Say you just landed from Mars and walked straight into the 2026 Whitney Biennial. Would you be able to tell from the show that the country is teetering on the precipice of fascism? Barring a few exceptions, like Ali Eyal’s Ferris wheel of horrors from his war-torn childhood in Baghdad, Editor-in-Chief Hakim Bishara got the sense that the biennial is hiding from the world today instead of reflecting on it. Read his full review through the link in bio. . . . 1 - Zach Blas, CULTUS (2023) (photo Hakim Bishara/Hyperallergic) 3 - Ali Eyal, “Look Where I Took You” (2026) (photo Lakshmi Rivera Amin/Hyperallergic) #WhitneyBiennial #WhitneyMuseum #ZachBlas #AliEyal