Olney Gleason, a new gallery founded by former Kasmin senior staff Nick Olney and Eric Gleason, will exclusively represent the estates of Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner through the Pollock-Krasner Foundation. The gallery succeeds Kasmin, which had represented Pollock since 2024 and Krasner since 2017, and opened earlier this year after founder Paul Kasmin died in 2020. Olney and Gleason previously organized multiple Krasner exhibitions at Kasmin and supported major museum shows, including a 2019 Krasner retrospective at London's Barbican Centre and a 2024 Pollock exhibition at the Picasso Museum in Paris.
This representation deal matters because it consolidates the legacy of two titans of Abstract Expressionism under a single, newly established gallery run by dealers with a proven track record. Jackson Pollock remains a defining figure of 20th-century art, while Lee Krasner's work has undergone significant critical reassessment in recent years, elevating her stature to equal her husband's. The partnership with the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, which funds exhibitions, scholarship, and grants for visual artists, ensures continued institutional and scholarly support for both artists' work.