Lee Krasner (American, 1908–1984) and Jackson Pollock (American, 1912–1956) met as emerging artists in New York in the winter of 1941. They married in 1945 and moved to Springs, Long Island, where they remained entwined personally, artistically, and professionally until Pollock’s untimely death. While Pollock’s reputation historically eclipsed Krasner’s, today, both artists’ practices are rightly recognized as central to the innovations of art from the mid-20th century onwards. Krasner and Pollock: Past Continuous, on view at The Met Fifth Avenue from October 4, 2026, through January 31, 2027, continues and amplifies this reevaluation, on their own terms and in dynamic relation to each other.
Krasner and Pollock: Past Continuous is the first major New York presentation devoted to either artist in more than 20 years. Featuring over 120 works, it is the first exhibition to look at the full arc of their careers together. Below, shop scarves, stationery, and more celebrating this landmark exhibition.
Met Museum Souvenirs
Krasner and Pollock: Past Continuous Exhibition Catalogue
By David Breslin, Leonard A. Lauder Curator, and Brinda Kumar, Associate Curator, both in the Department of Modern and Contemporary Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
The exhibition's accompanying book features more than 100 vivid paintings and works on paper. Krasner and Pollock: Past Continuous highlights the range and art-historical importance of Krasner's work, evaluates Pollock's significance anew, and considers the pair as artistic peers against the backdrop of the postwar United States. Essays revisit key periods in their creative trajectories, from their parallel emergence in the 1940s New York art scene to their later move to Long Island. The authors situate the artists within their historical context and trace important breakthroughs in their practices, such as Pollock's exploration of the "drip" technique and Krasner's turn to collage.
Personal reflections from 21st-century artists attest to Krasner's and Pollock's ongoing legacies. For devotees of Krasner and Pollock and for readers encountering them for the first time, this book offers an illuminating portrait of the two artists.
© 2026 Pollock-Krasner Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Notecards
The perfect memento of your visit to the exhibition or a thoughtful gift for lovers of modern art, our boxed set of eight notecards with envelopes includes details of Krasner's Rising Green (1972) and Still Life on a Table (1972), and Pollock's Autumn Rhythm: Number 30, 1950 (1950) and Pasiphaë (ca. 1943), all from the Museum’s Modern and Contemporary Art collection.
© 2026 Pollock-Krasner Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Pocket Pads
Two softcover pocket pads, each with details of artworks by Krasner and Pollock on the front and back covers, come with 64 lined pages for your own ideas and sketches.
Our Pollock-inspired pocket pad is decorated with a detail of his oil painting titled Pasiphaë (ca. 1943). Named after the Cretan princess who gave birth to the half-man, half-bull Minotaur, The Met's Pasiphaë confronts the viewer with swirling and angular lines and broken forms, all pressed up to the front of the picture plane—an effect later seen in Pollock's famous "drip" canvases. Amid the chaos are barely discernible sentinel-like forms on both sides of a prostrate figure in the center. Throughout World War II, many artists mined classical mythology for tragic themes of war, struggle, and loss.
The Krasner Rising Green Pocket Pad is decorated with a detail from the Museum’s comparatively tranquil Rising Green (1972), an abstract rendering of leaf-like forms.
© 2026 Pollock-Krasner Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Scarves
Two large, luxurious scarves pay homage to works by Krasner and Pollock in The Met collection. The eye-catching Krasner Still Life on a Table Oversize Scarf reimagines the lively, abstracted forms in Still Life on a Table (1938), an early indication of her radical shift toward the energetic and spontaneous gestures defining Abstract Expressionism.
Our Pollock Number 28, 1950 Oversize Scarf translates Pollock's monumental "drip" painting Number 28, 1950 (1950) into a work of wearable art. Pollock's move to a larger space in the town of Springs on Long Island allowed him to expand his practice by painting on and around unstretched canvases on the floor—a process which he likened to Native American sand painting. The artist appears to have begun this composition by dripping and spilling black- and ocher-colored medium onto the canvas, which was subsequently layered with paint applied in acrobatic swirls and dribbles.
© 2026 Pollock-Krasner Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Totes and Pouches
Our Krasner Rising Green Tote is made of 100% cotton canvas and ideal for carrying books, art supplies, and other essentials in style.
Featuring a detachable wristlet and two interior card pockets, our Pollock Autumn Rhythm: Number 30, 1950 Gusset Pouch makes an artful addition to your everyday carry. It draws inspiration from Pollock's Autumn Rhythm: Number 30, 1950 (1950), which the artist completed in October 1950. The Met acquired this monumental "drip" painting in 1957, the year after the artist's unexpected death—a testament to how quickly his revolutionary style was accepted into the canon of modern art.
© 2026 Pollock-Krasner Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Mousepad
Our recycled-leather mousepad featuring a detail from Autumn Rhythm: Number 30, 1950 (1950) will refresh any space with a touch of modern art.
© 2026 Pollock-Krasner Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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