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Jay DeFeo, Untitled, 1971

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July 28, 2020

Jay DeFeo in 50X50: Stories of Visionary Artists from the Permanent Collection

In celebration of its 50th anniversary, San José Museum of Art (SJMA) presents a free…

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Jay DeFeo, Geisha II, 1984/87

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March 17, 2020

Interview About Jay DeFeo in Gagosian Quarterly

Suzanne Hudson speaks with Leah Levy, executive director of The Jay DeFeo Foundation, about the…

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February 10, 2020

Courtauld Symposium

Jay DeFeo: A Symposium, The Courtauld Institute of Art. Now postponed until May 28, 2021

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January 8, 2020

The Rose is on view at the Whitney Museum of American Art

The Rose is on view at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York in…

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Jay DeFeo, Untitled, c. 1974-75

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January 7, 2020

Introducing Foundation Staff

The Jay DeFeo Foundation is pleased to introduce the staff members: Carly Sitko, Archivist/Office Administrator,…

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Join the Whitney Museum of American Art this Frida

Join the Whitney Museum of American Art this Friday, September 23, from 10am-4:30pm for Making Collections Matter: A Symposium.

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This Friday, September 23, you're invited to Making Collections Matter, a day-long symposium about the practice of collecting artwork in museums.

Join curators and scholars from all over the country who are engaged with and thinking critically about museum collecting practices. Speakers will consider how collections are built, who they serve, and how they can be sustainably stewarded now and in the future.

See the full lineup of participants and register to attend either in person or online at the link in our bio.
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Installation view of The Whitney’s Collection: Selections from 1900 to 1965 (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, June 28, 2019- ). From left to right: Jay DeFeo, The Rose, 1958-66; Norman Lewis, American Totem, 1960; Franz Kline, Mahoning, 1956. Photograph by Filip Wolak

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On this day in 1975, "J. DeFeo: Paintings" opened

On this day in 1975, "J. DeFeo: Paintings" opened at Isabelle Percy West Gallery at California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland.⁠
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Art critic Charles Shere wrote in the Oakland Tribune, "this small show is footnoted by a series of remarkable photographs she has made which explain some of her paintings' subject matter [. . .] she does for things, whether rags, flaking surfaces of paintings, or enigmatic objects, what Franz Kline did for gestures: transforms them into permanent, weighty, imposing visualizations." ⁠
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[Jay DeFeo, Untitled, 1973, Gelatin silver print,  4 3/4 x 4 5/8 inches, 12.1 x 11.7 cm. © 2022 The Jay DeFeo Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York]⁠
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To celebrate the recent enlargement of her Oakland

To celebrate the recent enlargement of her Oakland studio in 1984, Jay DeFeo hosted her Mills College students for a class. Shown here is an image of student work on display in the space.

[Photographer Unknown, Mills College students in Jay DeFeo’s new studio addition, surrounded by student work, Oakland, CA, 1984, 35mm slide. © 2022 The Jay DeFeo Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York]

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In August of 1968, the work of Jay DeFeo was on vi

In August of 1968, the work of Jay DeFeo was on view at @sfmoma in "On Looking Back: Bay Area 1945-1962." ⁠ ⁠
This exhibition, curated by John Humphrey, included 25 Bay Area artists including Jay DeFeo, Frank Lobdell, Jess, Richard Diebenkorn, Fred Martin, Roy De Forest, Manuel Neri and Wally Hedrick, among others. Jay DeFeo’s painting "Easter Lily" is visible in the center of this installation view, as well as Wally Hedrick’s kinetic sculpture "Christmas Tree," on the left. ⁠
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[Richard Reisman, Installation view of "On Looking Back: Bay Area 1945-1962," San Francisco Museum of Art, August 10-September 8, 1968, showing "Easter Lily," 1968. © Estate of Richard Reisman]⁠
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Soaking up the last weeks of summer!⁠ ⁠ [Photo

Soaking up the last weeks of summer!⁠
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[Photographer Unknown, Wally Hedrick and Jay DeFeo, Bolinas Beach, c. 1955-59 Gelatin silver print. Collection of the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. © 2022 The Jay DeFeo Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York]⁠
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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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