Five School of Art alumni will participate in the 2026 Whitney Biennial that opens on March 8, 2026. Leo Castaneda A’10, Emilie Louise Gossiaux A’14, David L. Johnson A’15, Emilio Martínez Poppe A’16, and Erin Jane Nelson A’11 will have works in the 82nd edition of the longest-running survey of American art. The upcoming Biennial presents the work of 56 contemporary artists, duos, and collectives working across media and disciplines, representing evolving notions of American art. “The 2026 exhibition focuses on how artists measure American influence and their relationship to a country whose role in the world is changing,” writes the New York Times about the announcement of the Whitney’s landmark exhibition, which is co-organized by Whitney curators Marcela Guerrero and Drew Sawyer. 

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