WhiteBox presents “End Game,” an upcoming exhibition that will run from November through December 2024. This exhibition continues our esteemed tradition of engaging with presidential and election-related themes through art.
“End Game” will feature six thematic sections, each curated by individual or duo curatorial teams and showcasing 1-3 artists per theme. This year’s exhibition will address critical issues that have dominated the current political discourse, including:
- Climate Change
- Ecofeminism
- The Economy
- Immigration
- Abortion
- Race
- LGBTQ+ Rights
- Education
- AI Technology and Fake News
- Foreign Policy
In the backdrop of President Biden’s presidency, marked by high inflation, major shifts in industry policy, and ongoing international conflicts in Afghanistan, Ukraine, and Israel-Palestine, alongside the unprecedented conviction of former President Trump for 34 felonies in May 2024, “End Game” aims to explore these issues through diverse artistic perspectives. Our goal is to offer a platform where artists can creatively engage with the upcoming presidential election through lenses such as politics, feminism, environmentalism, colonization, theater, and artificial intelligence, with complete freedom in their conceptual approaches.
In addition to the exhibition, we are excited to collaborate with more art> in presenting New York 2044, a daily newspaper edited and published by artist Noah Fisher. This publication will address pressing social issues and be available at a news kiosk on the WhiteBox sidewalk. Contributions to the journal and accompanying zines are encouraged.
“End Game” is the seventh in our series of WhiteBox exhibitions scrutinizing the political climate surrounding presidential and midterm elections. Previous exhibitions in this series include:
- 2022: Ballots Not Bullets: Artists Respond to the 2022 Midterm Elections
- 2020: EXODUS VI: Good Trouble: Artists Respond to the 2020 Presidential Election
- 2016: Acts of Sedition: A Group Exhibition
- 2012: AmeriKKKa the Beautiful
- 2008: Sedition
- 2004: Democracy Was Fun