The atmosphere is one of quiet negation and cool industrial polish. In this spare context, Jack Whitten’s “Greek Alphabet” paintings practically quiver and dance. That’s striking because ...

This Jack Whitten masterpiece reflects his respect for ... He would marry Mary Staikos, a woman of Greek descent, and for decades they spent the summers in Crete. The artist was fascinated by ...

“Odyssey: Jack Whitten sculpture ... ‘Phoenix for the Youth of Greece,’ 1983 Whitten first went to Greece with his wife, Mary Staikos, in 1969. The following year, they started renting ...

An exhibition of work by the US abstractionist Jack Whitten is being co-organized by ... be “in conversation with African and Ancient Greek art.” The exhibition is being co-curated by Katy ...

For the first time ever, an entire exhibition dedicated to the late artist Jack Whitten’s landmark “Greek Alphabet” series is on view at Dia Beacon, expanding the public’s understanding of ...

Find out in “Jack Whitten: The Messenger,” the retrospective ... SoHo and Tribeca, and the Greek island of Crete—was as epic as his compositions. The blood and sweat of his personal odyssey ...

In the early 1970s, US artist Jack Whitten underwent a dramatic change in his practice ... GL: There was an amazing show of Whitten’s Greek Alphabet paintings at Dia:Beacon in 2022. Those paintings ...

Four Wheel Drive, 1970, acrylic on canvas Jack Whitten Estate/Courtesy of the Estate and Hauser & Wirth Whitten long spent his summers with his family in Greece—he would sign out of his New York ...

while Editor-in-Chief Hrag Vartanian uncovers nuggets of wisdom in a reissue of Jack Whitten’s studio notebook. We also have a beach-read novel about a curator’s trip to Greece gone awry ...