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exhibition history

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  • 1948
  • One Wall Gallery and Wittenborn Books New York.
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  • 1955
  • Boylston Street Print Gallery Cambridge MA.
    'Cool Ages'
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  • 1965
  • Willard Gallery New York
    'Ray Johnson' (April 6-May 1, 1965). The exhibition was reviewed by Grace Glueck for the New York Times.
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  • 1966
  • Willard Gallery New York
    'Ice' (April 26-May 21, 1966).
  • Richard L. Feigen & Co. Chicago
    'Ray Johnson'(October 19-November 19, 1966).
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  • 1967
  • Willard Gallery New York
    'Duchamp Combs' (April 25-May 27, 1967).
  • Richard L. Feigen & Co. Chicago
    'Ray Johnson' (October 21-November, 1967).
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  • 1968
  • Richard L. Feigen & Co. New York
    'A Lot of Shirley Temple Post Cards Show' (March 30-April 25, 1968). Additional venue Kunstmarkt, Cologne.
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  • 1969
  • Boylston Print Center Cambridge MA
    'Ray Johnson' (January 5-30, 1969).
  • Fine Arts Gallery, University of British Columbia Vancouver
    'Concrete poetry'. Group exhibition. Ray Johnson participated with 19 collages (March 28-April 19, 1969)
    • [catalogue] Concrete Poetry. An Exhibition in Four Parts: Ray Johnson, nineteen collages; Michael Morris, twenty-four letter drawings; a selection of recent concrete poems by international poets; film, sound poets on tape, and a selection of slides / [texts by Michael Rhodes, Edwin Varney, Ian Hamilton Finlay] (Fine Arts Gallery : Vancouver 1969).
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  • 1970
  • Richard L. Feigen & Co. New York
    'I Shot an Arrow into the Air it Fell to Earth in the Ear of an Artist Living in Flushing, New York Tit Show' (February 17-March 21, 1970).
  • Whitney Museum of American Art New York
    'Ray Johnson : New York Correspondance School' (September 2-October 6, 1970)
    • [catalogue] Ray Johnson. New York Correspondance School Exhibition (Whitney Museum of American Art : New York 1970).
  • Richard L. Feigen & Co. Chicago
    'Dollar Bills' (September 16-October 17, 1970)
    • [catalogue] Ray Johnson, dollar bill show / photographs by Eric Pollitzer (Richard Feigen Gallery : Chicago 1970).
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  • 1971
  • Angela Flowers Gallery London
    'Post Card Show' (January 11-30, 1971).
  • Richard L. Feigen & Co. New York
    'Dollar Bills and Famous People Memorials' (April 3-May 5, 1971).
  • Country Art Gallery Locust Valley NY
    (November 21-December 3, 1971).
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  • 1972
  • Jacobs Ladder Gallery Washington DC
    'Ray Johnson' (March 4-April 5, 1972).
  • Galleria Arturo Schwarz Milan
    'Famous People's Mother's Potato Mashers' (April 5-29, 1972)
    • [catalogue] Ray Johnson. Evaporations / Henry Martin (Galleria Schwarz : Milan, 1972).
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  • 1973
  • Betty Parsons Gallery New York
    'Ray Johnson's History of the Betty Parsons Gallery' (January 9 - February 3, 1973).
  • Angela Flowers Gallery London
    'Famous People's Mother's Potato Mashers' (April 10-May 10, 1973)
    • [exhibition catalogue] Ray Johnson. April 10 - May 10, 1973 (Angela Flowers : London 1973).
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  • 1974
  • Western Illinois University Macomb IL
    'Invitation Correspondence' (February 11-27, 1974).
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  • 1975
  • Massimo Valsecchi Gallery Milan
    (January 15-February 15, 1975).
  • Gertrude Kasle Gallery Detroit
    'Ray Johnson : Collages' (March 1-April 3, 1975).
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  • 1976
  • Galleria d'arte Vinciana Milan
    'Ray Johnson' (November 9-30, 1976).
  • North Carolina Museum of Art Raleigh
    'Correspondence : An Exhibition of the Letters of Ray Johnson' (October 31-December 5). The exhibition was organized by Richard Craven
    • [catalogue] Correspondence. An exhibition of the letters of Ray Johnson. North Carolina Museum of Art, 31 October-5 December, 1976 (North Carolina Museum of Art : Raleigh 1976).
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  • 1977
  • Elaine Benson Gallery Bridgehampton NY
    'Silhouettes' (August 20-30, 1977).
  • Cow Art Gallery, State University of New York Old Westbury NY
    '31 Portraits' (October 24-November 12, 1977).
  • Root Art Center, Hamilton College Clinton NY
    'Correspondence' (December 1-19, 1977).
  • Framart Studio Naples
    'Ray Johnson' (December 9, 1977-January 31, 1978).
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  • 1978
  • Brooks Jackson/Iolas Gallery New York
    '37 Portraits' (April 11 - May 6, 1978).
  • Walker Art Center Minneapolis
    'Viewpoints : Ray Johnson' (September 30-November 12, 1978).
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  • 1984
  • Nassau County Museum of Fine Art Roslyn Harbor NY
    'Works by Ray Johnson' (February 7-April 8, 1984). Most comprehensive exhibition of Johnson's work to date
    • [catalogue] Works by Ray Johnson 7 February - 8 April 1984 / essay by David Bourdon (Nassau County Museum of Fine Art : Roslyn Harbor 1984).
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  • 1991
  • Goldie Paley Gallery, Moore College of Art and Design Philadelphia
    'More Works by Ray Johnson, 1951-1991' (November 1-Deccember 15, 1991). Guest curators Phyllis Stigliano and Janice Parente
    • [catalogue] More Works by Ray Johnson November 1-December 15, 1991 / essay by Clive Philpott (Goldie Paley Gallery : Philadelphia 1991). The essay The Mailed Art of Ray Johnson is online available.
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  • 1995
  • Richard L. Feigen & Co. New York
    'Ray Johnson : A Memorial Exhibition' (27 April-16 June, extended through August 15, 1995). Curated by Frances Beatty and Sam Trower
    • [catalogue] Frances Beatty and Richard L. Feigen, Ray Johnson 1927-1995 : a memorial exhibition (Richard L. Feigen : New York 1995).
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  • 1997
  • Richard L. Feigen & Co. New York
    'Ray Johnson : Important Works from the Estate 1957-1995' (February 7-March 15, 1997).
  • Asheville Art Museum Asheville
    'Ray Johnson at Black Mountain College' (April 24-June 29, 1997). Curator Frank Thomson. Features the collection of William S. Wilson.
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  • 1998
  • Rockland Community College and Hopper House Gallery Nyack NY
    'Ray Johnson : Art, What is Art?' (May 2-24, 1998). Curated by Lena Hyun and Richard Connolly.
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  • 1999
  • Whitney Museum of American Art New York NY
    'Ray Johnson : Correspondences' (January 14-March 14, 1999). Curator Donna de Salvo, The Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, Ohio. The exhibition is reviewed by Nayland Blake for Artforum (March 1999). The review is online on the site of FindArticles. In 2000 the exhibition travelled to the Wexner Center for the Arts Columbus (September 16-December 31, 2000)
    • [catalogue] Donna De Salvo and Catherine Gudis (eds.), Ray Johnson. Correspondences (Flammarion etc : Paris 1999).
  • Richard L. Feigen & Co. New York NY
    'Ray Johnson : Selections from the Estate' (January 16-April 1, 1999).
  • Feigen Contemporary New York NY
    'Ray Johnson' (March 6-April 10, 1999).
  • Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery Vancouver
    'How Sad I Am Today... The Art of Ray Johnson and the New York Correspondence School' (October 8-December 19, 1999). Curated by Sharla Sava and Michael Morris
    • [catalogue] Ray Johnson. How Sad I am Today / curated by Michael Morris and Sharla Shava (Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery : Vancouver 1999).
    • [online exhibition] 'Most Sincerely, Ray Johnson'.
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  • 2000
  • NationsBank Private Bank Gallery Palm Beach FL
    'Ray Johnson' (February 15-March 21, 2000).
  • Manny Silverman Gallery Los Angeles CA
    'Ray Johnson : The Cult of Celebrity' (June 8-July 15, 2000).
  • Gimpel Fils Ltd. London
    'Ray Johnson' (August 31-September 30, 2000).
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  • 2001
  • Feigen Contemporary New York NY
    'Mind Games : Ray Johnson's Art of Ideas' (March 9-April 21, 2001), Curator Muffet Jones.
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  • 2002
  • Feigen Contemporary New York NY
    'Ray Johnson : How to Draw a Bunny' (September 26-October 26, 2002), in conjunction with the Film Forum opening of the documentary by Andrew Moore and John Walter, curator Frances Beatty.
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  • 2003
  • 2003 The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design Oslo
    'The Name of the Game' (11 January-9 March, 2003), curator Ina Blom. The exhibition travelled to the Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel (April 2-18 May, 2003), Museum Het Domein Sittard (31 May-17 August, 2003)
    • [catalogue] Ina Blom (ed.), The Name of the Game. Ray Johnson's Postal Performance / book edited and exhibition curated by Ina Blom (National Museum of Contemporary Art : Oslo 2003).
  • Pollock Krasner House East Hampton NY
    'Dear Jackson Pollock : collages and objects' (May 1-August 3, 2003)
    • [catalogue] Dear Jackson Pollock. Collages and Objects / texts by Phyllis Stigliano, Muffet Jones, William S. Wilson (Pollock-Krasner Foundation : East Hampton 2003).
  • Richard L. Feigen & Co. New York
    'Joseph Cornell : the 100th Birthday. With an Homage by Ray Johnson' (October 29, 2003-January 16, 2004). The exhibition was curated by Frances Beatty.
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  • 2004
  • Manny Silverman Gallery Beverly Hills CA
    'Ray Johnson. How to Draw a Bunny', exhibition in conjunction with West Coast premiere of the feature length film on Johnson, How to Draw a Bunny (February 28-April 10, 2004).
  • Nielsen Gallery Boston
    'Ray Johnson', in conjunction with the Boston premiere of the feature length film on Johnson, "How to Draw a Bunny" at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (March 23-April 22, 2004).
  • Gimpel Fils Ltd. London
    'Ray Johnson. How to Draw a Bunny', in conjunction with the London premiere of the feature length film on Johnson, "How to Draw a Bunny" (May 25-July 10, 2004).
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  • 2006
  • Feigen Contemporary New York
    'Ray Johnson. En Rapport', exhibition in collaboration with Richard L. Feigen & Co. representing The Estate of Ray Johnson (November 2, 2006-January 6, 2007).
    • [exhibition catalogue] Ray Johnson. En Rapport / essay by William S. Wilson (Feigen Contemporary : New York 2006). The catalogue essay is online on Feigen Contemporary.
    • [reviews] Reviewed by Kennedy for New York Times December 17, 2006.
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