Met Exhibition Explores Lee Krasner and Jackson Pollock's Creative Partnership
Opening on 4 October at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, the exhibition "Krasner and Pollock: Past Continuous" marks the first significant showcase dedicated to both Lee Krasner (1908-84) and Jackson Pollock (1912-56), presenting their artistic journeys in tandem. Curated by David Breslin and Brinda Kumar, the display includes more than 120 artworks, featuring some that are rarely exhibited. The exhibition delves into their relationship, underscoring Krasner's impact on Pollock and her prolific output following his passing. It also highlights her pivotal role in navigating Pollock's posthumous market and establishing benchmarks for Abstract Expressionism. The exhibition will be on view until 31 January 2027, arranged chronologically to illustrate each artist's evolution and themes of community and dialogue.
Key facts
- Exhibition title: Krasner and Pollock: Past Continuous
- Venue: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
- Dates: 4 October – 31 January 2027
- Curators: David Breslin and Brinda Kumar
- Over 120 works included, some from private collections and rarely shown
- First major Met exhibition for either artist and first to present their full careers side-by-side
- Krasner and Pollock met in 1941 while preparing for the same group show and were dating by its opening
- Subtitle borrowed from Krasner's 1976 mixed-media painting Past Continuous, made 20 years after Pollock's fatal car crash
Entities
Artists
- Lee Krasner
- Jackson Pollock
- David Breslin
- Brinda Kumar
- Edith Metzger
- Ed Harris
- Marcia Gay Harden
- Jennifer Connelly
- Ruth Kligman
- Wilfrid Zogbaum
- Rachel Harrison
- John Graham
- Modigliani
- Matisse
- Picasso
- de Kooning
- Tony Vaccaro
- Max Hollein
- Anna-Marie Kellen
- Eugene Victor Thaw
- Paul Klee
- Pablo Picasso
- Piet Mondrian
- Henri Matisse
- Hans Hofmann
- Munem Wasif
- Jeff Koons
- Édouard Manet
- Cornelis van Haarlem
- Cyra Levenson
- Elaina Richardson
- Rashid Johnson
- Nick Cave
- Cecilia Vicuña
- Hiroshi Sugimoto
- Kozo
- Nigo
- Gordon Parks
- Peter Zumthor
- Asher Liftin
- Alexa Chung
Institutions
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Pollock-Krasner Foundation
- Artists Rights Society
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Hyperallergic
- Museum of Modern Art
- Barbican
- Christie's
- Artists Rights Society (ARS)
- Smithsonian Institution
- ASOM Collection
- CULTURED
- McMillen Inc.
- National Gallery of Victoria
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Getty Images
- Gagosian
- Olney Gleason Gallery
- Stable Gallery
- Art Basel
- Galerie Magazine
- New York Art Life
- Philadelphia Museum of Art
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
- The Ashmolean Museum
- Samdani Art Foundation
- Dhaka Art Summit
- University of Oxford
- Sotheby's
- Yaddo
- Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Foundation
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Yale Center for British Art
- Russell Reynolds Associates
- MVRDV
- Escofet
- JW Anderson
- Reformation
- The Peninsula London
- Art Basel Miami Beach
- The Design Museum
- Gordon Parks Foundation
- Fondation Beyeler
- Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
- The U-Haul Art Fair
- The Dallas Invitational
- Hublot
- British Museum
- MoMA
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- Tate
- Centre Pompidou
- Peggy Guggenheim Collection
- SFMoMA
- National Gallery of Art
Locations
- New York
- United States
- Long Island
- London
- United Kingdom
- Brooklyn
- Wyoming
- Springs
- Eighth Street
- East Hampton
- Melbourne
- Australia
- Chicago
- Paris
- France
- Oxford
- Bangladesh
- Dhaka
- Bengal
- India
- Normandy
- Saratoga Springs
- Cleveland
- New Haven
- Miami Beach
- Chelsea
- Dallas
- Washington, D.C.
- Venice
- Italy
- San Francisco