Jack Whitten Estate; Photo by Bill Jacobson/Dia Art Foundation Whitten and his wife, Mary Whitten (nee Staikos), who was of Greek origin, started spending summers in Crete in 1969, and he dove ...

“Jack Whitten: The Greek Alphabet Paintings” is on view at Dia, Beacon through July 10, 2023. This is an installment of “Art on Video,” a collaboration between Artnet News and Art21 that ...

The piece is one of Whitten’s first “Greek Alphabet” paintings, a series of intricate black-and-white compositions that were the subject of a 2022 survey at Dia Beacon in Upstate New York.

On Saturday, May 20 in Beacon, New York, Dia Art Foundation hosted its annual Spring Benefit. ... paid tribute to stanley brouwn, Robert Irwin, Senga Nengudi, and Jack Whitten.

Dia Beacon, the museum-in-a-box-factory on the banks of the Hudson River an hour upstream from New York City, is a monument to self-denial. On a cloudy day, the frosted skylights sift a pewter ...

Storm King, Dia Beacon and the Aldrich have embarked on extensive renovations of their outdoor spaces to improve visitors’ experiences. By Laura van Straaten Within two hours of New York City ...

For half a century, Jack Whitten tore through an art world that pretended not to see him at all. ... Dia Beacon homed in on a shimmering and enigmatic series from the 1970s, ...

As Jack Whitten show ‘Speedchaser’ opens at Hauser & Wirth, London, and before a major retrospective at MoMA in 2025, we explore the American artist's impact. ... There was an amazing show of ...

Trumpeter and composer Wadada Leo Smith, one of the foremost figures in contemporary music, will perform a musical interpretation of artist Jack Whitten's Greek Alphabet paintings on Saturday ...