December 2008
The Whitney Museum of American Art announced that Francesco Bonami will curate the 2010 Whitney Biennial, in collaboration with the Whitney’s Gary Carrion-Murayari, who will be associate curator.
This will be the 75th in the series of Whitney Annual and Biennial exhibitions inaugurated in 1932 by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney.
The next Biennial, the Museum’s signature survey of contemporary American art, goes on view at the Whitney in March 2010. The list of selected artists will be announced in late 2009 or early 2010.
In naming the curators with Adam D. Weinberg, the Whitney’s Alice Pratt Brown Director, Donna De Salvo, the Whitney’s Chief Curator and Associate Director of Programs, said, “Francesco brings with him a wealth of expertise and a distinctive point-of-view filtered through his experiences both institutionally and as an independent curator, in the US and abroad”.
“Gary introduces a different perspective, a window into another generation. We are eager to see what this collaboration yields, the pairing of a seasoned curator with a young talent in the field. In its effort to synthesize the current states of contemporary art in the United States, the Biennial is always a stimulating process for the Whitney. We believe it will continue to inspire a passionate response among all who care or are curious about the art of our time.”
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