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Jay DeFeo, The Rose, then referred to as Deathrose, "baroque" phase, with blurred figure and stool, c. 1962-63

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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,…

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Presenters at Around The Rose: Artists Reflect on Jay DeFeo from the Whitney

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March 25, 2022

Video of Around The Rose: Artists Reflect on Jay DeFeo – Hosted by The Whitney

Whitney Museum of American Art - Public Program, Around The Rose: Artists Reflect on Jay…

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East Bay Express, Dec. 8, 2021

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December 13, 2021

East Bay Express – ‘Rip Tails’: Jordan Stein’s latest book delves into the impacts of Jay DeFeo’s art

The New York Times, October 7, 2021, “Jay DeFeo and Bruce Conner Were BFF’s (Bohemian…

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Jay DeFeo, Untitled, 1973

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December 1, 2021

Jordan Stein’s Book release at SFAI

Jordan Stein's Rip Tales: Jay DeFeo's Estocada & Other Pieces Book release, screening, and signing

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Jay DeFeo, Untitled, 1973

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October 7, 2021

New York Times – Jay DeFeo and Bruce Conner Were BFF’s (Bohemian Friends Forever)

The New York Times, October 7, 2021, “Jay DeFeo and Bruce Conner Were BFF’s (Bohemian…

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Jay DeFeo, Untitled, c. 1976

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September 30, 2021

The Brooklyn Rail’s conversation about Bruce Conner & Jay DeFeo

Register for The Brooklyn Rail's conversation "Bruce Conner & Jay DeFeo ('we are not what…

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Jay DeFeo, Untitled (Reflections of Africa series), 1989

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September 1, 2021

BRUCE CONNER & JAY DEFEO (“we are not what we seem”) at Paula Cooper Gallery

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Installation view of Modern Art, June 13, 2021–Ongoing at Los Angeles County Museum of Art. From left to right: Franz Kline, The Ballantine, 1958-1960; Mark Rothko, White Center, 1957; Jay DeFeo, The Jewel, 1959; Lee Krasner, Desert Moon, 1955.

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June 25, 2021

The Jewel in Modern Art exhibition at LACMA

Los Angeles County Museum of Art's exhibition Modern Art opened on June 13, 2021 and…

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June 4, 2021

Watch a recording of Jay DeFeo: A Symposium

Jay DeFeo: A Symposium took place on Friday, May 28th. The conference was organized by…

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Jay DeFeo's “Three Mile Island No. 2,” from t

Jay DeFeo's “Three Mile Island No. 2,” from the series “One O’Clock Jump” (1979), is on view in “Evergreen: Art from the Collection” at the @sanjosemuseumofart. "Evergreen" is a newly dedicated gallery space that celebrates the Museum’s collection and provides ongoing access to San José’s only publicly held art collection. An opening celebration will take place this evening, Friday, August 5th from 6-9pm. This event is free and open to the public.⁠
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“Evergreen: Art from the Collection” is on view through Wednesday, December 31, 2025. Visit the link in our bio to learn more.⁠
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[Jay DeFeo, “Three Mile Island No. 2” (“One O'clock Jump” series), 1979, mixed media on paper, 40 x 30 inches (101.6 x 76.2 cm). Collection of San Jose Museum of Art. © 2022 The Jay DeFeo Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York]⁠
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The work of Jay DeFeo is included in "Put It This

The work of Jay DeFeo is included in "Put It This Way: (Re)Visions of the Hirshhorn Collection" opening this Tuesday, August 2, 2022. This exhibition unites almost a century of work by 49 women and nonbinary artists in a range of media drawn exclusively from the @hirshhorn’s permanent collection. ⁠
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Titled after a 1963 painting by American pop artist Rosalyn Drexler, whose work is featured in the first gallery, “Put It This Way” is organized by Hirshhorn Associate Curator Anne Reeve. The exhibition speaks to traditionally marginalized artists’ decisive and virtuosic achievements, and investigates a wide array of aesthetic, political and historical concerns. Learn more about "Put It This Way" by visiting the link in our bio.⁠
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[Jay DeFeo, "Reflections of Africa No. 7," 1987, Charcoal, acrylic and grease pencil with tape on rag board, 13 x 19 inches (33 x 48.3 cm). Collection of Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. © 2022 The Jay DeFeo Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York]⁠
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In the summer of 1974, Jay DeFeo bought the book “Collages” by Anais Nin.⁠
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“I have just finished it [Anais Nin’s ‘Collages’] Sat. [June] 15 -- How closely I can identify with it & how the ending is the beginning -- All I've done since ‘The Rose’ are like the pages of a collage -- a unit.” ⁠
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- Jay DeFeo, journal entry, June 15, 1974. Archive of The Jay DeFeo Foundation, Berkeley, CA. ⁠
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[Jay DeFeo, "Study for September Blackberries," 1973, Photo collage with paint drips, 7 5/8 x 7 5/8 inches (19.4 x 19.4 cm). Collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art. © 2022 The Jay DeFeo Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York]⁠
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The @sfartbookfair, an annual multi-day festival o

