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Curator Talk with Eleanor Nairne

 

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Explore the life and work of one of the 20th century's most significant artists, Lee Krasner. 
 
In this talk, Eleanor Nairne, Keith L. and Katherine Sachs Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art and Department Head, Modern and Contemporary at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and curator of Lee Krasner: Living Color, will trace Krasner's life and 50-year career. Focusing on the transformative final decades of Krasner's life, during which time Krasner created Untitled (1968-1983) on view in A Nation of Artists, Nairne will demystify the artist's process and tenacity in life and art.
 
 

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Abstract painting featuring large, overlapping peach and brown shapes on a soft lavender background. The composition is dynamic and flowing.
Lee Krasner (1908-1984)
Untitled, 1968-1983
Oil on canvas, 68 in x 68 in.
Gift of the Pollock-Krasner Foundation


About Eleanor Nairne

Eleanor Nairne is the Keith L and Katherine Sachs Curator and Head of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Previously, she was the Senior Curator at Barbican Art Gallery, London, where her exhibitions included Basquiat: Boom for Real (2017), Lee Krasner: Living Colour (2019), Jean Dubuffet: Brutal Beauty (2021), Soheila Sokhanvari: Rebel Rebel (2022), Alice Neel: Hot Off The Griddle (2023) and Julianknxx: Chorus in Rememory of Flight (2023). Internationally, she has curated shows such as Erotic Abstraction: Eva Hesse / Hannah Wilke (2021) at the Acquavella Galleries in New York. From 2011-2015, she was Curator of the Artangel Collection at Tate, organising more than 30 exhibitions and displays across the UK. A regular catalogue contributor for institutions such as the Centre Pompidou in Paris and the Louisiana Museum in Denmark, she has written essays and reviews for The Art Newspaper, frieze, the London Review of Books and the New York Times, among others.

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