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For decades, Lee Krasner was known mainly as Jackson Pollock's wife, even though she was the more accomplished artist when they met. Now the Met Museum is finally presenting them as equals in a groundbreaking exhibition.
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A 472-year-old masterpiece by one of the Renaissance's rare female artists turned up in a family's collection after being lost for nearly a century. The owners discovered they had a treasure after watching a YouTube lecture about the artist.
Amrita Sher-Gil painted rural Indian women with unflinching honesty in the 1930s, creating masterpieces that still challenge viewers today. Her five most celebrated works show why she remains one of India's most important modern artists nearly a century later.