At the Met, Lee Krasner Stands Level With Jackson Pollock

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York is presenting Lee Krasner and Jackson Pollock as equals, two painters of the same stature rather than a famous name and a companion. The choice comes from one of the city's great institutions, and it gives both artists the same standing in the same rooms on Fifth Avenue. For readers who value craft wherever it turns up, giving equal credit to the two makes a quiet but considered statement. A visitor to the Met can now look at the two artists as the museum frames them, side by side.

With reporting from Surface.