Whitney Biennial 2019: why is this year's show so safe?

The show, increasingly typified by controversial resistance art, is presenting a mostly safe front this year despite a growing protest over a Whitney trusteeWhen the doors open on the sixth floor of the Whitney Museum of American Art, the first thing one sees is a snowman painting by Calvin Marcus. It’s an underwhelming statement for the Whitney Biennial, arguably America’s most politically charged art event, which opens on Friday.The curators, Jane Panetta and Rujeko Hockley, both s