The Whitney Museum of American Art has again reached within its ranks to select a pair of curators to steward its Biennial exhibition in 2021, which aims to reflect the current social, political and cultural moment through art.

The curators, announced on Monday , are both relatively recent additions to the museum’s staff. David Breslin, who this month assumes his role as curator and director of curatorial initiatives, joined the Whitney in 2016 as curator and director of the collection. He previously worked at the Menil Drawing Institute in Houston and at the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Mass.

Adrienne Edwards in 2018 became the Whitney’s curator of performance. Before that, she served for eight years as curator of Performa and for two years as curator at large for the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis.

“They’re both serious art historians and yet very involved with our moment,” said Scott Rothkopf, the Whitney’s senior deputy director and chief curator. “They’re sort of secretly known and loved by so many artists and colleagues, and I look forward to seeing them work under the Biennial’s larger spotlight.”