2025

Nadel, Dan, Laura Phipps, Scott Rothkopf, and Elizabeth Sussman, eds. Sixties Surreal. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 2025.

2022

Bishop, Janet, Nancy Lim, eds. Joan Brown. San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Berkeley: University of California Press, 2022.

2020

Adams, George, Jenelle Porter, Eva Rivlin, and Tamsin Smith. Joan Brown: Drawn From Life. New York: George Adams Gallery, 2020.

50 x 50: Stories of Visionary Artists from the Permanent Collection. San Jose, CA: di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, 2020.

2019

Building a Different Model: Selections from the di Rosa Collection. Napa, CA: di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, 2019.

One hundred drawings. New York: Matthew Marks Gallery, 2019.

2018

Molesworth, Helen, ed. One Day at a Time: Manny Farber and Termite Art. Los Angeles: Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angele; New York: Prestel, 2018.

2017

Wurm, Jan. Joan Brown: In Living Color. Richmond, CA: Richmond Art Center, 2017.

2016

Aukeman, Anastasia. Welcome to Painterland: Bruce Conner and the Rat Bastard Protective Association. Oakland, CA: University of California Press, 2016.

Faberman, Hilarie. Over the Golden Gate: 1960-1990. Paris: Tajan ArtStudio, 2016.

2014

Fortune, Brandon Brame, Wendy Wick Reaves, David C. Ward, Patricia Quealy, and John Ashbery. Face Value: Portraiture in the Age of Abstraction. Washington D.C.: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, 2014.

2009

Scala, Mark, and Susan H. Edwards. Paint Made Flesh. Nashville: Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Vanderbilt University Press, 2009.

2008

Engelbach, Barbara. Looking for Mushrooms: Beat Poets, Hippies, Funk, Minimal Art: San Francisco 1955-68. Cologne: Museum Ludwig, Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Koenig, 2008.

2005

Duncan, Michael, and Kristine McKenna. Semina Culture: Wallace Berman & His Circle. New York: Distributed Art Publishers; Santa Monica, CA: Santa Monica Museum of Art, 2005.

2003

Landauer, Susan, William H. Gerdts, and Patricia Trenton. The Not-So-Still Life: A Century of California Painting and Sculpture. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2003.

2002

Fuller, Diana Burgess, and Daniela Salvioni, eds. Art/Women/California 1950-2000: Parallels and Intersections. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2002.

2000

Landauer, Susan. The Lighter Side of Bay Area Figuration. Kansas City, MO: Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, 2000.

1998

Baas, Jacquelynn, Brenda Richardson, and Karen Tsujimoto. The Art of Joan Brown. Berkeley and Los Angeles : University of California Press ; London : University of California Press, Ltd.; Berkeley, CA: University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Oakland, CA: Oakland Museum of California, 1998.

1996

Howard, Seymour, John Natsoulas, Rebecca Solnit, Michael McClure, Bruce Nixon, John Allen Ryan, and Jack Foley. The Beat Generation Galleries and Beyond. Davis, CA: John Natsoulas Press, 1996.

Knight, Brenda. Women of the Beat Generation. Berkeley, CA: Conari Press, 1996.

Landauer, Susan. The San Francisco School of Abstract Expressionis. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press and Laguna Beach, California, 1996.

1995

Chadwick, Whitney. Working Together: Joan Brown and Manuel Neri, 1958-1964. Belmont, CA: Wiegand Gallery, College of Notre Dame, 1995.

Fineberg, Jonathan. Art Since 1940: Strategies of Being. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1995.

Smith, Richard Candida. Utopia and Dissent: Art, Poetry, and Politics in California. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1995.

1992

Brown, Christopher, and David Simpson. On Painting: The Work of Elmer Bischoff and Joan Brown. Berkeley, CA: University Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, University of California, Berkeley, 1992.

Joan Brown: Major Works from the Early 1970s. New York: Frumkin/Adams Gallery, 1992.

1991

Brown, Christopher, et al. “Joan Brown.” In Memoriam. Berkeley, CA: University of California, 1991.

1990

Jones, Caroline A. Bay Area Figurative Art: 1950-1965. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press; San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1990.

Moore, Sylvia, and Cynthia Navaretta, eds. Artists and Their Cats in Their Own Words. New York: Midmarch Arts Press, 1990.

Natsoulas, John, Bruce Nixon, and Steven Rosenzweig, eds. Lyrical Vision: The 6 Gallery 1954-1957. Davis, CA: Natsoulas/ Novelozo Gallery Press, 1990.

Solnit, Rebecca. Secret Exhibition: Six California Artists of the Cold War Era. San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1990.

