Celestial Arts (c. 1967 - 2010) is a San Francisco Bay Area publisher that has been located in Berkeley and Millbrae at different points in its history. Founded by Hal Kramer (d. 2008) as a 'New Age' publisher in the counterculture climate of late 1960s San Francisco, the company has produced a wide range of printed works and was especially known in its early years for political broadsides and posters made for rock bands. The company was acquired by prominent film produced Gary Kurtz (1940 - 2018) and then, in 1983, sold to Ten Speed Press (founded 1971), which was in turn acquired by Random House in 2019 and is now part of their Crown Publishing Group division of Random House. Publications under the imprint of Celestial Arts dropped off over the years and appear to have ceased altogether around 2011.

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