Jackson Pollock & Lee Krasner in Pollock’s studio, 1950. Photo ©Hans Namuth Ltd. Courtesy Pollock-Krasner House & Study Center.
OUR MISSION
Through the generosity of the late Lee Krasner, one of the leading abstract expressionist painters and the widow of Jackson Pollock, the Pollock-Krasner Foundation was established in 1985 to provide financial assistance to individual visual artists of established ability .
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

‘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. Hosted by the Duke University Libraries.

WATCH: Jackson Pollock: Paintings have a life of their own.
Here is an excerpt of Jackson Pollock ’51, a film by Hans Namuth, as hosted by SFMOMA. Jackson Pollock narrates his artistic process as he demonstrates the creation of one of his famous drip paintings.
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.
Jackson Pollock: Paintings have a life of their own.