1989

Albright, Thomas, ed. and Beverly Hennessey. On Art and Artists: Essays by Thomas Albright. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1989.

Hopkins, Henry T. California Painters: New Work. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1989.

Moore, Sylvia. Yesterday and Tomorrow: California Women Artists. New York: Midmarch Arts Press, 1989.

Rosen, Randy, and Catherine C. Brawer. Making Their Mark: Women Artists Move into the Mainstream, 1970-1985. New York: Abbeville Press, 1989.

San Francisco Civic Art Collection: A Guided Tour to Publicly Owned Art of the City and County of San Francisco. San Francisco: The Arts Commission of San Francisco, 1989.

Van Wagner, Judith K. Collischan. Lines of Vision: Drawings by Contemporary Women. Manchester, VT: Hudson Hills Press, 1989.

1988

Beckett, Wendy. Contemporary Women Artists. New York: Universe Books, 1988.

Roth, Moira, ed. Connecting Conversations: Interviews with 28 Bay Area Women Artists. Oakland, CA: Eucalyptus Press, Mills College, 1988

1986

Levy, Mark. Joan Brown: The Golden Age. San Diego: University Art Gallery, San Diego State University, 1986.

Martin, Alvin. American Realism: Twentieth-Century Drawings and Watercolors from the Glenn C. Janss Collection. San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1986.

1985

Albright, Thomas. Art in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1945-1980: An Illustrated History. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1985.

duPont, Diana C., Katherine Church Holland, Garna Garren Muller, and Laura L. Sueoka. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art: The Painting and Sculpture Collection. New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1985.

Lucie-Smith, Edward. American Art Now. New York: Phaidon Press Ltd., 1985.

Self-Portraits by Women Artists. Los Angeles: The Gallery at the Plaza, Security Pacific National Bank, 1985.

1984

Lauter, Estella. Women as Mythmakers: Poetry and Visual Art by Twentieth-Century Women. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1984.

Orr-Cahall, Christina, ed. The Art of California: Selected Works from the Collection of The Oakland Museum. Oakland, CA: The Oakland Museum; San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1984.

1983

Linhares, Philip E., and Charles Shere. From the Studio: Joan Brown. Oakland, CA: Mills College Art Gallery, 1983.

1982

Brown, Joan. “Profile: Joan Brown.” By Kate Horsfield. Profile, vol. 2, no. 3, 1982.

Grumpert, Lynn, Ned Rifkin, and Marcia Tucker. Early Work: Lynda Benglis, Joan Brown, Luis Jimenez, Gary Stephan, Lawrence Weiner. New York: The New Museum, 1982.

Haskell, Barbara. Focus on the Figure: Twenty Years. New York: The Whitney Museum of American Art, 1982.

Rubinstein, Charlotte Streifer. American Women Artists. New York: Avon Books, 1982

Schwartz, Sanford. The Art Presence. New York: Horizon Press, 1982.

1981

Hopkins, Henry T. 50 West Coast Artists: A Critical Selection of Painters and Sculptors Working in California by Henry Hopkins. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1981.

Osborne, Harold. The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Art. New York: Oxford University Press, 1981.

1980

Joan Brown. San Francisco: Transamerica Pyramid, 1980.

Lucie-Smith, Edward. Art in the 70s. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1980.

1979

Goodyear, Frank H. Jr. Seven on the Figure. Philadelphia: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1979.

Matrix 24: Joan Brown. Berkeley, CA: University Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley, 1979.

1978

Cathcart, Linda L. American Painting of the 1970s. Buffalo, NY: Albright-Knox Gallery, 1978.

Goldeen, Dorothy. Joan Brown, Paintings. Akron, OH: Emily H. Davis Art Gallery, The University of Akron, 1978.

San Francisco General Hospital Medical Center Collection. San Francisco: San Francisco Arts Commission, 1978.

Tucker, Marcia. “Bad” Painting. New York: The New Museum, 1978.

1975

Schapiro, Miriam, ed. Art: A Woman’s Sensibility. Santa Clarita, CA: California Institute of the Arts, 1975.

1974

Plagens, Peter. Sunshine Muse: Contemporary Art on the West Coast. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1974.

Richardson, Brenda. Joan Brown. Berkeley, CA: University Art Museum, University of California, 1974.

Schapiro, Miriam. Anonymous Was a Woman: A Documentation of the Women’s Art Festival. Sant Clarita, CA: California Institute of the Arts, 1974.

1973

Linhares, Phil. Joan Brown: The Dancers Series. San Francisco: The Emanuel Walter Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, 1973.

McChesney, Mary Fuller. A Period of Exploration: San Francisco, 1945-1950. Oakland, CA: The Oakland Museum, 1973.

