemporary art, held at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City. Founded in 1932, it is the longest-running biennial of contemporary art in the United States and an indispensable barometer of the American cultural moment — provocative, contested, and essential.
Previews
Event Highlight
Regional & Emerging
Contemporary & Modern
2–4 Hours
VIP
New York County
Each edition features around 70 artists working across all media — painting, sculpture, film, performance, digital work — selected to capture the state of American art at a particular moment in history. The Biennial has launched or crystallised the careers of countless major artists and generated some of the most significant cultural debates of the past century.
The Whitney's Renzo Piano-designed building on Manhattan's Meatpacking District offers spectacular views of the Hudson River and the High Line, and its galleries are among the finest contemporary exhibition spaces in the world. The Biennial draw brings the global art world to New York in force each spring.
City Guides
The Whitney sits at the southern end of the High Line, steps from the Hudson River Park and Chelsea's gallery district. Nearby, the Meatpacking District offers excellent dining. A short walk leads to the galleries of West Chelsea — the world's greatest concentration of commercial contemporary art spaces — and the new Whitney building is surrounded by some of New York's most exciting urban transformations.