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A joint exhibition with separate careers

File photograph of Lee Krasner
Lee Krasner. File photograph — 1983. Used for editorial context; this is not a photograph of the event reported in the article.Photo: Gotfryd, Bernard, photographer · Source · Public domain

Krasner and Pollock: Past Continuous opened at The Met October 4 and runs through January 31, 2027, according to the Pollock-Krasner Foundation. The Met describes a major presentation examining the careers of Lee Krasner and Jackson Pollock together while treating their practices as distinct.

Sources: The Metropolitan Museum of Art — exhibition announcement ↗ · Pollock-Krasner Foundation — current exhibition dates ↗

The scale of the presentation

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The museum’s announcement identifies more than 120 works from over eighty U.S. and international lenders. It describes the exhibition as the first major New York presentation of either artist in more than two decades. Those are the museum’s statements about scope and context, not a claim that every important work is included.

Sources: The Metropolitan Museum of Art — exhibition announcement ↗

What parallel presentation can reveal

File photograph of Jackson Pollock
Jackson Pollock. File photograph — 1951. Used for editorial context; this is not a photograph of the event reported in the article.Photo: Hans Namuth · Source · Public domain

The framing allows viewers to consider chronology, shared circumstances and differences in artistic development. It does not require assuming that one artist’s work merely explains the other’s. This report summarizes the stated curatorial approach rather than offering an independent assessment of individual paintings.

Sources: The Metropolitan Museum of Art — exhibition announcement ↗

Analysis — avoid reducing the show to a contest

File photograph of Lee Krasner
Lee Krasner. File photograph — 1983. Used for editorial context; this is not a photograph of the event reported in the article.Photo: Gotfryd, Bernard, photographer · Source · Public domain

A comparison becomes less useful when it asks only who was first or more famous. Materials, scale, composition and the sequence of decisions within each artist’s work offer more precise questions. A joint exhibition can make relationships visible while still leaving room for two bodies of work to be understood on their own terms.

Sources & original reportingSource publication or schedule date: 2026-10-04The Metropolitan Museum of Art — exhibition announcement ↗Pollock-Krasner Foundation — current exhibition dates ↗

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