WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART Madison Ave .at 75th St. (800-944-8639) — Mildly unhandy and restlessly alert, the "2008 Whitney Biennial" finds a new generation of art-schooled artists casting about for meaning in a predictable mix of installations, videos, and, in the best instances, assembled, shaggy sculptures.
It showcases a funky mix of video installations and photography as well as paintings ranging from postcardlike realism to more adventurous abstractions.
Here's my pick of the best to visit: Fabrico de Arte (FAC) This recently converted industrial building harbours a classy mix of art installations, a live music venue, open cinema and several cocktail bars.
Then there is the really inexplicable stuff, a mix of collages, installations and videos themed around sex and food: orgy performances; environmental works using macaroni; and sculpture made of chairs, tables and other household items buried in phalluses.
Back to Black Whitechapel Art Gallery, London E1, until 4 Sept Muscling in on the Africa 05 vibe, this powerful pick and mix of paintings, installations, sculpture and film, culled from Jamaica, Britain and the US, explores the work and influence of black artists across genres and geography in the Sixties and Seventies.
Inside the urban hub we set up shop with an engaging mix of interactive installations, stimulating panels and workshops, and Saturday night's all-star music line-up.
With 58 handpicked artists, including Damien Hirst and Jenny Holzer, turning a disused lido site into a funny but despair-fuelled mix of art installation and political polemic, Dismaland proved one of the hit art events of the summer.
Mr. Dresser's stab at the experiment is a strange hybrid, a mix of an art installation, a morality play and a computer game.
Mark Allen, the 38-year-old founder of Machine Project, an alternative arts space that staged this mix of performances, workshops and installations, had other metaphors for this meta-event.
The artistic side of Mofo delivers, too a multidisciplinary mix of performances and interactive installations spread throughout the Mona grounds.
As we've come to expect from the MONA curators, the artistic side of Mofo is a multidisciplinary mix of performances and interactive installations.
