Lee Krasner and Jackson Pollock met in New York in 1942, married three years later, and moved to East Hampton on Long Island. Though it can seem like Pollock was born from the forehead of Zeus, he and his wife shared an aesthetic affinity and inspired each other. After Pollock died in a 1956 car crash, Krasner lived for another 30 years, painting all the while as her husband’s reputation grew. Indeed, she worked hard to advance that reputation. Only in recent decades have a number of female Abstract Expressionists begun to gain notice, Krasner among them. The Met is now presenting paintings by Krasner and Pollock, 120 in all, side by side. As the show’s curator Emily Breeny recently told Anne Higonnet, for an article in Town & Country, she wants both artists to “shine, like a solar system with two suns.” —Elena Clavarino