藝術界在2021年持續應對疫情的狀態下，紐約新美術館（The New Museum）依然也向藝術界公佈了其第五屆三年展的參展藝術家名單。此次展覽標題為 “Soft Water Hard Stone”，是由新美術館的 Margot Norton 和洛杉磯當代藝術中心的 Jamillah James 共同策劃，其展覽時間將從 2021年10月27日開始，至 2022年1月23日。
據了解，展覽將佔據美術館四層樓，展示來自共 23個國家的 40位藝術家的作品，且全數為新作。其藝術家參展名單中，也包括了中國藝術家于吉，且大部分參展藝術家之前皆從未在美國境內的博物館展出過。
此次第五屆的新美術館三年展展覽，其標題來源其事是一句巴西諺語，翻譯成中文其意涵近於『水滴石穿』。「在這個發生深刻變化的時刻，曾經被認為穩定的結構變得岌岌可危、破碎或處於崩潰邊緣，2021三年展將呈獻對傳統模式、材料和技術進行重新想像，超越既定制度模式的藝術家。」三年展主辦單位說。
2021新美術館三年展，參展藝術家完整名單：
- Haig Aivazian (b. 1980 Beirut, Lebanon)
- Evgeny Antufiev (b. 1986 Kyzyl, Russia)
- Alex Ayed (b. 1989 Strasbourg, France)
- Nadia Belerique (b. 1982 Mississauga, Ontario, Canada)
- Hera Büyüktaşcıyan (b. 1984 Istanbul, Turkey)
- Tomás Díaz Cedeño (b. 1983 Mexico City, Mexico)
- Gabriel Chaile (b. 1985 San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina)
- Gaëlle Choisne (b. 1985 Cherbourg, France)
- Krista Clark (b. 1975 Burlington, VT, United States)
- Kate Cooper (b. 1984, Liverpool, United Kingdom)
- Cynthia Daignault (b. 1978 Baltimore, MD, United States)
- Jes Fan (b. 1990 Toronto, Canada)
- Goutam Ghosh (b. 1979 Nabadwip, India)
- Harry Gould Harvey IV (b. 1991 Fall River, MA, United States)
- Clara Ianni (b. 1987 São Paolo, Brazil)
- Kahlil Robert Irving (b. 1992 San Diego, CA, United States)
- Arturo Kameya (b. 1984 Lima, Peru)
- Laurie Kang (b. 1985 Toronto, Canada)
- Bronwyn Katz (b. 1993 Kimberly, South Africa)
- Ann Greene Kelly (b. 1988 New York, NY, United States)
- Kang Seung Lee (b. 1978 Seoul, South Korea)
- Amy Lien and Enzo Camacho (b. 1987 Dallas, TX, United States) and (b. 1985 Manila, Philippines)
- Tanya Lukin Linklater (Alutiiq) (b. 1976 Kodiak, AK, United States)
- Angelika Loderer (b. 1984 Feldbach, Austria)
- Sandra Mujinga (b. 1989 Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- Gabriela Mureb (b. 1985 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
- Brandon Ndife (b. 1991 Hammond, IN, United States)
- Erin Jane Nelson (b. 1989 Neenah, WI, United States)
- Jeneen Frei Njootli (Vuntut Gwitchin) (b. 1988 Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada)
- Ima-Abasi Okon (b. 1981 London, United Kingdom)
- Christina Pataialii (b. 1988 Auckland, New Zealand)
- Thao Nguyen Phan (b. 1987 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam)
- Nickola Pottinger (b. 1986 Kingston, Jamaica)
- Rose Salane (b. 1992 New York, NY, United States)
- Blair Saxon-Hill (b. 1979 Eugene, OR, United States)
- Samara Scott (b. 1984 London, United Kingdom)
- Amalie Smith (b. 1985 Copenhagen, Denmark)
- Iris Touliatou (b. 1981 Athens, Greece)
- Ambera Wellmann (b. 1982 Lunenberg, Nova Scotia, Canada)
- 于吉 (b. 1985 Shanghai, China)