1971

Foley, Suzanne. Joan Brown: Paintings. San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Art, 1971.

2023

Smith, Roberta. “Joan Brown.” The New York Times, June 2, 2023, p. C11.

Hudson, Suzanne. “Joan Brown & In the Shadow of Mt. Tam.” The Brooklyn Rail, March 2023, p. 82.

Pardee, Hearne. “Joan Brown.” The Brooklyn Rail, February 2023, pp. 71–72.

Asher, Lani. “The Many Faces of Joan Brown at SFMOMA.” Mission Local, January 18, 2023.

Bellamy, Dodie. “Transcendental Figuration: Dodie Bellamy on the Art of Joan Brown.” Artforum, February 2023.

Marler, Regina. “’Joan Doesn’t Give a damn’: The San Francisco Painter Joan Brown snubbed success at every turn.” The New York Review, March 9, 2023.

Raskin, Jonah. “Art and Propaganda: Diego Rivera and Joan Brown at SFMOMA.” San Francisco Examiner, January 10, 2023.

2022

Anderson, Sharon. “SFMOMA Presents In-Depth Joan Brown Retrospective.” Marina Times San Francisco, December 2022.

Bishop, Janet, and Nancy Lim. “A Luminous Life: Joan Brown @ SFMOMA.” Juxtapoz, December 14, 2022.

Blue, Max. “Joan Brown retrospective at SFMOMA: An honest life through art and love.” San Francisco Examiner, November 17, 2022.

Bravo, Tony. “San Francisco artist Joan Brown comes home in compelling retrospective at SFMOMA.” San Francisco Chronicle Datebook, November 19, 2022.

Hotchkiss, Sarah. “Joan Brown Was a Singular Painter — of Dogs, Cats and Richly Symbolic Spaces.” KQED, November 17, 2022.

Plagens, Peter. “‘Joan Brown’ Review: California Painting.” The Wall Street Journal, December 28, 2022.

Scott, Chad. “Joan Brown Exhibition at SFMOMA.” See Great Art, November 15, 2022.

Smith, Laura. “The Beautiful Life, Tragic Death, and Fascinating Career of Joan Brown.” California, December 1, 2022.

Takac, Balasz. “SFMOMA to Present the Most In-Depth Examination of Joan Brown’s Work in Over Two Decades.” Widewalls, November 19, 2022.

Taylor, Robert. “SFMOMA: Bay Area icon Joan Brown gets the big, quirky exhibition she deserves.” The Mercury News, December 2, 2022.

Van Proyer, Mark. “Mark Van Proyen on Joan Brown.” Square Cylinder: Northern California Art, December 7, 2022.

2021

Kuspit, Donald. “Joan Brown: George Adams Gallery.” Artforum, January 2021.

Weisberg, Madeline. “Irresistibly Weird.” Art in America, February 26, 2021.

2020

“A figurative painter’s vehicle for exploration of the self.” The Maker Magazine, November 20, 2020.

“Artful Recommends: Joan Brown at Venus Over Manhattan.” Artful, November 19, 2020.

Fateman, Johanna. “Joan Brown,” The New Yorker, December 2020.

2019

Choate, Canada. “Joan Brown: Anglim Gilbert Gallery.” Art Forum, September 2019.

2018

Hamlin, Jesse. “A Portrait of Joan Brown.” The Nob Hill Gazette, May 1, 2018.

Heinrich, Will. “What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week: ‘Samaritans.’” The New York Times, February 12, 2019.

Sang, Elliot. “10 Booths You Need to See at Frieze New York.” High Snobiety, May 2019.

“8 Booths You Won’t Want to Miss at Frieze New York 2019.” Artnet News, May 1, 2010.

2017

Carrier, David. “Artseen: Joan Brown at George Adams Gallery.” The Brooklyn Rail, November 2, 2017.

Russeth, Andrew. “September: A Bevy of Openings, a Trip to the Berkshires, a 90th Birthday Celebration.” ARTnews, September 13, 2017.

Rutland, Beau. “Critics’ Picks: Joan Brown at George Adams Gallery.” Artforum, October 13, 2017.

Van Proyen, Mark. “Shockwaves from San Francisco.” The Nob Hill Gazette, May 1, 2017.

2016

Aukeman, Anastasia. “It’s a Rat Trip, Baby: Remembering the Rat Bastard Protective Association.” Elephant 29: The Art Culture Magazine, December 1, 2016.

Boas, Natasha. “Critic’s Pick: Badass Joan Brown: Smoking and Swimming in San Francisco.” The Huffington Post, May 25, 2016.

