Name: Patron Week: Jack Whitten: The Messenger Curatorial Walk-Through
Start: 2025-04-24T18:00
End: 2025-04-24T20:00
Location: Floor 6

Thu, Apr 24, 6:00–8:00 p.m.

MoMA, Floor 6

Jack Whitten. Atopolis: For Édouard Glissant (detail). 2014. Acrylic on canvas, eight panels. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Acquired through the generosity of Sid R. Bass, Lonti Ebers, Agnes Gund, Henry and Marie-Josée Kravis, Jerry Speyer and Katherine Farley, and Daniel and Brett Sundheim. © Jack Whitten Estate. Photo: Jonathan Muzikar

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Join our curators for a guided tour of Jack Whitten: The Messenger. Dive deeper into the first retrospective of this pathbreaking artist, which highlights his distinctive fusion of searing social commentary and material experimentation.

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