PUBLICATIONS
Information is available here on selected publications written or edited by Beardsley: books, exhibition catalogs, anthologies, essays about art and essays about landscape design.
James Castle: Memory Palace
By John Beardsley, foreword by Jacqueline Crist. Boise: James Castle Collection and Archive in association with Yale University
Landscape and the Academy
John Beardsley and Daniel Bluestone, eds. Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 2019. Proceedings of Dumbarton
Cultural Landscape Heritage in Sub-Saharan Africa
John Beardsley, editor. Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 2016. Proceedings of Dumbarton Oaks Colloquium on
Designing Wildlife Habitats
John Beardsley, editor. Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 2013. Proceedings of Dumbarton Oaks Colloquium on
Women, Modernity, and Landscape Architecture
Sonja Dümpelmann and John Beardsley, eds. Milton Park, England: Routledge, 2015. “A ‘must read’ for anyone interested in
Landscape Journal 31, nos. 1 and 2 (2012)
Edited with Judith Wasserman. Special double issue on the work of landscape architect Lawrence Halprin. Read the table
LandscapeBodyDwelling: Charles Simonds at Dumbarton Oaks
By John Beardsley with essays by Joanne Pillsbury, Germano Celant, and Ann Reynolds, with bibliographic information by Linda
Mario Schjetnan: Landscape, Architecture, and Urbanism
By John Beardsley, Washington, D.C.: Spacemaker Press, 2007 A monograph on the Mexican architect and landscape architect.
Earthworks and Beyond: Contemporary Art in the Landscape
New York: Abbeville Press, 1984; second edition 1989; third edition 1998; fourth edition 2006
Thornton Dial in the 21st Century
Curated and with essays by William Arnett, John Beardsley, Alvia J. Wardlaw, and Jane Livingston. With additional essays
Gee’s Bend: The Women and Their Quilts
By John Beardsley, William Arnett, Paul Arnett, and Jane Livingston, with an introduction by Alvia Wardlaw and foreword
The Quilts of Gees Bend
By John Beardsley, William Arnett, Paul Arnett, and Jane Livingston, with an introduction by Alvia J. Wardlaw and
Private Worlds: Classic Outsider Art from Europe
John Beardsley and Roger Cardinal, curators. Katonah, NY, Katonah Museum of Art, 1998. The catalogue of an exhibition
Art And Landscape In Charleston And The Low Country
By John Beardsley, with contributions by Roberta Kefalos and Theodore Rosengarten; principal photography by Len Jenshel. Washington, D.C.:
Gardens of Revelation: Environments by Visionary Artists
By John Beardsley; principal photography by James Pierce. New York: Abbeville Press, 1995. “It is hard to imagine
Spirits: Selections from the Collection of Geoffrey Holder and Carmen de Lavallade
By John Beardsley, Katonah, New York: Katonah Museum of Art, 1991. A cross-section of work from the collection
Hispanic Art in the United States: Thirty Contemporary Painters and Sculptors
By John Beardsley and Jane Livingston, with an essay by Octavio Paz. New York: Abbeville Press, for the
A Landscape for Modern Sculpture: The Storm King Art Center
Text by John Beardsley. Photographs by David Finn. New York: Abbeville Press, 1985. The first monograph on the
Modern Painters at the Corcoran: Sam Gilliam
Washington, D. C.: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1983. The catalogue of an exhibition of the same name.
Black Folk Art in America, 1930-1980
By Jane Livingston and John Beardsley, with a contribution by Regenia Perry. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi and
Art In Public Places: A Survey of Community-Sponsored Projects Supported by the National Endowment for the Arts
Washington, D. C.: Partners for Livable Places, 1981. An account of the Art in Public Places program from
Probing the Earth: Contemporary Land Projects
Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press for the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, 1977. The catalogue of an exhibition