Curator and artist Christine “C.” Finley has launched the second edition of the Whitney Houston Biennial, an all-female contemporary art survey titled “Greatest Love of All.” Hosted at a chashama space in Manhattan, the exhibition features 125 women artists in a salon-style presentation. The show serves as a scrappy, inclusive alternative to the Whitney Museum’s official biennial, emphasizing female legacy by requiring each participant to submit a text honoring a woman who paved the way for them.
While the exhibition’s name is a playful nod to the Whitney Museum and the late pop icon, it arrives during a period of heightened political engagement following the Women’s March. Finley frames the project not as a direct protest, but as a necessary platform for gender representation and a pipeline for emerging talent. The biennial aims to foster a supportive environment for women artists to showcase fresh work and contemplate their own place within art history.