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Summary: An interview with Mark Dean Johnson conducted 2023 November 8-9, by Melissa Ho for the Archives of American Art, at Johnson's home in San Francisco, California.
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Oral history interview with Mark Dean Johnson, 2023 November 8-9
Johnson, Mark Dean, 1953-
Curator, Educator, Art historian
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Biographical/Historical Note
Mark Dean Johnson (1953- ) is an art historian and curator based in San Francisco, California. His exhibitions related to Native American and Asian American artists have made significant contributions to the field of art history; he is professor emeritus at San Francisco State University.
Interviewer Melissa Ho (1970- ) is the curator of 20th-century art at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, DC.
Provenance
This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.
Language Note
English .
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