The Whitney Biennial Should Admit That Emilie Gossiaux Wants to Fuck Their Dog

content warnings: human and anthro nudity, discussion of bestiality, modern art Credit where it's due: it is genuinely, unironically incredibly baller for the Whitney museum to make the exhibit about how a disabled artist wants to fuck their dog the first one that people see when they attend the prestigious Whitney Biennial, which is their bi-annual showcase of new and emerging American talents. You know, the one that's supposed to be a barometer of where America is at these days. Unfortunately, they fail to commit to the bit, and then the art world commentariat falls flat on their face too. Like, here is how one art critic at ArtReview describes it: Visitors first encounter Emilie Louise Gossiaux’s Kong Play (2025) – a hundred or so small, brightly coloured snowman-shaped ceramics arranged on a low two-tiered pedestal. These sculptures are modelled after Kong chew toys, a tribute to the artist’s guide dog (Gossiaux lost their vision in a bicycle accident in 2012). Accompanying Kong…