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\n\tThe Whitney Museum has named the curators for the next Biennial: Whitney curator Meg Onli and director Zack Winokur. The 83rd edition of one of the country\u2019s top biennials\u2014and almost always most polarizing\u2014will open in March 2028.<\/p>\n
\n\tOnli will co-curate the Whitney Biennial for the second time, having done the 2024 edition, titled \u201cEven Better Than the Real Thing,\u201d with Chrissie Iles. Onli joined the Whitney as a curator-at-large in 2023, and she was promoted to the title of Nancy and Fred Poses Curator in 2024. She had previously been codirector and curator of the Underground Museum in Los Angeles and an associate curator at Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia.<\/p>\n
\n\tWith artist Alex Da Corte, Onli is also a co-curator of the Whitney\u2019s current retrospective for Pop artist Roy Lichtenstein, which opened last month. In a review, ARTnews<\/em> deputy editor Alex Greenberger called it a \u201cstylish show\u201d that contends that Lichtenstein \u201csaw our pictures-obsessed moment coming \u2026 and even deliberately fed into it.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tOnli\u2019s collaboration with Da Corte for an exhibition is perhaps an indicator of what visitors can likely expect in her working with Winokur when the Biennial opens in less than a year and a half. A press release announcing their appointment described Onli and Winokur as bringing \u201cexpansive perspectives on artistic practice today and a shared commitment to championing artists, fostering experimentation, and exploring new possibilities across disciplines.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cI\u2019m thrilled to be returning to the Whitney Biennial,\u201d Onli said in a statement. \u201cFrom the Whitney\u2019s early Annuals to its many subsequent iterations, the Biennial has a rich history of reinvention that is already giving us much to think about. I couldn\u2019t be more excited to explore what the Biennial can be alongside Zack, who is such a dynamic thinker, and to see where our conversations with artists lead.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tWinokur is the cofounder of AMOC* (American Modern Opera Company), which presented a five-week festival at Lincoln Center in 2025 that included 12 new productions. He has directed productions like Complications in Sue<\/em> and The Black Clown<\/em> at the Opera Philadelphia, as well as Both Ends<\/em>, starring Justin Vivian Bond and made to celebrate a partnership with A24 and Dior. He also has collaborated on an installation for the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Triennial with artists Hugh Hayden and Dav\u00f3ne Tines.<\/p>\n \n\tHe is also the former artistic director of Little Island, which was an off-site venue of the 2026 Whitney Biennial, which closed less than a month ago and saw more than 550,000 visitors. That edition, curated by Marcela Guerrero and Drew Sawyer, saw Julio Torres and Martine Gutierrez stage a commissioned performance, titled Marina<\/em>, on Little Island this past August.<\/p>\n \n\tIn a statement about his working with Onli, Winokur said, \u201cOur shared desire to center objects and people and the collision between them already echoes our collaboration. It\u2019s that energy that makes the dialogue with her so fun and inspiring. As an artist, what excites me most is being in service to other artists, and I\u2019m delighted to have the opportunity to do so in the context of the Whitney.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tSpeaking of the \u201cdistinct curatorial alchemy\u201d of each Biennial and the collaboration between Onli and Winokur specifically, Whitney director Scott Rothkopf said in a statement, \u201cMeg is one of the most compelling curatorial voices working today, with an extraordinary ability to champion artists and bring fresh perspectives to the history of American art. Zack is an equally inventive artistic programmer who has become one of the leading voices of his generation through groundbreaking work across opera, theater, dance, and the visual arts. Their partnership promises a radical new vision for the 2028 Biennial.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n [analyse_source url=”https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/art-news\/news\/2028-whitney-biennial-meg-onli-zack-winokur-curators-1234804890\/”]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/whitney-curators.jpg?w=960″] The Whitney Museum has named the curators for the next Biennial: Whitney curator Meg Onli and director Zack Winokur. The 83rd edition of one of the country\u2019s top biennials\u2014and almost always most polarizing\u2014will open in March 2028. 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