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Professor Emeritus Stanley Whitney Profiled in The New York Times

Author: Emily Herbein
Photo by Gabriela Bhaskar for The New York Times

Stanley Whitney, Professor Emeritus of Painting, was profiled in The New York Times on October 30 to highlight his new show at Lisson Gallery in Chelsea. Titled "Stanley Whitney: TwentyTwenty," the show be on view until December 18. In April 2022, Whitney will also be featured in the Venice Biennale at the Palazzo Tiepolo Passi, to which he has contributed pieces he created while spending time in Rome in the 1990s. To top it all off, Whitney's first retrospective is set for 2023 at the Buffalo AKG Art Museum

Whitney spoke to writer Hilarie M. Sheets about his decades-long practice, time spent living and working in Italy and in New York, and his major influences. Read the full New York Times feature here.