Ray Johnson added several ink-drawn figures to this reproduction...
Ray Johnson added several ink-drawn figures to this reproduction of a Tom of Finland drawing of a sailor “whose mighty thighs have popped his seams,” and had them uttering the words, “Oh dat popped...
View ArticleRay Johnson’s Buddha University teaches you How to Draw a Daisy.
Ray Johnson’s Buddha University teaches you How to Draw a Daisy.
View ArticleRay Johnson created a number of “books” through the mail (such...
Ray Johnson created a number of “books” through the mail (such as A Book About Modern Art, now in the momalibrary). This drawing seems to advertise one such book, A Book About Modern Screen Stars, but...
View ArticleAvailable today from New Directions Publishing: two new editions...
Available today from New Directions Publishing: two new editions of Yukio Mishima books, Confessions of a Mask and Death in Midsummer, featuring Ray Johnson collages on the covers. Ray Johnson...
View ArticleDear James Dean,Please send me your shirt.Sincerely yours,Ray...
Dear James Dean,Please send me your shirt.Sincerely yours,Ray Johnson
View Articlekimberly-klark: Documentation of Umpawaug’s Bloom now online.
kimberly-klark: Documentation of Umpawaug’s Bloom now online.
View ArticleBrigid–Everyone will be famous for fifteen cookies.Ray
Brigid–Everyone will be famous for fifteen cookies.Ray
View ArticleThe #PleaseAddTo project is coming to an and on October 16th,...
The #PleaseAddTo project is coming to an and on October 16th, which would have been Ray’s 88th birthday. Thank you for all of your wonderful submissions so far. If you haven’t submitted yet, it’s not...
View Article#PleaseAddTo Project Ends this Friday!
The deadline for submitting to our “Please Add To and Return To” mail art re-activation...
View ArticleHappy Birthday to Ray Johnson, born this day in 1927.This is a...
Happy Birthday to Ray Johnson, born this day in 1927.This is a birthday card sent to him in 1994 by his friend and correspondent John Evans and Evans’s wife Margaret, including Evans’s distinctive...
View ArticleIt’s Robert Rauschenberg’s birthday! Here is a Bunny Head by Ray...
It’s Robert Rauschenberg’s birthday! Here is a Bunny Head by Ray Johnson to celebrate.
View Article‘Please Add To and Return To: Mail Art Homage to Ray Johnson’ at Printed...
‘Please Add To and Return To: Mail Art Homage to Ray Johnson’ at Printed Matter | ARTnews: Please...
View ArticleHappy Halloween from the Ray Johnson Estate. Untitled (Dear...
Happy Halloween from the Ray Johnson Estate. Untitled (Dear EtanT,), 1990-94. Collage on cardboard panel. 7-5/8 by 7-½ inches.
View ArticleIn honor of World AIDS Day, some insight into how Ray Johnson...
In honor of World AIDS Day, some insight into how Ray Johnson felt about the AIDS crisis in the form of two letters from the same box in the Estate archive. One, from the MoMA soliciting the names of...
View ArticleHappy National Letter Writing Day :: Here’s some advice...
Happy National Letter Writing Day :: Here’s some advice from Ray…
View ArticleDear Paul Klee, Happy Birthday! Collage by Ray Johnson, 10.9.86...
Dear Paul Klee, Happy Birthday! Collage by Ray Johnson, 10.9.86 and 10.15.88
View ArticleMerry Christmas from the Ray Johnson Estate.The pink silhouette...
Merry Christmas from the Ray Johnson Estate.The pink silhouette shape of Lynda Benglis in this piece comes from the announcement card for her 1974 show Metallized Knots (see an altered version written...
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