Jackson Pollock & Lee Krasner in Pollock’s studio, 1950. Photo ©Hans Namuth Ltd. Courtesy Pollock-Krasner House & Study Center.
OUR MISSION
The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Inc. was established in 1985 for the sole purpose of providing financial assistance to individual visual artists of established ability through the generosity of the late Lee Krasner, one of the leading abstract expressionist painters and the widow of Jackson Pollock.
Our grants
Our Grants
POLLOCK-KRASNER FOUNDATION GRANT
The Pollock-Krasner Foundation's dual criteria for grants are recognizable artistic merit and demonstrable financial need, whether professional, personal or both. The Foundation's mission is to aid, internationally, those individuals who have worked as professional artists over a significant period of time. Learn MoreOur Grants
ORGANIZATION GRANT
Organizations whose missions directly impact the individual artist may apply for support of their programs. Learn MoreOur Grants
LEE KRASNER AWARD
Lee Krasner Awards are based on the same criteria as all regular Pollock-Krasner grants, but are given in recognition of a lifetime of artistic achievement. This honor is a tribute to and recognition of artists with long and distinguished careers. This award is by nomination only. Learn MoreOur Grants
POLLOCK PRIZE FOR CREATIVITY
The Pollock Prize for Creativity honors an outstanding artist whose work embodies high creative standards and exemplifies the impact of art on individuals and society. This grant is by nomination only. Learn MoreNotable grantee
INSIGHTS
Lee Krasner’s wall-filling “Gaea” (1966). © The Pollock-Krasner Foundation/ARS, NY.; Nicole Craine for The New York Times
At MoMA, Women at Play in the Fields of Abstraction
Funnily enough, the Museum of Modern Art has never named the long-running blockbuster show that fills its permanent-collection galleries. Click here to read the full article.
LISTEN: Art Agency Partner's conversation with Charles C. Bergman
Listen to Art Agency Partner's conversation between Charles C Bergman, Chairman & CEO of the Pollock-Krasner Foundation and Christy MacLear, Vice Chairman of Art Agency Partners.
‘Blue Poles’ (1952), by Jackson Pollock (detail of painting)© The Pollock-Krasner Foundation/ARS, NY.
‘Abstract Expressionism’ Review: Some Americans Abroad
At London’s Royal Academy of Arts, a pantheon of the established who’s-who of the movement. Click here to read the full article.
WATCH: Inside New York's Art World: Lee Krasner, 1978
Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel interviews Lee Krasner concerning her works, career, and the artists she knows, as hosted by the Duke University Libraries.
Art Agency Partner's Convesation with Charles C. Bergman, Chairman & CEO of The Pollock-Krasner Foundation
Inside New York's Art World: Lee Krasner, 1978
Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel interviews Lee Krasner concerning her works, career, and the artists she knows, as hosted by the Duke University Libraries.
