Betty Parsons was groundbreaking – and not just because she backed Jackson Pollock
Betty Parsons, The i Newspaper
October 2025
For Betty Parsons, the New York gallerist who backed Jackson Pollock when no one else would, painting was her refuge. Parallel to a remarkable career as one of the 20th century’s most intuitive talent spotters, she pursued her own art with commitment and passion over weekends spent at her studio in Southold, Long Island. “When I’m painting in my studio… I forget the gallery entirely,” she said. […]