The Whitney Museum of American Art was filled with people for the opening of the 81st Whitney Biennial. The rise of artificial intelligence, the fluidity of gender, and the fragility of nature are some of the subjects of this year's show. The filmmakers studied a series of sculptures by Rose B. Simpson and said he liked this year's theme. I like the idea of considering our current reality through art because everyone is thinking about the same things.
On the ground level, a D.J. played Latin dance hits to crowds of art world figures who sipped Paloma cocktails and traded industry gossip. The museum's stairwells were packed with guests navigating the building's floors to reach works by Mary Lovelace O' Neal, Pippa Garner, Holland Andrews, Eddie Rodolfo Aparicio andJJJJJerome Ellis, whose art probes the condition of stuttering