NEW YORK, NY.- Olney Gleason announced exclusive representation of the work of Lee Krasner and Jackson Pollock – leading figures of the Abstract Expressionist movement of the 20th century – via the Pollock-Krasner Foundation. In partnership with the Foundation, the gallery will work towards a series of major gallery exhibitions and support the development of publications and institutional exhibitions that celebrate and further cement the artists’ important legacies.

Olney Gleason’s announcement fosters a strong sense of continuity – Eric Gleason, Nicholas Olney, and their team have worked closely with the Pollock-Krasner Foundation for over nine years at Kasmin, where the work of Lee Krasner was represented from 2017 to 2025 and the work of Jackson Pollock was represented from 2024 to 2025. Building on the momentum established during this period, Olney Gleason will continue to promote a broader collective understanding of the immeasurable significance of the artists’ work.

Caroline Black, Executive Director at the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, says “The Pollock-Krasner Foundation celebrates our ongoing partnership with Eric and Nick at Olney Gleason, extending our nearly decade-long relationship with their team. They continue to be excellent stewards of Krasner and Pollock’s legacies, building awareness and appreciation of their vital contributions to the canon of contemporary art. We are grateful for their collaboration and support on significant forthcoming gallery and institutional exhibitions, as well as publications sharing new scholarship on both artists.”

Eric Gleason says, "We are honored that the Pollock-Krasner Foundation continues to entrust us with the legacies of Krasner and Pollock, two artists that revolutionized the world of painting. Our collaboration has been a model for the ways in which a gallery and Foundation can work hand in hand on the development of projects essential for the artists’ dual legacies. We look forward to expanding on these efforts as Olney Gleason, and to supporting the Foundation’s mission both in the immediate future and for decades to come."

Nicholas Olney adds, “The innovative spirit and influence of Pollock and Krasner’s work are echoed throughout the gallery’s program. We see their work in deep dialogue with our historical arm – but also with our contemporary artists, including Ali Banisadr, whose expressive large-scale paintings will inaugurate the gallery later this month. Several gallery artists have been beneficiaries of the Foundation’s incredibly generous, world-famous grants program.”

Gleason and Olney organized four exhibitions by Lee Krasner at Kasmin, exploring previously under-recognized bodies of work to further establish the artist’s work as some of the most important of the twentieth century. These included Lee Krasner: The Edge of Color, Geometric Abstractions 1948–53; Lee Krasner: Collage Paintings 1938–1981; Lee Krasner: Mural Studies; and Lee Krasner: The Umber Paintings, 1959–1962. In 2019, the Barbican Centre, London, presented the retrospective Lee Krasner: Living Colour, curated by Eleanor Nairne, which later traveled to Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Zentrum Paul Klee Bern and the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao.

Recently, Olney and Gleason supported Jackson Pollock: The Early Years, 1934–1947, the revelatory exhibition at the Musée National Picasso–Paris which opened in October 2024 and explored the artist’s early development of a distinctive visual language. Employing Surrealist techniques of automatic drawing, Pollock’s works from this period set the stage for the physiological drips that would embody a major artistic breakthrough by the end of the decade.

For four decades, the Pollock-Krasner Foundation has supported working artists and cultural organizations internationally. Established in 1985 through the generosity of Lee Krasner, the Foundation is a leader in providing resources to emerging and established artists. To date, the Pollock-Krasner Foundation has awarded more than 5,200 grants to professional artists and organizations in 80 countries, totaling over $93 million.

Lee Krasner (1908–1984) is considered one of the most critical figures in the evolution of American art in the second half of the 20th century. Emerging from the first generation of Abstract Expressionist painters, Krasner committed to a six-decade persistent exploration of novel approaches to painting and collage. Krasner’s work is held in the permanent collections of major institutions worldwide, such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Jewish Museum, New York; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Brooklyn Museum, New York; Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.; Tate, London; Cleveland Museum of Art; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Kleefeld Contemporary Art Museum, Long Beach; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Philadelphia Museum of Art; National Gallery of Australia, Sydney; Glenstone Museum, Potomac, Maryland; and the Artizon Museum, Tokyo, Japan, among many others.

Jackson Pollock (1912–1956) is a defining figure of postwar American art. His paintings rank among the most recognizable of the 20th century, employing innovative techniques that revolutionized modes of art making for generations to come. Pollock’s work is represented in world-renowned collections including the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum of Art, New York; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Art Institute of Chicago; Dallas Museum of Art; Glenstone, Potomac, MD; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Philadelphia Museum of Art; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC; Stanley Museum of Art, Iowa City, IA; Artizon Museum, Tokyo, Japan; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Fondation Beyeler, Basel; Museum Ludwig, Cologne; National Gallery of Art, Canberra, Australia; Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice; Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam; Tate, London, and many others.