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Jay DeFeo: Photographic Work

A new monograph published by DelMonico Books • D.A.P.

A revelatory trove of innovative photographs, photo collages, photograms, and photocopies, with over 150 images, most reproduced at the size Jay DeFeo printed them.

Edited and with an introduction by Leah Levy. Essays by Hilton Als, Judith Delfiner, Corey Keller, Justine Kurland, Dana Miller, and Catherine Wagner, with a chronology by Carly Sitko and Dawn Troy.

Current & Future Exhibitions

Garnets on the Boulder: Jay DeFeo Paintings of the 1980s
Paula Cooper Gallery
New York, NY
October 30–December 13, 2025

Sixties Surreal
Whitney Museum of American Art
New York, NY
September 24, 2025–January 19, 2026

Far Out: Northern California Art from the di Rosa Collection
di Rosa SF
San Francisco, CA
August 2–October 4, 2025

People Make This Place: SFAI Stories
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
San Francisco, CA
July 26, 2025–July 5, 2026

“Untitled” (America)
Whitney Museum of American Art
New York, NY
July 5, 2025–

Modern Art
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Los Angeles, CA
Ongoing

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Jay DeFeo, Untitled, 1972news
September 15, 2023

“What to See in N.Y.C. Galleries Right Now” by Arthur Lubow

Arthur Lubow: “What to See in N.Y.C. Galleries Right Now” from The New York Times
Jay DeFeo, Untitled, 1979news
February 10, 2023

KQED: How the Xerox Machine Launched A Bay Area Art Movement

KQED's program: How the Xerox Machine Launched A Bay Area Art Movement
Jay DeFeo, The Rose, then referred to as Deathrose, "baroque" phase, with blurred figure and stool, c. 1962-63news
June 12, 2022

Elizabeth Ferrell at Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

Book Cover for Elizabeth Ferrell, About The Rose: Creation and Community in Jay DeFeo’s Circle,…

About the Foundation

The Jay DeFeo Foundation owns and administers the artist’s art, archive, and intellectual property as charitable resources to further public access to and understanding of DeFeo’s creative works and ideas.

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Jay DeFeo, Untitled, 1980

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