The Whitney Biennial Arrives! Here’s a Round-Up of Coverage of Artists in the Show

With the Whitney Biennial opening to the public on Friday, March 17, here is a quick compendium of ARTnews stories involving the 63 artists in the show. Below, find everything from profiles, reviews, and news items to photo tours of their studios (“Habitat”) and images of their recent shows (“Pictures at an Exhibition”).

THE BASICS

• The 2017 Whitney Biennial Is a Triumph by Andrew Russeth
• The Artist List
• The Curators

THE ARTISTS

Basma Alsharif

• Review of his work at BAM’s Migrating Forms film festival by Alex Greenberger

Jo Baer

• Pictures at an Exhibition: Jo Baer at Camden Arts Centre, London

Larry Bell

• Frank Stella and Larry Bell on the 1960s Los Angeles Art Scene by Alex Greenberger

Rafa Esparza

• Review of the artist’s work in the Hammer’s “Made in L.A.” biennial by Emily Rappaport

GCC

• GCC on Tackling the Gulf Region’s Values, and Gazing Into the Area’s Future by Alex Greenberger
• Review of their videos at BAM’s “Migrating Forms” festival by Alex Greenberger

Samara Golden

• Habitat: Studio visit with Samara Golden by Katherine McMahon
• Review of her Yerba Buena Center for the Arts show by Andrew Russeth
• Simon Fujiwara and Samara Golden Win Inaugural Mistake Room Artist Prizes by John Chiaverina

Casey Gollan and Victoria Sobel

• Sobel and Gollan Named Vera List Center’s 2015–17 Fellows by Hannah Ghorashi

Porpentine Charity Heartscape

• Rhizome Names Three Winners of Third Prix Net Art Award by Maximilíano Durón

KAYA

• Kerstin Brätsch discussing digital painting at the New Museum by Alex Greenberger

Ajay Kurian

• Pictures at an Exhibition: Ajay Kurian at White Flag Projects, Saint Louis

Tala Madani

• Tala Madani Takes Irrepressibility to the Whitney Biennial by Alex Greenberger
• Review of her MIT List Visual Arts Center show by Samuel Adams
• MoMA Installs Works by Artists From Banned Muslim Countries by Andrew Russeth
• Pictures at an Exhibition: Tala Madani at Pilar Corrias Gallery, London
• Pictures at an Exhibition: Tala Madani: Smiley Has No Nose at David Kordansky

Park McArthur

• Her Essex Street show named one of the best exhibitions of 2014 by Andrew Russeth

Tuan Andrew Nguyen

• Review of “Where the Dead Don’t Stay Dead: The Propeller Group at James Cohan” by Lilly Wei
• The Propeller Group Goes to James Cohan Gallery by Hannah Ghorashi

Raúl de Nieves

• Raúl De Nieves and Colin Self’s Opera, ‘The Fool,’ Dazzles at the Kitchen by Andrew Russeth

Occupy Museums

• Occupy Museums Is Calling on Artists in Debt to Share Their Experiences by Alex Greenberger
• Words at the Whitney Museum Take Aim at Trump by Andy Battaglia and Andrew Russeth

Pope.L

• Pope.L responds to “How to Fix the Art World”
• Review of his MOCA, Los Angeles show by Suzanne Muchnic
• The Artist on His Artforum Cover at CAA: ‘Leave Me Out of It’ ” by Dan Duray
• Pope.L Flag Appears in Kendrick Lamar’s BET Awards Performance” by Vida Weisblum

Puppies Puppies

• Selling $5 Lady Liberty Crowns at the Whitney Gift Shop by Alex Greenberger
• Consumer Reports: Puppies Puppies
• Puppies Puppies responds to “How to Fix the Art World”
• Presenting a Different Video Every Day of the Berlin Biennale by Alex Greenberger
• Pictures at an Exhibition: “Puppies Puppies: HorseshoeCrabs HorseshoeCrabs” at Freddy
• Pictures at an Exhibition: Puppies Puppies and Friends at Galerie Balice Hertling

Asad Raza

• Raza Brings a Forest to the Whitney Biennial by Nate Freeman
• Review of Asad Raza’s “The Home Show” by Andrew Russeth

Jessi Reaves

• Pictures at an Exhibition: “Jessi Reaves & Sophie Stone: How to Remove Stains” at Del Vaz Projects

John Riepenhoff

• How the Green Gallery Made Milwaukee Famous by John Chiaverina
• Pictures at an Exhibition: Riepenhoff at Atlanta Contemporary, Selected by Hank Willis Thomas

Cameron Rowland

• Review of Cameron Rowland’s Artists Space show by Andrew Russeth

Dana Schutz

• Dana Schutz on Her Macabre Paintings, in 2007 by Steven Litt
• Review of Dana Schutz’s 2015 Petzel gallery show by Andrew Russeth

Frances Stark

• Frances Stark Meets Will Ferrell Onstage at the Hammer by Janelle Zara
• Review of Frances Stark’s videos at BAM’s “Migrating Forms” film festival by Alex Greenberger

Henry Taylor

• Habitat: A studio visit with Henry Taylor by Katherine McMahon
• A report from Henry Taylor’s by-appointment art space in Los Angeles by Catherine G. Wagley
• Pictures at an Exhibition: Henry Taylor at Carlos/Ishikawa

Torey Thornton

• A Talk with Torey Thornton by Bill Powers

Leslie Thornton and James Richards

• Viper Realism by Ann Landi
• Review of James Richards’s Institute of Contemporary Art, London show by Elizabeth Fullerton
• James Richards Will Represent Wales at the 2017 Venice Biennale by Alex Greenberger

Kaari Upson

• Habitat: A studio visit with Kaari Upson by Katherine McMahon

Jordan Wolfson

• Jordan Wolfson on His Shocking Foray into VR at the Whitney Biennial by Nate Freeman
• Jordan Wolfson on his Giant New Robot, Hung by Chains at Zwirner by Nate Freeman
• His David Zwirner exhibition named one of the best shows of 2016 by Andrew Russeth
• Jordan Wolfson and Laura Owens in Conversation in Los Angeles by Catherine G. Wagley

Anicka Yi

• Review of Anicka Yi’s Kitchen show by Andrew Russeth
• Review of Anicka Yi’s Kunsthalle Basel show by Andrew Russeth
• Anicka Yi responds to “How to Fix the Art World”
• Anicka Yi’s Kunsthalle Basel exhibition named one of the best shows of 2015 by Andrew Russeth
• Anicka Yi Wins $100,000 Hugo Boss Prize by Nate Freeman
• Pictures at an Exhibition: Anicka Yi at Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany