Selected Publications

Selected Monographs & Exhibition Catalogues

Glenn Ligon: Untitled (I Am a Man). Text by Gregg Bordowitz. London: Afterall One Work series, 2018.

Glenn Ligon: Untitled (I Am a Man). Text by Gregg Bordowitz. London: Afterall One Work series, 2018.

Blue Black. Texts by Glenn Ligon and Fred Moten. St. Louis: Pulitzer Arts Foundation, 2017.

Blue Black. Texts by Glenn Ligon and Fred Moten. St. Louis: Pulitzer Arts Foundation, 2017.

Negro Sunshine / 黒人の太陽. Tokyo: Rat Hole Gallery, 2016.

Negro Sunshine / 黒人の太陽. Tokyo: Rat Hole Gallery, 2016.

Glenn Ligon: Encounters and Collisions. Texts by Gregg Bordowitz, Alex Farquharson, Glenn Ligon, and Francesco Manacorda. London: Tate Publishing, 2015.

Glenn Ligon: Encounters and Collisions. Texts by Gregg Bordowitz, Alex Farquharson, Glenn Ligon, and Francesco Manacorda. London: Tate Publishing, 2015.

A People on the Cover. Texts by Glenn Ligon. London: Ridinghouse, 2015.

A People on the Cover. Texts by Glenn Ligon. London: Ridinghouse, 2015.

Glenn Ligon: AMERICA. Edited by Scott Rothkopf. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, distributed by Yale University Press, 2011.

Glenn Ligon: AMERICA. Edited by Scott Rothkopf. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, distributed by Yale University Press, 2011.

Yourself in the World: Selected Writings and Interviews. Edited by Scott Rothkopf. Texts by Glenn Ligon. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2011.

Yourself in the World: Selected Writings and Interviews. Edited by Scott Rothkopf. Texts by Glenn Ligon. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2011.

Glenn Ligon – Some Changes. Edited by Wayne Baerwaldt and Thelma Golden. Texts by Darby English, Wayne Koestenbaum, Huey Copeland, and Mark Nash. Interview with Glenn Ligon and Stephen Andrews. Toronto: The Power Plant.

Glenn Ligon – Some Changes. Edited by Wayne Baerwaldt and Thelma Golden. Texts by Darby English, Wayne Koestenbaum, Huey Copeland, and Mark Nash. Interview with Glenn Ligon and Stephen Andrews. Toronto: The Power Plant.

Selected Essays & Articles

Copeland, Huey. "Glenn Ligon and the Matter of Fugitivity." In Bound to Appear: Art, Slavery and the Sites of Blackness In Multicultural America. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 2013: 108-150.

Copeland, Huey. "Glenn Ligon and the Matter of Fugitivity." In Bound to Appear: Art, Slavery and the Sites of Blackness In Multicultural America. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 2013: 108-150.

Thompson, Krista. "'Negro Sunshine': Figuring Blackness in the Neon Art of Glenn Ligon." In Black Is, Black Ain’t. Ed. Hamza Walker. Chicago: The Renaissance Society, 2013: 14-25.

Thompson, Krista. "'Negro Sunshine': Figuring Blackness in the Neon Art of Glenn Ligon." In Black Is, Black Ain’t. Ed. Hamza Walker. Chicago: The Renaissance Society, 2013: 14-25.

English, Darby. "Painting Problems." In How to See A Work of Art in Total Darkness. Cambridge, MA: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007: 200-54.

English, Darby. "Painting Problems." In How to See A Work of Art in Total Darkness. Cambridge, MA: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007: 200-54.

Nixon, Mignon. “On The Couch.” October, no. 113 (Summer 2005): 39–76.

Nixon, Mignon. “On The Couch.” October, no. 113 (Summer 2005): 39–76.

Interviews & Artist's Writings

Featured
Ligon, Glenn. “Roots/Routes.” In Jason Moran. Minneapolis: Walker Art Center, 2018, 113-128.

Ligon, Glenn. “Roots/Routes.” In Jason Moran. Minneapolis: Walker Art Center, 2018, 113-128.

Ligon, Glenn. “Neon Sign, None Sing.” In Bruce Nauman: Disappearing Acts. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 2018: 162-66.

“Neon Sign, None Sing.” In Bruce Nauman: Disappearing Acts. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 2018: 162-66.

"Questionnaire: Glenn Ligon." Frieze.com, 2017

Ligon, Glenn. "Questionnaire: Glenn Ligon." Frieze.com, 2017.

Ligon, Glenn. "On the Ground." In Julie Mehretu: Grey Paintings. New York: Marian Goodman Gallery, 2016: 79-85.

Ligon, Glenn. "On the Ground." In Julie Mehretu: Grey Paintings. New York: Marian Goodman Gallery, 2016: 79-85.

Lax, Thomas J. and Glenn Ligon. "You Without Me, Me Without You." In James 'Son Ford' Thomas: The Devil and His Blues. New York: Karma, 2016: 121-143.

Lax, Thomas J. and Glenn Ligon. "You Without Me, Me Without You." In James 'Son Ford' Thomas: The Devil and His Blues. New York: Karma, 2016: 121-143.

“Duro Olowo in Conversation with Glenn Ligon.” In Making & Unmaking. London: Camden Arts Centre and Ridinghouse, 7-16.

“Duro Olowo in Conversation with Glenn Ligon.” In Making & Unmaking. London: Camden Arts Centre and Ridinghouse, 2016: 7-16.

Ligon, Glenn. “The Rest is Silence: Glenn Ligon on Agnes Martin.” Artforum 53, no. 10 (Summer 2015): 278.

Ligon, Glenn. “The Rest is Silence: Glenn Ligon on Agnes Martin.” Artforum 53, no. 10 (Summer 2015): 278.

“In conversation: Glenn Ligon and Stephen Andrews.” In Stephen Andrews: POV. Toronto, Ontario: Art Gallery of Ontario, 2015: 78-110.

“In conversation: Glenn Ligon and Stephen Andrews.” In Stephen Andrews: POV. Toronto, Ontario: Art Gallery of Ontario, 2015: 78-110.

Ligon, Glenn. “On the Hour, On the Times.” In Lynette Yiadom-Boakye: Verses After Dusk. London: Serpentine Gallery and Koenig Books Ltd, 2015: 104-111.

Ligon, Glenn. “On the Hour, On the Times.” In Lynette Yiadom-Boakye: Verses After Dusk. London: Serpentine Gallery and Koenig Books Ltd, 2015: 104-111.

Ligon, Glenn. “Blue Black.” In Chris Ofili: Night and Day. New York: Skira Rizzoli, 2014: 79-95.

Ligon, Glenn. “Blue Black.” In Chris Ofili: Night and Day. New York: Skira Rizzoli, 2014: 79-95.

Ligon, Glenn. “Where the Feeling and Everything Is.” In Zoe Leonard: Available Light. New York and London: Dancing Fox Press/Ridinghouse, 2014: 136-139.

Ligon, Glenn. “Where the Feeling and Everything Is.” In Zoe Leonard: Available Light. New York and London: Dancing Fox Press/Ridinghouse, 2014: 136-139.

Ligon, Glenn. “Thomas Is a Trip.” Artforum 52, no. 3 (November 2013): 228-232.

Ligon, Glenn. “Thomas Is a Trip.” Artforum 52, no. 3 (November 2013): 228-232.

Ligon, Glenn. “The Wire and the Blues.” In Blues for Smoke. Munich, London and New York: Del Monico Books/Prestel, 2012: 67-75.

Ligon, Glenn. “The Wire and the Blues.” In Blues for Smoke. Munich, London and New York: Del Monico Books/Prestel, 2012: 67-75.

Ligon, Glenn. “Kelley Walker’s Negro Problem.” Parkett 87 (2010): 18–27.

Ligon, Glenn. “Kelley Walker’s Negro Problem.” Parkett 87 (2010): 18–27.

Ligon, Glenn. “To Miss New Orleans.” Artforum 47, no. 5 (January 2009): 168–71.

Ligon, Glenn. “To Miss New Orleans.” Artforum 47, no. 5 (January 2009): 168–71.

Ligon, Glenn. “Housing in New York: A Brief History, 1960–2007.” In Eminent Domain: Contemporary Photography and The City. New York: The New York Public Library, 2008.

Ligon, Glenn. “Housing in New York: A Brief History, 1960–2007.” In Eminent Domain: Contemporary Photography and The City. New York: The New York Public Library, 2008.

Ligon, Glenn. “My Felix.” Artforum 45, no. 10 (Summer 2007): 125–28.

Ligon, Glenn. “My Felix.” Artforum 45, no. 10 (Summer 2007): 125–28.

Ligon, Glenn. “Black Light: David Hammons and the Poetics of Emptiness.” Artforum 43, no. 1 (September 2004): 242–49.

Ligon, Glenn. “Black Light: David Hammons and the Poetics of Emptiness.” Artforum 43, no. 1 (September 2004): 242–49.

Ligon, Glenn. “A Feast of Scraps.” In The Masculine Masquerade: Masculinity and Representation. 1995

Ligon, Glenn. “A Feast of Scraps.” Text and portfolio. In The Masculine Masquerade: Masculinity and Representation. Edited by Andrew Perchuk and Helaine Posner. Cambridge, MA: MIT List Visual Arts Center / MIT Press, 1995: 89–99.