The Met puts a modern artist front and center (and there's some Jackson Pollock, too)

Oct 10, 2026 · Anastasia Tsioulcas

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The Met puts a modern artist front and center (and there's some Jackson Pollock, too)

When Lee Krasner was asked in a 1978 interview what she was doing while her husband Jackson Pollock was becoming so famous, she said,

In a blockbuster show, The Metropolitan Museum of Art places the work of two major 20th century artists side by side: the married couple Lee Krasner and Jackson Pollock.

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