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C O U R T E S Y O F TA S C H E N ; © E S TAT E O F R OY L I C H T E N S T E I N / DAC S 2 0 2 6 ; © 2 0 2 6 P O L LO C K- K R A S N E R FO U N DAT I O N / A R T I S T S R I G H T S S O C I E T Y ( A R S ) , N E W YO R K great escapes The books, exhibitions, debuts, and stages to add to your fall calendar. culture bites Roy Lichtenstein's Girl in Window (Study for World's Fair Mural), 1963 K ING OF POP "I like to pretend that my art has nothing to do with me," the famously unpretentious Roy Lichtenstein once said. But of course, his indelible oeuvre was deeply personal in its exploration of how art is made, copied, and circulated—themes relevant when Lichtenstein was taking the Pop Art world by storm in the early '60s, and newly fascinating in this digital moment. Opening in October, the Whitney Museum of American Art's aptly named "Roy Lichtenstein: Like New" features some 130 works, from the early '40s through the '90s, including blockbusters like Look Mickey (1961) and Happy Tears (1964). Process-obsessed creatives should also visit "Roy Lichtenstein: 1997," a smaller companion show at the museum that includes studies for a number of unrealized projects. —SIMONE GIRNER The death of Peter Beard in 2020 resonated not only in the art and fashion worlds, but throughout animal rights and conservation groups, too. Luckily, Beard's iconic, and impossible-to-possess, 1965 tome, "The End of the Game," which documented the collapse of the elephant population in Kenya, has been re-editioned by Taschen with additional images and a suite of new essays. —KAT HERRIMAN GAME ON WHEN ART IS LIFE The lives—professional and personal—of Lee Krasner and Jackson Pollock have featured in countless books, films, and even an experiential composition, often with Krasner playing the supporting Mrs. role to Pollock's bad-boy painter. A major exhibition opening on October 4 at the Met in New York aims to challenge our preconceived notions of two artists whose connected but also distinct practices forever imprinted on modern and contemporary American art. Named after a painting created by Krasner in 1976, two decades after her husband's death, "Krasner and Pollock: Past Continuous" is a comprehensive exhibition that examines the arc of their careers. Included in the 120 works are Autumn Rhythm (Number 30), one of Pollock's most famous action paintings, and the powerful Bald Eagle by Krasner, an artist who never saw the point in dividing the personal and the professional. "It is like asking—do I want to live," she once said. "My answer is yes—and I paint." —S.G. Lee Krasner's Combat, 1965 206 206 BALHAR B O U RSH O P S .CO M