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Gagosian, Olney Gleason to Present Exhibition for Lee Krasner in France

Gagosian, Olney Gleason to Present Exhibition for Lee Krasner in France

Just months after the Metropolitan Museum of Art announced a blockbuster Lee Krasner–Jackson Pollock exhibition, galleries Olney Gleason and Gagosian have announced their own Krasner presentation, albeit at the latter’s Rue de Ponthieu space in Paris.  Both shows will open in October: October 4 for the Met, and October 19 for Gagosian, a week before the run of Art Basel Paris’s 2026 edition. The Olney Gleason–Gagosian show, presented in collaboration with the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, will show paintings and works on paper by Krasner, whose market has lagged behind that of Pollock, her husband and fellow Abstract Expressionist. As ARTnews‘s Daniel Cassady reported in April, though the price gap between the long-dead artists is sizable, Krasner’s market is fast changing as she continues to gain well-deserved institutional recognition. Related Articles The Paris show, which the galleries say is her first in France, will also be her first show with Gagosian. Olney Gleason represents the artist globally through its partnership with the Pollock-Krasner Foundation. “The 1960s marked a key turning point in Lee Krasner’s life and career, …

Dealers Are Abuzz at Frieze LA’s VIP Day: ‘It’s a Frenzy’

Dealers Are Abuzz at Frieze LA’s VIP Day: ‘It’s a Frenzy’

First-day sales reports from galleries at the latest edition of the Frieze Los Angeles art fair indicate an abundance of enthusiasm. Enough New Yorkers escaped the snow to be everywhere in the aisles, and major California collectors and cultural figures were spotted in numbers. “It’s a frenzy,” said clearly harried LA dealer Charlie James, standing amid works by Kristopher Raos, Manuel López, and other gallery artists. “We’ve already sold three times as much as at the entire Art Basel Miami Beach in December,” said Niamh Coghlan, director at London’s Richard Saltoun Gallery, by early afternoon. “This is the perfect-sized fair,” she added, with about 100 exhibitors at the Santa Monica Airport. The gallery is exhibiting works by two Italian artists, Romany Eveleigh and Bice Lazzari.  Related Articles Big galleries were making big sales, with David Zwirner placing a 2016 work by Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Grandmother’s Parlour, for $2.8 million to a European foundation. The gallery had also sold a 2020 painting by Lynette Yiadom-Boakye for $1.5 million and two Lisa Yuskavage works for $280,000 and …