Whitney Museum names Jane Panetta and Rujeko Hockley as 2019 Biennial curators
On December 14, 2017, the Whitney Museum of American Art revealed that Jane Panetta and Rujeko Hockley will co-curate the 2019 Whitney Biennial. Both individuals are currently part of the museum's team. Panetta, an associate curator, has previously organized solo exhibitions for Willa Nasatir in 2017 and Njideka Akunyili Crosby from 2015 to 2016. She also collaborated with Christopher Y. Lew on the 2016 exhibition Mirror Cells and the 2017 show Fast Forward: Painting from the 1980s. Her next exhibition, Juan Antonio Olivares: Moléculas, is set to debut in March 2018. Hockley, who joined the Whitney in 2017, previously worked as an assistant curator at the Brooklyn Museum, contributing to the 2014 exhibition Crossing Brooklyn: Art from Bushwick, Bed-Stuy, and Beyond.
Key facts
- Jane Panetta and Rujeko Hockley will co-curate the 2019 Whitney Biennial
- The announcement was made on 14 December 2017
- Both curators are current Whitney Museum staff members
- Panetta is an associate curator at the Whitney
- Hockley joined the Whitney earlier in 2017
- Panetta previously curated solo exhibitions for Willa Nasatir and Njideka Akunyili Crosby
- Hockley previously worked at the Brooklyn Museum as assistant curator
- The 2019 edition will be the next iteration of the Whitney Biennial
Entities
Artists
- Jane Panetta
- Rujeko Hockley
- Willa Nasatir
- Njideka Akunyili Crosby
- Christopher Y. Lew
- Juan Antonio Olivares
- Toyin Ojih Odutola
- Melinda Lang
- David Breslin
- Jennie Goldstein
Institutions
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- Brooklyn Museum
Locations
- New York
- United States