Whitney Museum and Hyundai Motor Company Unveil Kelly Akashi Commission for 2026 Biennial
The Whitney Museum of American Art presents the Hyundai Terrace Commission: Kelly Akashi from March 8 to August 23, 2026. The site-specific presentation by Los Angeles-based artist Kelly Akashi occupies the museum's fifth-floor outdoor gallery and forms part of the Whitney Biennial 2026. It marks the third commission under the 10-year partnership between Hyundai Motor Company and the Whitney established in 2024. The installation includes the chimney and walkway work Monument (Altadena) (2026), the steel relief Inheritance (Distressed) (2026), five works on paper titled Imprints (2026), and the animation Remnants (Constellations) (2026).
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The commission signals the Whitney's continued emphasis on commissioning site-responsive work that engages personal and collective histories of loss and reconstruction. For collectors and curators it underscores Akashi's rising institutional profile following the 2025 Eaton Fire, positioning her material investigations of trace and inheritance within a major American museum's public program. The partnership also illustrates how corporate sponsorship can sustain long-term artist-museum collaborations focused on outdoor and architectural interventions.
- Artists: Kelly Akashi
- Galleries: Lisson Gallery
- Museums: Whitney Museum of American Art
- Locations: New York
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