Image: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
The Met presents a video examining what makes Jackson Pollock’s ‘Autumn Rhythm: Number 30, 1950’ compelling and what the painting may reveal about remaining true to oneself while the world around you is changing.
In the video, Kumar unpacks the artwork and addresses how viewers can see what Pollock intended.
An upcoming event at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 899 runs from October 4, 2026, through January 31, 2027. Titled ‘Krasner and Pollock: Past Continuous,’ it is the first major New York presentation devoted to either artist in more than 20 years and includes more than 120 works. The exhibition is also the first to look at the full arc of their careers together.
The exhibition frames both artists’ practices as central to the innovations of art from the mid-20th century onwards, while acknowledging that Krasner’s reputation was historically eclipsed by Pollock’s. For Pollock, the breakthrough was the ‘drip’ technique, described as a radical mode of painting that flourished during a condensed but prolific period.
Their early paths traced distinct strands of American modernism that would ultimately converge in the rupture known as Abstract Expressionism.
