JOHN GIORNO: NO NOSTALGIA at Marciano Art Foundation (MAF)
Exhibition Dates: October 25, 2025 – April 25, 2026
Hours: Tuesday through Saturday 11am – 6 pm
Venue: Marciano Art Foundation
Address: 4357 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90010
Link: https://marcianoartfoundation.org/exhibition/john-giorno-no-nostalgia/
Description: MAF is thrilled to reopen its second floor Window Gallery on October 25, 2025 with an exhibition devoted to the late poet, artist and activist John Giorno (1936-2019). Known for taking poetry beyond the printed page into the realms of performance, sound installation and painting, Giorno stated that he was “determined to make poetry a razor blade cutting through the ego of America’s karma.” MAF’s exhibition will bring together a select group of Giorno’s work ranging from early prints to his black-and-white text and rainbow paintings. Also on view will be a selection of materials from Giorno’s archive showing how he pieced together his poems, while demonstrating the public and private friendships that made him a force and an essential voice in the New York art scene since the 1960s. Giorno’s acclaimed work DIAL-A-POEM (first launched in 1969) will also be featured; visitors will have on-demand, 24-hour access to over 250 recordings of poems read by 132 poets, artists, musicians, and activists—all at one’s fingertips and the dial of a phone number.
JOHN GIORNO: NO NOSTALGIA is curated by MAF Director Hanneke Skerath and writer and critic Carlos Valladares for Marciano Art Foundation in collaboration with Giorno Poetry Systems.
