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The banner of the 2006 Whitney Biennial: Day For Night in front of the Whitney Museum of American Art.

The Whitney Biennial is a biennial exhibition of recent American art, typically by young and lesser known artists, on display at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City, USA. The event began as an annual exhibition in 1918. The Whitney show is generally regarded as one of the leading shows in the art world, often setting or leading trends in contemporary art. Image File history File links Wiki_letter_w. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1536x2048, 429 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Whitney Biennial Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1536x2048, 429 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Whitney Biennial Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to... Night view of Whitney Museum of American Art The Whitney Museum of American Art is an art gallery and museum in New York City founded in 1931 by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney. ... Look up Biennial in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Biennial is a term referring to a period of two years, much in the same way centennial refers to 100 years. ... Art exhibitions are traditionally the space in which art objects (in the most general sense) meet an audience, a temporary presentation of art. ... Night view of Whitney Museum of American Art The Whitney Museum of American Art is an art gallery and museum in New York City founded in 1931 by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney. ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the state of New York and the entire United States. ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... Contemporary art refers to recently produced visual art. ...

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The 2006 exhibition was curated by Chrissie Iles and Philippe Vergne. For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...

Recent exhibitors

• Dan Colen
• Kenneth Anger
• Daniel Johnston
• Zoe Strauss
• Carter (Artist)
• Matthew Day Jackson
• Marilyn Minter
• Robert Gober

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See also

• Visual arts of the United States
• Art exhibition
• Biennale
• Iowa Biennial
• Istanbul Biennial
• Liverpool Biennial
• Oregon Biennial
• São Paulo Art Biennial
• Venice Biennale

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External links

• Whitney Biennial Official Website
• Artkrush.com interview with 2006 Whitney Biennial co-curator Philippe Vergne (March 2006)