The space is a window into the mind of the pioneering artist, who saved nearly everything.

In the early 1970s, US artist Jack Whitten underwent a dramatic change in his practice. Moving away from the gestural approach of Abstract Expressionism, Whitten instead developed his own highly ...

“When my paintings cease to be challenging, I will simply find something else to do,” Jack Whitten wrote in a 1988 letter to the artist and eminent scholar of African American art David Driskel ...

Swann Galleries African American Art department will present Abstract Beauty: The Collection of Patricia Scipio-Brim on Thursday, February 6.

“When my paintings cease to be challenging, I will simply find something else to do,” Jack Whitten wrote in a 1988 letter to the artist and eminent scholar of African American art David Driskell.