Sixth New Museum Triennial: The Outside Expands

The New Museum will present the sixth edition of its signature Triennial, the only recurring international exhibition in New York City devoted to early-career artists from around the world.

The New Museum will present the sixth edition of its signature Triennial, the only recurring international exhibition in New York City devoted to early-career artists from around the world, co-curated by Vivian Crockett, Allen and Lola Goldring Curator at the New Museum, and Isabella Rjeille, Curator at MASP–Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand.

The Triennial’s title, The Outside Expands, takes partial inspiration from a July 1979 urban intervention by the Brazilian collective 3NÓS3 (3Us3), X Galeria (X Gallery), in which they branded the entrances of several São Paulo galleries with duct-taped “X”s accompanied by a message: “O que está dentro fica, o que está fora se expande” (What is inside remains, what is outside expands). Taking place amidst the civil-military dictatorship in Brazil, the action invited artists and cultural workers to think beyond institutions during a period of extreme repression. The exhibition considers the present moment as an inflection point—in which the ‘x’ symbolizes a crossroad—allowing for critical reflection on the past and carving out space for envisioning other futures. Forty-seven years later, the ‘x’ continues to resonate as both a symbol of refusal and generative potential: what can grow when one moves away from preexisting structures—institutional, systemic, and conceptual. The Outside Expands turns towards artists that destabilize fixed notions of territory, identity, gender, and sexuality and who foster alternate ways of forging relationships, kinships, and collaborations.

Sixth New Museum Triennial: The Outside Expands is curated by Vivian Crockett, Allen and Lola Goldring Curator, and Isabella Rjeille, Curator at Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand, with Thalia Stefaniuk, Curatorial Assistant and Taeyi Kim, Curatorial Fellow

Lead Support for the 2027 Triennial: The Outside Expands is provided by the Friends of the Triennial. Shelley Fox Aarons, Co-Chair; Charlotte Ford, Co-Chair; Ken Kuchin, Co-Chair; Elisa Nuyten, Co-Chair; Jerri and Steven Nagelberg, Travel and Research Fund; James-Keith Brown and Eric G. Diefenbach; Minalie Chen; Vijay and Sunita Choraria; Monica and Fabio Ulhoa Coelho; Abbie and Patrick Dean; Rebecca and Martin Eisenberg; Fernanda Feitosa; Judith and Paul Fried; Christina Hribar; Lorraine Kiang and Edouard Malingue; Younghee Kim-Wait and Alexandra Wait; Nina and Ralph Levene; Kate Lee; Cody Lin; Iris Marden; Carlos Marsano; Liza Mauer and Andrew Sheiner; Mendes Wood; Marisa Murillo; Debbie and Mitchell Rechler; Lisa Roumell and Mark Rosenthal; Lyn and Sam Schwab; Susan and Kent Seelig; Jonathan Serko; Chiara Seidl; Juliana Siqueira de Sá; Doreen Small; Avi Stern; Thiago Tannous; Todd White; Laurie and David Wolfert; Sylvea Wong and Puneet Lath; Neda Young; Rosina Lee Yue; and Bibi Zavieh.

Support for this exhibition is provided by the Toby Devan Lewis Emerging Artists Exhibitions Fund. Artist commissions are generously supported by the Neeson / Edlis Artist Commissions Fund.

Additional support is provided by the National Center for Art Research, Japan; Phileas – The Austrian Office of Contemporary Art; and SAHA Association.