The scene drew curator and press attention within weeks of its start

Evidence

6:Mekas, “MJ,” VV (5/26/66); Durkee in “MJ,” VV (6/16/66); Mekas, “MJ,” VV (6/23/66); Mekas, “MJ,” VV (5/26/66); Glueck, “Art Notes: A Little ‘Be-In’ Goes a Long Way,” NYT (5/15/66); museum staff in Naomi Feigelson, “We Are All One,” Cheetah 1 (May 1968); Harrington, “The Children’s Hour, or Curfew on McDougal [sic] St.,” VV (3/17/66), 1; Gurin, “MacD: A Losing Battle with a Turned-On Street,” VV (3/24/66), 1; Harrington, “Inevitable Explodes on St. Mark’s Place,” VV (6/16/66), 1. — J. Hoberman, Everything Is Now, 1768

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: A downtown avant-garde show outgrew its gallery space within weeks — J. Hoberman, Everything Is Now: The 1960s New York…, 731; Museum art shows became media events that immediately spawned commercial knockoffs — J. Hoberman, Everything Is Now: The 1960s New York…, 697
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: A downtown avant-garde show outgrew its gallery space within weeks — J. Hoberman, Everything Is Now: The 1960s New York…, 731; Museum art shows became media events that immediately spawned commercial knockoffs — J. Hoberman, Everything Is Now: The 1960s New York…, 697