Davis, Ben. “The Puzzle at the Heart of the Stunning New SFMOMA.” Artnet News, April 29, 2016.

Koll, Juri. “How Artists Survive: They Become Rat Bastards.” The Huffington Post, November 12, 2016.

Pagel, David. “Critic’s Choice: Joan Brown paintings at CB1-G gallery turn ordinary people into poignant stories of intrigue.” Los Angeles Times, 19 March, 2016.

P, Silka. “Tajan Exhibition to Present Bay Area Art 1960 – 1990.” Widewalls, October 19, 2016.

Russeth, Andrew. “With its New Building, SFMOMA Cements a Place on the World Stage.” Artnews, April 28, 2016.

Seed, John. “In Los Angeles: Paul Schimmel and Women Artists in the Spotlight.” Huff Post, March 11, 2016.

Seed, John. “The Early Life of Bruce Conner and His Rat Bastard Bohemia.” Hyperallergic, October 27, 2016.

Stromberg, Matt. “ArtRx LA.” Hyperallergic, March 8, 2016.

2015

Frand, Jordan. “What’s In A Face: Group Show In LA Gets Up Close And Personal.” ARTREPORT, August 14, 2015.

Griffin, Jonathan. “Joan Brown, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco.” Frieze Magazine, April 2015.

Pagel, David. “‘About Face’ a disparate collection, with each work enhanced by those around it.” Los Angeles Times, August 7, 2015.

Plagens, Peter. “From Semicartoonish to Simple Yet Subtle: Works by Joan Brown and Annette Lemieux, plus ‘Life of Cats’ at Japan Society.” The Wall Street Journal, April 10, 2015.

Rudick, Nicole. “An Endless Succession of Roles: Joan Brown’s Self Portraits.” Hyperallergic, October 31, 2015.

Russeth, Andrew. “Art of the City.” ARTnews, April 3, 2015.

Schjeldahl, Peter. “Go Figure: A Chelsea gallery surveys the weird in the wilds beyond New York.” The New Yorker, August 3, 2015.

Solomon, Deborah. “If You’re An Artist, It Pays to be in New York City.” WNYC, July 10, 2015.

Viveros-Fauné, Christian. “Freaks and Geeks Dominate Matthew Marks Survey of Alternative Artists Since the 1960s.” ArtNet News, July 31, 2015.

2014

Hodara, Susan. “At Vassar College, Canvases So Big They Are Seldom Seen.” The New York Times, November 13, 2014.

Held, John. “Joan Brown.” SFAQ, November 6, 2014.

“Picks: Reigning Cats and Dogs at Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco.” SFAQ, November 26, 2014.

Roth, David M. “Joan Brown & Kathrin Sherwood @ Paule Anglim.” Square Cylinder: Northern California Art, November 2, 2014.

Stamberg, Susan. “As Portraits Became Passé, These Artists Redefined ‘Face Value.” NPR, May 29, 2014.

Stuebner, Anton. “Joan Brown at Gallery Paule Anglim.” Art Practical, November 18, 2014.

2013

Fellah, Nadiah. “Joan Brown: Artist Out of Water.” New American Paintings, August 29, 2013.

2012

Johnson, Ken. “‘Group Shoe’ Ella Kruglyanskaya: ‘Woman! Painting! Woman!’” New York Times, July 13, 2012.

Morris, Barbara. “Joan Brown, San Jose Museum of Art.” Artillery 6, no. 4, April/May 2012.

2011

Fellah, Nadiah. “Joan Brown at the San Jose Museum of Art.” New American Paintings, October 31, 2011.

Keats, Jonathan. “The Retrospective She Deserves.” San Francisco Magazine, October 19, 2011.

Marks, Ben. “Art Reviews: Joan Brown Reveals All, and Nothing, at San Jose Museum of Art.” KQED, October 23, 2011.

Modenessi, Jennifer. “Portrait of an Artist.” Oakland Tribune TimeOut Weekend, October 14, 2011.

O’Neill-Butler, Lauren. “Joan Brown, George Adams Gallery.” Artforum, October, 2011.

Seed, John. “Joan Brown (1938-1990): Unexpected Joy.” Huffington Post, October 18, 2011.

Smith, Roberta. “Circle of Friends: Paintings, Drawings, and Sculptures by Robert Arneson, Joan Brown, Roy DeForest, Peter Saul, and William T. Wiley.” The New York Times, August 19, 2011.

Wood, Sura. “The Unsinkable Joan Brown.” The Bay Area Reporter, December 1, 2011.

2009

Dietsch, Deborah K. “Go Figure; The Human Body Gets a Workout at the Phillips Collection.” Washington Post, June 21, 2009.

