Mapping the 2026 Biennial: Structures and Networks in American Art
Installation view of Whitney Biennial 2026 (Whitney Museum of American Art, March 8–August 2026). Hyundai Terrace Commission Kelly Akashi 2026. Monument (Altadena). Photograph by Timothy Schenck
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Wednesday, May 20, 6 pm
Tuesday, June 30, 12 pm
Monday, August 3, 6 pm
What does "American art" mean today? This member talk with Senior Teaching Fellow Patryk Tomaszewski traces how the Whitney Biennial has answered this question since 1932, from early Annuals to this year's global roster of fifty-six artists and collectives working across painting, sculpture, sound, ceramics, and video games. Drawing from one of the themes in Whitney Biennial 2026, this talk will examine infrastructure—the systems, networks, and material exchanges that shape everyday life—through the lens of this year's artists. Explore how works presented in this survey bring ordinarily invisible structures to light, and expand the boundaries of American art.
Patryk P. Tomaszewski is a Senior Teaching Fellow at the Whitney Museum of American Art. A historian of twentieth-century art and visual culture, he has written and presented on topics ranging from realisms in Eastern Europe and the United States to the transnational circulation of art between East and West during the Cold War. Patryk's writing has appeared in Curator: The Museum Journal, MoMA's post: Notes on Art in a Global Context, and ARTMargins Online, among other publications. He holds a Ph.D. from the CUNY Graduate Center and an M.A. from the Institute of Fine Arts, NYU, and is an adjunct instructor in art history at Fordham University.
