This exhibition celebrates the work and life of Lee Krasner (1908–1984), a pioneer of Abstract Expressionism and key figure in American art, whose energetic work reflects the spirit of possibility in post-war New York. Lee Krasner: Living Colour tells the story of a formidable artist, whose importance has too often been eclipsed by her marriage to Jackson Pollock.

Unlike many of her contemporaries, Krasner refused to develop a “signature image,” which she considered to be “rigid rather than being alive.” Working in cycles, she continually sought out new means for authentic expression, even during the most tumultuous of times, which included Pollock’s emotional volatility and his sudden death in a car crash in 1956. Krasner’s formidable spirit is felt throughout the body of work that she created over more than fifty years in the studio—celebrated in this exhibition.