February 26, 2010
Mapping the 2010 Whitney Biennial
The Whitney Biennial opened yesterday. This map shows the locations of each artist generalized to the city they claim on their CV. This map doesn’t go into where the person was born, but more what art scene they engage in. A clear trend emerges for this year’s biennial of contemporary American art.
Further, this piece about Collecting Biennials in the New York Times is a great discussion of what happens after.
New York boasts 22 artists (+4 if you count Brooklyn). Los Angeles claims 12 artists. There are a few other American-based artists sprinkled outside these large art magnets, with single artist nods to the scenes in Portland and Chicago. The remaining 4 artists are based in Europe, although 3 were born in Northeast USA. Nothing to speak of from the South or Southwest, but are we surprised?
Feb. 28 – Update 1: Thanks to reader MLM, Tam Tran’s entry has been changed from Los Angeles (based on this page of outdated information on ArtNet) to Memphis, TN.
Tam Tran, one of the artists listed on the Whitney site, is living/working in Memphis, TN. Last time I checked, that’s in the South.
@MLM,
Thank you for the great feedback and heads-up, you are absolutely right, and I have made the change to the map for Tam Tran.
I was wrongly basing her map info on this Artnet page which lists her as living in Los Angeles. This page also shows graduation from schools in both major art markets: LA and New York.
hc