Helen A. Harrison
8 recordings / 137 times speaking
About this artist
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 to 2006, Harrison was an art critic for The New York Times Long Island section. 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 to 2020.
Source: Wikipedia, “Helen A. Harrison”, text available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Retrieved 24 September 2026.
Speaking in the archive
- Salon 104 · March 5, 2026WATCH07:43
History, Theory, Connectivity · spoke 27 times
“Well, I would like to say, first of all, thank you to Colin and Renata and everyone who put this together.” - WATCH14:20
- Salon 54 · October 12, 2022WATCH03:24
Open Studios · spoke 1 time
“Well, I think Christiane really hit on a crucial point. Which is where are the boundaries?”
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- Roundtable 1 · October 3, 2022WATCH08:54
Curators in Conversation · spoke 13 times
“I thought about the history, being a historian, of course, I looked back and thought about how artists had adapted technological change for their own personal purposes, rather than being sucked in by the technology itself as a means, as an end in and of …” - Salon 44 · May 25, 2022WATCH22:36
East End Tech · spoke 5 times
“The screen share. Close it. You have to share the screen. End show. End show. Go to the screen share.” - Interview 24 · February 28, 2022WATCH00:03
Frank Gillette · spoke 50 times
“Helen Harrison, Director of the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center in East Hampton, Long Island, and advisor to the Techspressionism exhibition at the Southampton Art Center.” - Interview 23 · February 28, 2022WATCH00:02
Suzanne Anker · spoke 27 times
“Welcome. My name is Helen Harrison. I'm the director of the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center in East Hampton, Long Island, and I'm an advisor to the Techspressionism exhibition that will be opening in April at the South Hampton Arts Center.” - Presentation 9 · February 24, 2021WATCH00:09
Technology and Art with Colin Goldberg · spoke 1 time
“Many, many artists have gone against the grain, so to speak, but I guess in the late 19th, early 20th century, the most famous of them were the post-impressionists.”
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