MoMA PS1 has revealed the 53 artists who will participate in Greater New York, the Queens museum’s quinquennial devoted to New York City’s art scene.
Opening on April 16, this edition of Greater New York will mark PS1’s 50th anniversary, and rather than bringing on any outside curators, the museum has this time leaned on its staff to organize the show. The exhibition’s curatorial team includes director Connie Butler, chief curator and director of curatorial affairs Ruba Katrib, associate curators Jody Graf and Elena Ketelsen, assistant curator Kari Rittenbach, curatorial assistant Sheldon Gooch, and curatorial coordinator Andrea Sánchez.
Unlike the Whitney Biennial, which has historically revolved around a theme chosen by its curators, Greater New York is defined by the location where its artists are based. This time around, the show is heavy on artists in the early and middle stages of their career. Largely bucking a trend seen at biennials around the world, it features just one dead artist: the painter Jay Carrier, who died not long before the exhibition was first announced last year.
This is the first time since 2010 that the Greater New York, now in its sixth edition, has coincided with the Whitney Biennial. There is minimal overlap between the two exhibitions’ artists lists, which share participants such as Taína Cruz and Coco Klockner.
Both shows precede yet another recurring New York art exhibition, the New Museum Triennial, which is slated to take place later this year.
In an email to ARTnews, Katrib said, “The artists participating in Greater New York 2026 reflect over a year of research and studio visits by the PS1 curatorial team, as well as the extensive artistic networks we examined in the process. Our lively conversations have led to an exhibition that captures a moment in time— a snapshot of artists shaped by, and actively shaping, this city: its rhythms, its layers, its potentials, its absurdities, and its challenges. They do so not through grand gestures, but with verve and intelligence.”
Excited to see a selection of new works from Piero Penizzotto at MoMA PS1. View the full artist list on ARTnews.
