[1] He studied briefly at Montclair State Teachers College, after which he enrolled in a poetry workshop at the New School for Social Research.
[1] From 1985 to 1989, he was the first professional curator at the Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art in Staten Island.
[2] From 2004 until 2014, he wrote a blog called Artopia: John Perreault's art diary.
[5][6][7] He championed the avant garde, including Minimalism, Land Art, and Pattern & Decoration.
"[12] Perreault also praised Alice Neel's portrait of the art historian Linda Nochlin (now at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston),[13] calling it "a knock-out" and remarking that "Nochlin looks as if she has just had about enough of Courbet, whereas her daughter is the perfect imp.
[21] Later, he aimed "to attack what he calls the art supplies racket" by using "alternate media," such as Colgate toothpaste and oil-soaked beach sand.
[21] In 2008, Perreault married Jeff Weinstein, his partner of 32 years, in Provincetown, Massachusetts, after same-sex marriage was legalized there.