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John Baldessari died. Last night I played my 7-year-old Supermarché’s short documentary about him, “A Brief History of John Baldessari.” (Wonderfully narrated by Tom Waits!) Owen laughed the whole way through it, pronounced it “the funniest video I’ve ever seen,” and requested that we watch it again. Watch it, it’s great: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eU7V4GyEuXA Off the top

From The Broad Collection: John Baldessari, Overlap Series: Palms (with Cityscape) and Climbers, 2000, three lambda prints with acrylic on Sintra, The Eli and Edythe L. Broad Collection.

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Animal (Orange) Descending Upon Kneeling Figure (Green)

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John Baldessari⁠ Two Figures: One Leaping (Orange); One Reacting (with Blue and Green)⁠ 2005⁠ Duotone photolithograph and lithograph with embossing and debossing⁠ 22 1/2 x 18 1/4 in.⁠ Edition of 40⁠ Pencil signed, dated, and numbered⁠ #JohnBaldessari⁠ #Baldessari⁠ #Figurative⁠ #PhotoLithograph⁠ #Lithograph⁠ #LimitedEditionPrint⁠ #ContemporaryArt⁠ #Contemporary⁠ #ConceptualArt⁠ #Conceptual⁠ #ModernArt⁠ #MustSee⁠ #ArtInMiami⁠ #Miami⁠ #MiamiBeach⁠ #Florida⁠ #Wynwood⁠ #DesignDistrict⁠ #Art⁠…

Man and Woman, Uncoupled Embracers and Kissers , 1988 Publisher: Arion Press, Edition of 50. © John Baldessari

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I am an art hoarder, and it's becoming a problem. I literally have racks and stacks of original paintings , antique prints, vintage posters -- I love it all as long as it's good. I tell myself I NEED it because I have acres of pale, lonely sheetrock that must be filled. Nature abhors a vacuum, righ

John Baldessari. Untitled. (1986). Crayon and pressure-sensitive stickers on synthetic polymer sheet overlay on gelatin silver print. 9 3/4 x 7 3/8" (24.8 x 18.7 cm). Gift of Brooke Alexander and of the artist. 312.1998. © 2025 John Baldessari. Drawings & Prints