The Grateful Dead‘s 60th anniversary celebration is extending into 2026 with a major art show dedicated to the San Francisco jam band.
Presented by the Psychedelic Arts and Culture Trust, “60 Years of the Grateful Dead” will feature six decades of artwork that have been key to the group’s legacy, including some of its iconic posters and album covers that helped define the psychedelic era.
The works are scheduled to be on view at the Chambers Project Gallery in Grass Valley from Dec. 6 through June 1.
“These are the holy grails of Grateful Dead art,” curator Brian Chambers told the Chronicle. “The original hand drawn concert posters and paintings reveal the artist’s details, decisions and corrections that reproductions can never capture.”
The original Skeleton Amidst Roses” illustration by Edmund J. Sullivan is among the artworks to be on display during the “60 Years of the Grateful Dead” exhibition in Grass Valley. (The Chambers Project)
Highlights of the show include historic acid test posters; Bill Walker’s “Anthem of the Sun” mandala, which was made for the cover of the Dead’s sophomore album of the same name; and the original 1900 “Skeleton Amidst Roses” illustration by Victorian artist Edmund J. Sullivan. The latter was adapted by artists Alton Kelley and Stanley Mouse, known as Mouse and Kelley, for 1971’s “Skull and Roses” album cover.
There will also be new limited edition Grateful Dead merchandise available exclusively at the gallery.
More Information
’60 Years of the Grateful Dead’: Dec. 6-June 1. Tickets start at $20. The Chambers Project Gallery, 627 E Main St., Grass Valley. 530-777-0330. thechambersproject.com
The night before the show opens, supergroup White Lightning is slated to perform a celebratory concert in Nevada City featuring Grahame Lesh, son of the late Grateful Dead founding bassist Phil Lesh, rock musician Pete Sears and drummer John Molo, among others.
Deadheads across the Bay Area and beyond have been celebrating the band’s 60th anniversary all year long, which included a three-night Dead & Company Golden Gate Park residency in August.
In September, the milestone was immortalized in paint when Pantone
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