Frank Stella is widely regarded as one of the most influential artists of his generation. A painter, print-maker, and sculptor, Stella was known initially for his use of geometric patterns in the Minimalist style and later for his experiments with shaped canvases and three dimensional constructions. His work can be found in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C., and the Tate Gallery in London, among many others worldwide.

Adam D. Weinberg has served as the Alice Pratt Brown Director of the Whitney Museum of American Art since 2003. During his tenure, the Whitney has presented dozens of critically-acclaimed exhibitions on emerging, mid-career and senior artists, created award-winning educational programs, experienced exponential growth of its permanent collection, and dramatically expanded its performance program. Under his leadership, the Museum opened its 220,000-square-foot building designed by Renzo Piano in New York’s Meatpacking District in 2015 and in 2021, realized Day’s End, a permanent, public sculpture by artist David Hammons on the Hudson River waterfront. Weinberg has curated exhibitions on a range of themes and 20th century artists, including Frank Stella: A Retrospective presented at the Whitney in 2015.