In early October, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York will survey the Abstract Expressionist giant alongside her husband in “Krasner and Pollock: Past Continuous.” Two weeks later, a show of her meaty work from the 1960s will go on view in Paris at Gagosian’s gallery on rue de Ponthieu, ahead of Art Basel […]
The New York Times – For Lee Krasner and Jackson Pollock, Equal Footing at the Met
Krasner was typecast as the wife of the breakout artist of the Abstract Expressionist movement, no matter how renegade her own work. At the Met this fall, she emerges from his giant shadow.
Sotheby’s Magazine – How Lee Krasner Became A Fashion Muse
Long overshadowed by her male peers—especially her husband Jackson Pollock—the abstract expressionist is slowly getting the recognition she deserves. Fashion designer Ulla Johnson celebrates Krasner’s exuberant, exacting work in a new collection for spring.
Artnet – A Major Paris Show Reveals Jackson Pollock’s Early Struggles with Picasso
A new exhibition in Paris demonstrates the influence that the Spanish artist had on the young American painter who would help usher in the Abstract Expressionist movement.
Kasmin to Represent Jackson Pollock’s Work Worldwide, Next to Lee Krasner
Lee Krasner’s huge contribution to abstract expressionism was overshadowed for years by the work of her husband, Jackson Pollock. On the eve of a major London show, we trace her story.
The Wall Street Journal – Lee Krasner, Living Colour Review: From Pain to Primacy
Plenty of people loathe change. The same goes for artists: They figure out their style, and they stick to it. (You know a long-necked Modigliani when you see one.) Lee Krasner, however, was not that kind of artist.
THE BROOKLYN RAIL – LEE KRASNER – THE EDGE OF COLOR GEOMETRIC ABSTRACTIONS 1948-53
Kasmin has on view multiple manifestations of the artist’s mid-career solstices poised primarily in poles between Analytical Cubism-influenced tectonics and a more lyrical, Mattisean Baroque. Click here to read the full article.