2007

Cotter, Holland. “A Return Trip to a Faraway Place Called Underground.” The New York Times, January 26, 2007.

Genocchio, Benjamin. “From California, With Color.” The New York Times, June 17, 2007.

Stockinger, Jacob. “California Art Is As Diverse As State.” The Capital Times, Madison, WI, August 1, 2007.

2006

Genocchio, Benjamin. “Ties That Bind: Tracing the Story of Realism and Abstraction.” The New York Times, January 22, 2006.

Goodrich, John. “Willem De Kooning: Paintings 1975-1978; Joan Brown: The Affair.” New York Sun, May 18, 2006.

2004

Lawrence, Sidney. “California Quirks: In ‘True Artist,’ Few False Notes.” Washington Post, May 30, 2004.

Naves, Mario. “Missed Calling?” New York Observer, September 27, 2004.

Shaw-Eagle, Joanna. “Luminously Figurative; Rare Glimpse at Quirky West Coast Movement.” Washington Times, May 8, 2004.

2001

Johnson, Ken. “Galleries: 57th Street: Joan Brown: ‘Cats and Dogs.’” The New York Times, May 11, 2001.

2000

Baker, Kenneth. “Laugh Lines: San Jose Museum of Art’s ‘Lighter Side’ Features Artists Breaking with New York Orthodoxy.” San Francisco Chronicle, September 4, 2000.

Duncan, Michael. “The Self and Its Symbols.” Art in America, May 5, 2000.

1998

Art + Film. Berkeley: University of California Berkeley Art Museum + Pacific Film Archive, 1998.

Baker, Kenneth. “Brown’s Search for Self.” San Francisco Chronicle Datebook, September 26, 1998.

Hamlin, Jesse. “Connecting Art With People / Friends, colleagues remember Bay Area original Joan Brown.” San Francisco Chronicle, September 24, 1998.

Johnson, Ken. “Joan Brown at George Adams Gallery.” The New York Times, August 7, 1998.

Thym, Jolene. “The Art of Joan Brown.” Oakland Tribune, September 25, 1998.

Wasserman, Abby. “Into the Light: The Transformation of Joan Brown.” The Museum of California, vol. 22, no. 4, 1998.

1996

Jaonou, Alice. “Adventures in the Skin Trade.” World Art 3, 1996.

1994

Bonetti, David. “Exhibitions Focus on Artists’ Visions of ‘70s,” San Francisco Examiner, September 16, 1994.

1993

McNally, Owen. “Fancy & Free.” Hartford Courant (Hartford, CT), April 18, 1993.

Raynor, Vivien. “Back East, a California-Born Master of Deadpan.” The New York Times, June 6, 1993.

1992

Adams, Brooks. “Alternative Lives.” Art in America 80, January 1992.

Karlstrom, Paul J. “West Coast.” Archives of American Art Journal 32, 1992.

Ketcham, Diana. “Bischoff and Brown.” Oakland Tribune, Sunday Magazine, October 11, 1992.

Kimura, Lynne. “Bischoff and Brown Painting Retrospective.” West Art 31, September 25, 1992.

Tanner, Marcia. “Bischoff-Brown Retrospective,” San Francisco Examiner and Chronicle, Datebook, October 18, 1992.

1991

Bass, Ruth. “Joan Brown.” Art News 90, November 1991.

Liebmann, Lisa. “Joan Brown.” Artforum 30, November 1991.

Polt, Renata. “Joan Brown: A Life in Art.” The Monthly 21, no. 4, January 1991.

Schwartz, Sanford. “Between Bonnard and Dick Tracy.” The New York Times, October 6, 1991.

Swift, Harriet. “Making ‘Her Story.’” Oakland Tribune, January 17, 1991.

Swift, Harriet. “Oakland Show Dedicated to Artist.” Oakland Tribune, January 17, 1991.

1990

Allen, Jane Addams. “Back to the Figure.” Washington Post, December 15, 1990.

“Art World: Obituaries.” Art in America 78, December 1990.

Dalkey, Victoria. “Area Artists Mourn Passing of Joan Brown.” Sacramento Bee, October 29, 1990.

Gathright, Alan, Dorothy Burkhart. “Artist Turned Her Back on Early Success to Dig Deeper.” San Jose Mercury News, October 26, 1990.

Glueck, Grace. “Joan Brown, Artist and Professor, 52; Inspired by Ancients.” The New York Times, October 30, 1990.

Gomez, Edward M. “The San Francisco Rebellion.” Time 135, February 5, 1990.

“Joan Brown: California Artist.” Washington Post, October 30, 1990.

Kahn, Judith. “At Home with Joan Brown.” At Home: Bay Area Living, 1990.

