Best of the 2010 Whitney Biennial

The premier American art exhibition is smaller and more fun this year, and pays tribute to “the coolest artist of all”—in the White House. VIEW OUR GALLERY.

Aurel Schmidt / Courtesy of The Whitney Museum

The Fall

Aurel Schmidt / Courtesy of The Whitney Museum

Untitled

Charles Ray / Courtesy of The Whitney Museum

Study in Orange and White #4

Martin Kersels / Courtesy of The Whitney Museum

Ty With Gun

Nina Berman / Courtesy of The Whitney Museum

Mrs. Jessica Drummond's ('My Reputation,' 1945)

Dawn Clements

My Skull Is Too Small

Huma Bhabha / Courtesy of The Whitney Museum

THe Butcher and His Wife

George Condo / Courtesy of the Whitney Museum

Pigeon (After Shusen)

Storm Tharp / Courtesy of The Whitney Museum

Mall of America

Josephine Meckseper / Courtesy of The Whitney Museum

Detroit

Ari Marcopoulos / Courtesy of The Whitney Museum

Weather Center

Kelly Nipper / Courtesy of The Whitney Museum

Untitled (12)

Lesley Vance / Courtesy of The Whitney Museum

Untitled (White)

Scott Short / Courtesy of The Whitney Museum

Smoke Knows

Pae White / Courtesy of The Whitney Museum

Astrophysically Modified Real Estate

Robert Williams / Courtesy of The Whitney Museum