Whitney Biennial 2026

Through Aug 23

Exhibition artists

56 total
Maia Chao
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Maia Chao

(she/her)
Born 1991 in Providence, RI
Lives in Philadelphia, PA
A series of museum brochures caught in motion, falling in front of a Hopper painting on a white wall.
A series of museum brochures caught in motion, falling in front of a Hopper painting on a white wall.

Edward Hopper, Seven A.M., 1948. Oil on canvas, 30 3/16 × 40 1/8 in. (76.7 × 101.9 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase and exchange 50.8. © 2026 Heirs of Josephine N. Hopper/Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photograph courtesy Maia Chao

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Maia Chao
(she/her)
Born 1991 in Providence, RI
Lives in Philadelphia, PA

Maia Chao’s Biennial performance, which takes place in the seventh-floor collection exhibition “Untitled” (America), is based on the choreography of how viewers encounter art and move through museums. The instructions on the scores displayed here are an invitation to try some of the experiments Chao used while rehearsing her performance. Viewers may or may not notice the resulting “micro-performances” of others in the gallery.

On the Hour

A 30-second online art project:
Frank WANG Yefeng, The Levitating Perils #2

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