A Retrospective showcasing his prolific output from the mid-1950s to the present through approximately 120 works, including paintings, reliefs, maquettes, sculptures, and drawings. It feature Stella's best-known works alongside rarely seen examples drawn from collections around the world.
The Museum will present a career retrospective of Frank Stella (b. 1936), one of the most important living American artists. This survey will be the most comprehensive presentation of Stella’s career to date, showcasing his prolific output from the mid-1950s to the present through approximately 120 works, including paintings, reliefs, maquettes, sculptures, and drawings. Co-organized by the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth and the Whitney, this exhibition will feature Stella’s best-known works alongside rarely seen examples drawn from collections around the world. Accompanied by a scholarly publication, the exhibition will fill the Whitney's entire fifth floor, an 18,000-square-foot gallery that is the Museum’s largest space for temporary exhibitions.
Frank Stella: A Retrospective is organized by Michael Auping, Chief Curator, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, in association with Adam D. Weinberg, Alice Pratt Brown Director, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, and with the assistance of Carrie Springer, Assistant Curator, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
Frank Stella: A Retrospective is jointly organized by the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, and the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth.
Image: Harran II, 1967. Polymer and fluorescent polymer paint on canvas. 120 × 240 in. (304.8 × 609.6 cm). Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; gift, Mr. Irving Blum, 1982. © 2015 Frank Stella/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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Preview Wednesday, October 28, 2015 9:30–11:30 am
9:30 am: Welcome and check-in
10 am: Remarks
11:30 am: Event concludes
Light refreshments will be served from 9:30 to 10:30 am.
Opening reception Thursday, Oct 29, 2015, 7:30–8 PM
Whitney Museum of American Art
99 Gansevoort Street New York
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Mondays 10:30 am–6 pm
Tuesdays Closed
Wednesdays 10:30 am–6 pm
Thursdays 10:30 am–6 pm
Fridays 10:30 am–10 pm
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Adults $22
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Under 18 Free