Lewis, Gregory, Bill Boldenweck. “Artist Joan Brown Dies in Accident at Museum in India.” San Francisco Examiner and Chronicle, October 28, 1990.

Miller, T. Christian. “Berkeley Art Professor Killed in Accident in India.” Daily Californian, October 30, 1990.

Morris, Gay. “Report from San Francisco: Figures by the Bay.” Art in America 78, November 1990.

“Obituary.” Art in America 78, December 1990.

O’Sullivan, Chris. “UC Tribute to Artist Joan Brown.” San Francisco Examiner, November 2, 1990.

Schwartz, Stephen. “Guru Followers Killed with Joan Brown.” San Francisco Chronicle, October 30, 1990.

Smith, Roberta. “The Figurative Style from West’s Revolution.” The New York Times, August 29, 1990.

Swift, Harriet. “Memorial for Artist Joan Brown.” Oakland Tribune, November 4, 1990.

1989

Burkhart, Dorothy. “Father Figurists.” San Jose Mercury News, December 17, 1989.

Knight, Christopher. “Figurative ‘50s Works Whose Time Has Come.” Los Angeles Times, December 15, 1989.

1988

Huneven, Michelle. “The Art Artists Collect.” California 13, December 1988.

Litt, Steven. “Eight Painters United by Their Individuality.” The News and Observer/The Raleigh Times, Weekend, July 29, 1988.

Miller, Terin. “Familiar Symbols.” Arlington Citizen-Journal, January 31, 1988.

1987

Polt, Renata. “Tall Tiles.” San Francisco Examiner, Image, August 2, 1987.

Van Proyen, Mark. “Nuances of the Particular.” Artweek 18, November 7, 1987.

1986

Dubin, Zan. “An Artist’s Vision of Peace.” Los Angeles Times, September 16, 1986.

Gardner, Colin. “The Art Galleries: La Cienaga Area.” Los Angeles Times, September 19, 1986.

Lugo, Mark-Elliot. “Shortcomings Subvert the Deeper Nature of Brown’s Art.” San Diego Tribune, May 1, 1986.

McDonald, Robert. “Golden Age Pieces Are Worth A Peek.” Los Angeles Times, May 6, 1986.

McManus, Michael. “In the Years of the Tiger.” Artweek 17, May 3, 1986.

Pincus, Robert L. “Joan Brown Exhibit at SDSU Shows Her in a Fallow Period.” San Diego Union, April 24, 1986.

1985

Burkhart, Dorothy. “The Journeys of an Artist.” San Jose Mercury News, May 31, 1985.

Chadwick, Whitney. “Narrative Imagism and the Figurative Tradition in Northern California Painting.” Art Journal 45, no. 4, 1985.

Cleigh, Zenia. “Horton Plaza Gets Its First Sculpture.” San Diego Tribune, August 6, 1985.

French, Christopher. “Allegory, Imagery and Impact.” Artweek 16, March 16, 1985.

Halle, David. “Painting on a Large Scale: Arts Center Hosts Works by S.F. Artist, Other Treasures.” Fresno Bee, November 24, 1985.

Lagorio, Irene. “Good Examples of Eclecticism Viewed in Two New Exhibitions in Monterey.” Sunday Peninsula Herald, February 3, 1985.

Maréchal-Workman, Andreée. “An Interview with Joan Brown.” Expo-see Magazine, March–April 1985.

Moorman, Margaret. “Joan Brown, William T. Wiley.” Art News 84, April 1985.

Pincus, Robert L. “Art Projects for Horton Plaza Complex Are Shown” San Diego Union, March 23, 1985.

Shere, Charles. “Oakland Museum Show Strains to Cover Rich Bay Area Art Scene Since 1945.” Oakland Tribune, June 21, 1985.

1984

Glueck, Grace. “Art: How Studios Look to the Painters Who Work in Them.” The New York Times, June 29, 1984.

Russell, John. “Early Work by Jack Beal and Joan Brown.” The New York Times, March 16, 1984.

1983

Albright, Thomas. “Joan Brown’s Artistic Pilgrimage.” San Francisco Chronicle, October 13, 1983.

Boettger, Suzaan. “Joan Brown, Mills College Art Gallery.” Artforum 22, December 1983.

Fleming, Lee. “Washington D.C.: The Corcoran Biennial/ Second Western States Exhibition.” Art News 82, May 1983.

“Joan Brown.” Allan Frumkin Gallery Newsletter, Spring 1983.

Levy, Mark. “Making the Spirit Visible.” Artweek 14, October 1, 1983.

Preston, Malcolm. “Art Review: Master in Queens.” Newsday, January 7, 1983.

