{"type":"link","asset_type":"article","version":"1.0","cache_age":3600,"provider_name":"CANVAS Arts","provider_url":"https:\/\/artscanvas.org","title":"What this year's Whitney Biennial says about contemporary American art","publication_date":"June 28, 2019","summary":"The biennial exhibit at the Whitney Museum of American Art represents a big moment for contemporary art, featuring some of its biggest names. While works tackle various major social and political issues of the moment, they tend to do so in a way that feels \"hopeful and often productive\" instead of cynical. But as Jeffrey Brown reports, this year's show is accompanied by a controversy of its own.","author_name":"By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/cdn.artscanvas.org\/static\/2019\/06\/eb081e05fcc919c44e1c9c3fb4f60666-display-1024x576.jpg","thumbnail_height":576,"thumbnail_width":1024}