Left: Seagram Building in Manhattan, New York, Ryan Ng, 2025
Right: Plaza at 375 Park Avenue Rules of Conduct Sign, Sam Brady-Myerov, 2026
By Sam Brady-Myerov
On the sixth floor of the 2026 Whitney Biennial, metal signs line one of the gallery's longest walls. Some are pristine and solid, while others are weathered and bent, marked by their physical removal. They read: "Rules of Conduct," "NOTICE," "No Radio Playing or Amplified Sounds," "SLEEPING, LOITERING OR DISORDERLY CONDUCT," "Assemblages of 25 persons or more or public demonstrations," and "Barbecuing."
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