By Andrew Russeth 11/29/12 6:26pm

Performance

Peanut-butter cheesecake at a Cheesecake Factory restaurant in Chicago. (Getty Image)

Emergency Cheesecake: Sanders, Guyton Plan Evening With Performances, Pickle

It’s a time of transition at the Whitney! Today the museum announced the three curators who will organize its 2014 biennial, and tomorrow evening, Jay Sanders, who co-curated the 2012 show and was named a full-time curator of performance this summer, will present his first event in that role. (He’s also responsible, along with curator Chrissie Iles, for the just-opened exhibition “Dark and Deadpan: Pop in TV and the Movies.”) Read More

By Rozalia Jovanovic 11/06/12 3:56pm

Awards

Sanders and Haq. (Courtesy Nadine Johnson).

Jay Sanders and Nav Haq Named Winners of ICI’s 2012 Independent Vision Curatorial Award

Jay Sanders and Nav Haq have been selected as the 2012 winners of the Independent Vision Curatorial Award by Independent Curators International (ICI). Mr. Sanders, curator of performance at the Whitney Museum in New York, and Mr. Haq, a curator at MuHKA in Antwerp, Belgium, were selected by Hans Ulrich Obrist, co-director of exhibitions and programs and director of international projects at the Serpentine Gallery in London. The award goes to emerging curators from around the world who have demonstrated “exceptional creativity and prescience” in organizing exhibitions, conducting research and for related writing. The biennial award comes with a $4,000 stipend to support the curators’ independent practice. Read More

By Rozalia Jovanovic 6/11/12 1:31pm

Whitney Biennial 2012

Vincent Gallo (Courtesy PatrickMcMullan.com)

Vincent Gallo Was a No-Show at Whitney Biennial

Director Vincent Gallo’s contribution to the Whitney Biennial had been anticipated ever since the list of participating artists, which included his name, was first leaked in December 2011. But as the Biennial, which opened on March 1, came to a close officially on May 27—with a few galleries remaining open until last Sunday, Mr. Gallo has remained elusive, even to the curators. Read More

By Andrew Russeth, Michael H. Miller, Rozalia Jovanovic and Dan Duray 6/04/12 11:35am

Happenings

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FRIDAY | Opening: Megan Whitmarsh "Revolution is a Circle" at Jack Hanley

8 Things to Do in New York’s Art World Before June 10

TUESDAY, JUNE 5

Discussion: Whitney Biennial Curators in Conversation with Michelle Kuo at Artists Space Books & Talks
The Whitney Biennial is just about over—the final festivities occur on Sunday, June 10, the same day that the last of its galleries close for de-installation. The biennial’s co-curators, Jay Sanders and Elisabeth Sussman, and its Read More