The @sfartbookfair, an annual multi-day festival of artists' publications, takes place this weekend at @minnesotastreetproject. The event kicks off with a preview this evening, Thursday, July 14, from 6-10pm.⁠
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The Jay DeFeo Foundation recommends the following special programs taking place in The Lounge: ⁠
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"The Floating Museum" by Lynn Hershman Leeson in conversation with David Senior⁠
Friday, July 15, 4-5pm⁠
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"The Floating Museum" was a temporary museum that, over its lifetime, from 1974-1978 commissioned over 350 artists to create work that existed outside the very limited boundaries of traditional museum spaces. It was intended to “recycle space” wherever it existed, from the walls of San Quentin prison to the landscapes of Fort Point and even the Bay Area Rapid Transit Artists used mediums not yet accepted by traditional museums and galleries, such as performance, photography, comic drawings, video, soundscapes and all manner of site specific locations (though that term had not been yet invented).⁠
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"Rip Tales: Jay Defeo’s Estocada and Other Pieces" by Jordan Stein with Dena Beard⁠
Sunday, July 17, 12-1pm⁠
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Curator and writer Jordan Stein in conversation with Dena Beard, executive director the The Lab, about Stein’s first book, “Rip Tales: Jay Defeo’s Estocada & Other Pieces.” In addition to Defeo, "Rip Tales" concerns creation and destruction in the works and lives of artists Zarouhie Abdalian, April Dawn Alison, Ruth Asawa, Lutz Bacher, Bruce Conner, Dewey Crumpler, Trisha Donnelly, and Vincent Fecteau. Presented by Soberscove Press.⁠
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Public Hours - Free admission Thursday, July 14: 6pm – 10pm Friday, July 15: 11am – 6pm Saturday, July 16: 11am – 6pm Sunday, July 17: 11am – 5pm⁠
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Learn more about the exhibitors and programming via link in bio.⁠
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#sfabf2022 #minnesotastreetproject #lynnhershmanleeson @lynn.l.leeson #davidsenior @davidseniorjr #jordanstein @cushion_works_and_friends #denabeard #thelab @thelabsf

The work of Jay DeFeo is currently on view in "Dra

The work of Jay DeFeo is currently on view in "Drawing Down the Moon" at the @hammer_museum through September 11, 2022.⁠
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The moon has been bound to life and consciousness since the beginning of humankind. It has served elemental and vital functions such as providing light and measuring time, but it has also influenced the more ethereal and spiritual realms of gods, myths, and magic. This exhibition operates at the crux of a lunar spectrum, between the lure and mystery of the unattainable moon and the eternal quest to conquer the moon in its material form. Drawn primarily from institutional collections in Los Angeles, the survey leads visitors through a panoply of objects dating from antiquity to the present.⁠
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Follow the link on our bio to learn more about "Drawing Down the Moon."⁠
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[Jay DeFeo, "Hawk Moon No. 2," 1983-85, Oil on canvas, 96 x 60 inches (243.8 x 152.4 cm). © 2022 The Jay DeFeo Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York]⁠
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“I also was working on very long, tall [drawings

“I also was working on very long, tall [drawings] during this period [late 1950s]. I had a wonderful plaster wall -- I never had a wall like it since – and it just picked up a wonderful texture of the graphite on that cheap drafting paper that I drew on in black and white -- I think this reflects the lyrical streak in me, sometimes I like to just soft pedal a little bit. But it's part of my expression.” ⁠
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- Jay DeFeo, slide lecture at Mills College, Oakland, CA, December 2, 1986. Video recording, Archive of The Jay DeFeo Foundation, Berkeley, CA. ⁠
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[Jay DeFeo, Untitled, c. 1957, Graphite, charcoal, ink, wax crayon, oil and tempera on paper, 66 1/2 x 41 inches (168.9 x 104.1 cm). © 2022 The Jay DeFeo Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York]⁠
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On this day in 1981, Jay DeFeo opened a solo exhib

On this day in 1981, Jay DeFeo opened a solo exhibition at the Indian Valley College Art Gallery in Novato, California where her former husband, Wally Hedrick, taught. The reception featured a performance by the Studio 13 Jazz Band. "Jay DeFeo" was on view from June 29-July 22, 1981.⁠
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[Opening of “Jay DeFeo” at Indian Valley College with the Studio 13 Jazz Band performing (including, from left to right, unknown man on saxophone, Wally Hedrick, Mike Henderson and Richard Shaw). Jay DeFeo’s painting "Cygnus (Loop System No. 3)", 1981 is visible at left. © 2022 The Jay DeFeo Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York]⁠
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Happy Birthday to Sam Francis!⁠ ⁠ Jay DeFeo an

Happy Birthday to Sam Francis!⁠
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Jay DeFeo and Sam Francis were art students at UC Berkeley in the late 1940s and friends thereafter. DeFeo saw the Sam Francis retrospective exhibition at the @oaklandmuseumca in 1973 and took this photograph of the installation.⁠
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Learn more about the life and work of Sam Francis by visiting the link in our bio.⁠
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[Jay DeFeo, view of the Sam Francis Retrospective museum show, Oakland, California, 1973, contact sheet detail. The exhibition began at Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, then traveled to Corcoran Gallery, Washington, D.C.; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City; Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Texas; Oakland Museum of Art, Oakland, California. © 2022 The Jay DeFeo Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York]⁠
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Happy Summer Solstice!⁠ ⁠ [Jay DeFeo, "Summer

Happy Summer Solstice!⁠
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[Jay DeFeo, "Summer Landscape," 1982, Oil on paper, image: 9 1/8 x 12 15/16 inches (23.2 x 32.9 cm), sheet: 11 5/8 x 15 1/2 inches (29.5 x 39.4 cm). © 2022 The Jay DeFeo Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York]⁠
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