Whitney Biennial 2026 | Art & Artists

Through Aug 23

Exhibition artists

56 total
Taína H. Cruz
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Taína H. Cruz

(she/her)
Born 1998 in New York, NY
Lives in New Haven, CT
A curved white gallery wall displaying two portraits and a central projected walking figure under a ceiling projector.
A curved white gallery wall displaying two portraits and a central projected walking figure under a ceiling projector.

Installation view of Whitney Biennial 2026 (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, March 8–August 23, 2026). From left to right: Nour Mobarak, Recto Verso 1.3 (Burgundy Orange), 2024–25; Nour Mobarak, Recto Verso 1.1 (Coral Green), 2024–25; Taína H. Cruz, A Wall That Plays Along, 2026; Taína H. Cruz, Continuing Anyway, 2026; Taína H. Cruz, Passage, 2026; Taína H. Cruz, This Counts, 2026; Taína H. Cruz, Rest, Cast, 2026; Taína H. Cruz, Studio Notes, 2025. Photograph by Ron Amstutz

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Taína H. Cruz
(she/her)
Born 1998 in New York, NY
Lives in New Haven, CT

Taína H. Cruz concibió este dibujo especialmente para esta pared curva. Practicó la imagen muchas veces en su estudio para forjar una especie de memoria muscular antes de crearlo en este espacio. Gran parte de la obra de Cruz se inspira en la franqueza del grafiti y en una mezcla de euforia y miedo que la artista relaciona con haber crecido en Nueva York. 

La pintura de Cruz, Vi al futuro y me devolvió la sonrisa (2025) está instalada en un cartel publicitario en la esquina de Gansevoort Street y Washington Avenue.

A green-toned painting of a smiling child showing teeth with long light hair.
A green-toned painting of a smiling child showing teeth with long light hair.

Taína H. Cruz, I Saw the Future and It Smiled Back, 2025. Courtesy the artist. An original artwork installed by the Whitney Museum of American Art. © 2025 Taína Cruz

I Saw the Future and It Smiled Back, 2025

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