
Photo by Mel Taing
Join Assistant Curator Tessa Bachi Haas for a deep dive into Stanley Whitney: How High the Moon, the first retrospective to trace the evolution of Stanley Whitney’s unique and powerful abstractions. In this conversation, discover how Whitney developed his iconic gridded format and explore 50 years of powerful, color-saturated painting.
Tessa Bachi Haas is an assistant curator at the ICA, where she has organized and supported nearly ten exhibitions since 2022. She is invested in uplifting local arts ecologies and fostering a global exhibition program. Her forthcoming projects include Christian Marclay: Doors, the 2025 James and Audrey Foster Prize, and the first museum survey of Derrick Adams. Haas has previously held curatorial positions in Boston, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C., and has contributed to over thirty exhibitions in these cities. Tessa is a Ph.D Candidate in History of Art at Bryn Mawr College, where she earned her MA in 2019.