Shere, Charles. “Beat Artists’ Work Among Exceptional Talents Exhibited.” Oakland Tribune, October 19, 1983.

Wolff, Theodore F. “Ancient and modern self-portraits: sometimes vain, sometimes candid.” The Christian Science Monitor, January 4, 1983.

1982

Albright, Thomas. “San Francisco: Different and Indifferent Drummers.” Art News 81, January 1982.

Boettger, Suzaan. “Art History Doesn’t Quite Repeat Itself.” San Francisco Chronicle, July 10, 1982.

Boettger, Suzaan. “Consumer Guide to California Art.” Artweek, January 30, 1982.

Cohen, Ronny H. “Joan Brown.” Artforum 20, February 1982.

Coker, Gylbert. “Joan Brown: Indian Paintings and Constructions.” Art News 81, February 1982.

Larson, Kay. “Joan Brown.” New York Magazine, October 25, 1982.

Menzies, Neal. “Joan Brown: Still Enigmatic and Dazzling.” Artweek 13, March 6, 1982.

Menzies, Neal. “Joan Brown, Elena Mary Siff.” L.A. Weekly, February 12–18, 1982.

Robins, Corinne. “Ten Months of Rush-Hour Figuration.” Arts Magazine 57, September 1982.

Russell, John. “Finding Pleasure in Early Work.” The New York Times, May 9, 1982.

Stevens, Mark. “Art’s Wild Young Turks.” Newsweek 99, June 7, 1982.

Tucker, Marcia. “An Iconography of Recent Figurative Painting: Sex, Death, Violence, and the Apocalypse.” Artforum 20, Summer 1982.

Wilson, William. “Galleries.” Los Angeles Times, February 5, 1982.

1981

Albright, Thomas. “A Theme Show Without a Theme.” San Francisco Chronicle, March 20, 1981.

Curtis, Cathy. “The Eclecticism of Contemporary Abstractionists.” Artweek, vol. 2, no. 13, April 4, 1981.

Kramer, Hilton. “Joan Brown.” The New York Times, October 9, 1981.

Levin. “Joan Brown.” Village Voice, October 14-20, 1981.

March, Al. “Enjoying Abstract Art with a Wandering Mind.” The San Francisco Examiner, March 16, 1981.

Steenberg-Majewski, Claudia. “Joan Brown.” Artbeat, April 1981.

1980

Albright, Thomas. “Bay Area Art: Time of Change.” Horizon 23, July 1980.

Albright, Thomas. “A Surprising Collection of Milton Avery.” San Francisco Chronicle, February 16, 1980.

Glowen, Ron. “Joan Brown: Sheehan Gallery, Whitman College.” Vanguard Magazine, November 29, 1980.

“Joan Brown: Trip to India.” Allan Frumkin Gallery Newsletter, Fall 1980.

Russell, John. “Art: Continuity and Change at Frumkin’s.” New York Times, June 27, 1980.

Shere, Charles. “Four Exhibits by Women Artists.” Oakland Tribune, April 1, 1980.

Shere, Charles. “A Pair of Painters with New S.F. Shows.” Oakland Tribune, February 17, 1980.

Zimmer, William. “The Changes They Are-A-Timin.” Soho News, July 30, 1980.

1979

Albright, Thomas. “Spoofs of Pop Ceramics and Flea-Market Stereotypes.” San Francisco Chronicle, September 20, 1979.

Albright, Thomas. “20-Year ‘Survey’ of Works by Oliveira.” San Francisco Chronicle, September 18, 1979.

Brown, Christopher. “Joan Brown’s Figural Translations.” Artweek 10, August 11, 1979.

Brown, Joan. “Letters from Artists.” Allan Frumkin Gallery Newsletter, Fall 1979.

Donahue, Michael. “The Art Scene: Humor, Individuality Mark Works.” Memphis Press-Scimitar, Life and Leisure, October 11, 1979.

Fisher, Hal. “Joan Brown, Hansen-Fuller-Goldeen Gallery and University Art Museum; Jack Fulton, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Raymond Saunders, Stephen Wirtz Gallery.” Artforum 18, December 1979.

Lawson, Thomas. “Painting in New York: An Illustrated Guide.” Flash Art, October-November 1979.

“Swimmers.” Swim Swim 1, no. 4, September-October 1979.

1978

Albright, Thomas. “San Francisco: The Force of Universals.” Art News 77, 1978.

Albright, Thomas. “Vapid, Corny ‘Egyptiania.’” San Francisco Chronicle, March 17, 1978.

Dunham, Judith. “Brown, Schulz, Alpert—New Work.” Artweek 9, March 25, 1978.

