"From Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme's "Until we became fire and fire us" (2023-ongoing) to Oswaldo Macía's "Requiem for the Insects" (2026) and CFGNY's "Continuous Fractures Generating New Yields" (2025), there are a number of immersive projects that offer to transport us into the artist's world of sound, image, and perspectives - all using varying notions of time and inviting us to linger."
"I appreciate a non-pretentious biennial that doesn't come with a PhD dissertation. This one feels like that: moody, sensorial, contemplative. Whether that's enough to meet the moment is a different question."
The 2024 Whitney Biennial, curated by Marcela Guerrero and Drew Sawyer with Beatriz Cifuentes and Carina Martinez, presents work from 56 artists, duos, and collectives. Rather than imposing a unifying concept, the exhibition spotlights ideas of relationality across themes including family, technology, and mythology. The curatorial approach emphasizes a moody, sensorial, and contemplative aesthetic without requiring extensive theoretical explanation. Notable immersive projects like Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme's work, Oswaldo Macía's pieces, and CFGNY's installation successfully transport viewers into artists' worlds through sound, image, and perspective. The biennial balances between functioning as a trend barometer and a vehicle for curatorial concepts, though some question whether this approach adequately addresses the current moment.
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