Helen A. Harrison

Helen A. Harrison
BornDecember 4, 1943 (1943-12-04) (age 80)
Jamaica, Queens
Occupation(s)art historian, curator, journalist and author

Helen A. Harrison (born December 4, 1943) is an American art historian, curator, journalist and author. Harrison was the longtime director (1990-2024) of the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center, the former home and studio of the Abstract Expressionist artists Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner in East Hampton, New York. She is known for her books, essays, reviews and exhibitions devoted to modern American art, and a series of historical mystery novels set in the New York art world.

From 1978-2006, Harrison was an art critic for The New York Times Long Island section.[1] Her arts commentaries, “Art Waves,” were heard on WLIU FM, Long Island University’s NPR-affiliated radio station, from 2004-2009. “Eye On Art,” her monthly column for the Sag Harbor Express, ran from 2010-2020.

  1. ^ Harrison, Helen (September 29, 1991). "ART; The Rothko Legacy, Plus Some Works That Relate Stories". New York Times. Retrieved February 13, 2022.