Metropolitan Museum of Art opens Krasner and Pollock show on 4 October
Published on 10/04/2026 at 01:14 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City opens Krasner and Pollock: Past Continuous on 4 October 2026. The exhibition brings Lee Krasner and Jackson Pollock together in a presentation at the museum's Fifth Avenue site.
The show gives Western European visitors a new reason to include the New York museum in an autumn itinerary, with the display scheduled to remain in place until 31 January 2027.
Krasner and Pollock exhibition opens on 4 October 2026
Krasner and Pollock: Past Continuous opens to the public on 4 October 2026 and runs through 31 January 2027. The museum lists the exhibition at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 899, making the location and the opening date clear on its exhibition page.
The presentation follows the careers of Krasner and Pollock in parallel. It examines their distinct practices as well as their connected professional and personal histories. The exhibition is the first major New York presentation devoted to either artist in more than 20 years, according to the museum's announcement.
The dates also place the exhibition within the museum's autumn programme. Its calendar lists other exhibitions opening later in October, including Designing the Gilded Age: Drawings from the Studios of Louis C. Tiffany on 22 October 2026.
How the exhibition connects two New York art careers
Krasner and Pollock worked within the history of modern American art, but the exhibition does not present them as a single artistic identity. Instead, the parallel format sets their methods and development beside one another.
The museum's description says the show traces the full arc of both careers and reassesses their related yet separate approaches. The Pollock-Krasner Foundation also records the 4 October 2026 to 31 January 2027 run at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, providing a second institutional reference for the dates and venue.
That structure gives the opening date a specific meaning for visitors: 4 October is not only the start of a temporary display, but the beginning of a sustained comparison across the museum's winter programme. The exhibition therefore links the museum's Fifth Avenue galleries with a focused account of two artists whose work is often discussed together.
Metropolitan Museum of Art places the show in its wider collection
The museum was founded in 1870 and presents more than 5,000 years of art from around the world. It operates two New York City sites, the Fifth Avenue museum and The Met Cloisters in Upper Manhattan.
The exhibition's modern-art subject sits within a collection that includes Jackson Pollock's Autumn Rhythm: Number 30, 1950, listed among the museum's collection highlights. This connection between a temporary exhibition and a named collection work gives visitors a direct route from the new display to the museum's permanent holdings.
The museum also says its collection contains more than 1.5 million objects. Its departments include curatorial, conservation and research teams that study and care for works across the collection.
Visiting Metropolitan Museum of Art: what travellers from Western Europe should know
- Krasner and Pollock: Past Continuous opens on 4 October 2026 and continues through 31 January 2027 at The Met Fifth Avenue, Gallery 899.
- The exhibition is listed as free with Museum admission. The museum page does not describe a separate access restriction for Gallery 899.
- The Fifth Avenue site is at 1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10028. The museum's other site, The Met Cloisters, is at 99 Margaret Corbin Drive and is a separate location in Upper Manhattan.
- The museum presents art across more than 5,000 years, so the exhibition can be combined with collections covering different periods and cultures during the same visit.
- Entry requirements depend on your nationality; UK travellers can check the FCDO travel advice at gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice, Irish travellers the Department of Foreign Affairs at ireland.ie.
The museum's autumn programme places Krasner and Pollock: Past Continuous alongside other exhibitions and events at the Fifth Avenue site.
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Frequently asked questions about Metropolitan Museum of Art
When does Krasner and Pollock: Past Continuous take place at Metropolitan Museum of Art?
The exhibition opens on 4 October 2026 and runs through 31 January 2027 at The Met Fifth Avenue.
Where is Metropolitan Museum of Art and how do you get there?
The Fifth Avenue site is at 1000 Fifth Avenue in New York, NY 10028. The museum also operates The Met Cloisters at 99 Margaret Corbin Drive in Upper Manhattan.
What is Metropolitan Museum of Art?
It is a museum founded in 1870 that presents more than 5,000 years of art across two New York City sites.
