2012 Whitney Biennial List, Leaked

Thanks to GalleristNY for publishing an email with the names of the Whitney Biennial artists. So far the blog’s only been able to confirm the following names in a list of 51: Kai Althoff, Forrest Bess (by Robert Gober), Moyra Davey, Kate Levant, John Knight, Richard Hawkins, Werner Herzog, and Joanna Malinowska.

We’re republishing the list below followed by some initial thoughts.

1. Kai Althoff

2. Thom Andersen

3. Charles Atlas

4. Lutz Bacher

5. Forrest Bess (by Robert Gober)

6. Michael Clark

7. Dennis Cooper and GisÃ¨le Vienne

8. Cameron Crawford

9. Moyra Davey

10. Liz Deschenes

11. Nathaniel Dorsky

12. Nicole Eisenman

13. Kevin Jerome Everson

14. Vincent Fecteau

15. Andrea Fraser

16. LaToya Ruby Frazier

17. Vincent Gallo

18. K8 Hardy

19. Richard Hawkins

20. Werner Herzog

21. Jerome Hiler

22. Matt Hoyt

23. Dawn Kasper

24. Mike Kelley

25. John Kelsey

26. Jutta Koether

27. John Knight

28. George Kuchar

29. Laida Lertxundi

30. Kate Levant

31. Sam Lewitt

32. Joanna Malinowska

33. Andrew Masullo

34. Nick Mauss

35. Richard Maxwell

36. Sarah Michelson

37. Alicia Hall Moran and Jason Moran

38. Laura Poitras

39. Matt Porterfield

40. Luther Price

41. Lucy Raven

42. The Red Krayola

43. Kelly Reichardt

44. Elaine Reichek

45. Michael Robinson

46. Georgia Sagri

47. Michael E. Smith

48. Tom Thayer

49. Wu Tsang

50. Oscar Tuazon

51. Frederick Wiseman

A few initial impressions about a list of mostly unconfirmed names