Perlberg, Deborah. “‘Bad Painting,’ The New Museum; Stephanie Brody Lederman, Nassau County Museum of Fine Arts; Hugh Kepets, Fischbach Gallery.” Artforum 16, April 1978.

Shere, Charles. “Another Change of Direction for Joan Brown.” Oakland Tribune, March 19, 1978.

1977

Albright, Thomas. “San Francisco: Wayne Thiebaud: Outdistancing Pop,” Art News 76, February 1977.

Brown, Christopher. “Joan Brown’s Drawings, Ashland Printmakers,” Artweek 8, October 15, 1977.

Burnside, Madeleine. “Joan Brown.” in “New York Reviews,” Art News 76, February 1977.

Cardozo, Judith. “Joan Brown, Frumkin Gallery; Neil Welliver, Fischbach Gallery.” in “New York,” Artforum, February 15, 1977.

Ellenzweig, Allen. “Joan Brown,” Arts Magazine 51, February 1977.

Frueh, Joanna. “In the Time Warp with Joan Brown,” Allan Frumkin Gallery Newsletter, Fall 1977.

McColm, Del. “Dazzling Water-Lilies Dominate Art Show,” The Davis Enterprise, October 20, 1977.

Paul, April. “Drawing and Print Show Pleases Crowd,” California Aggie, September 29, 1977.

Schwartz, Sanford. “Joan Brown, Long-Distance Painter,” Art in America 65, March-April 1977.

1976

Dunham, Judith L. “Joan Brown Looks at Herself,” Artweek 7, December 18, 1976.

Frankenstein, Alfred. “Innocence and Seduction in an Art Gallery,” San Francisco Chronicle, November 26, 1976.

“Joan Brown: Painting and Swimming/Swimming and Painting,” Allan Frumkin Gallery Newsletter, Fall 1976.

Karlins, N.F. “Golden Treasure in These Shows,” East Side Express, December 2, 1976.

Kramer, Hilton. “An Occasion for Satire,” The New York Times, July 2, 1976.

Kramer, Hilton. “Art: The Modern’s New Masterworks,” The New York Times, December 3, 1976.

Morrison, C.L. “Jim Nutt, Phyllis Kind Gallery; Joan Brown, Allan Frumkin Gallery; Bruce Conner, Museum of Contemporary Art.” in “Chicago,” Artforum 14, January 1976.

Shere, Charles. “The Deceptive Simplicity of a Fast-Rising Painter,” Oakland Tribune, December 19, 1976.

Warnecke, Grace. “Why Joan Brown Swims the Bay,” San Francisco Examiner and Chronicle, California Living, December 5, 1976.

Wilson, William. “Art Walk: A Critical Guide to the Galleries,” Los Angeles Times, June 18, 1976.

1975

Albright, Thomas. “Myth Makers,” The Art Gallery 18, February 1975.

Albright, Thomas. “Spacious Claustrophobia.” in “San Francisco,” Art News 74, October 1975.

Dunham, Judith L. “Joan Brown’s New Paintings,” Artweek 6, September 6, 1975.

Ellenzweig, Allen. “Group Show,” Arts Magazine 50, October 1975.

Frankenstein, Alfred. “The Art World: The Show of the Week,” San Francisco Chronicle, August 7, 1975.

Fuller, Mary. “Interview with Joan Brown,” Currant Art Magazine, August-September 1975.

Schulze, Franz. “Who’s Who in Chicago Art: It’s According to Doyle,” Chicago Daily News, Panorama, October 11-12, 1975.

Shere, Charles. “Institute Marks Another Centennial,” Oakland Tribune, October 26, 1975.

1974

Albright, Thomas. “Direct and Oblique Paintings,” San Francisco Chronicle, March 20, 1974.

Butterfield, Jan. “Joan Brown at the University Art Museum.” in “San Francisco.” Art in America 62, May-June 1974.

Derfner, Phyllis. “New York Letter,” Art International 18, December 15, 1974.

Dunham, Judith L., “Expressionist on the Heights,” Pacific Sun, April 18-24, 1974.

Dunham, Judith L., “Joan Brown Retrospective.” Review. Artweek 5, March 30, 1974.

Ellenzweig, Allen. “Joan Brown.” in “Reviews,” Arts Magazine 49, December 1974.

Frank, Peter. “Joan Brown.” in “Reviews,” Art News 73, December 1974.

Frankenstein, Alfred. “Joan Brown’s World—Power, Humor, Insight,” San Francisco Examiner and Chronicle, This World, March 10, 1974.

Kramer, Hilton. “Poetic Light Emerges in Leonid’s Paintings,” The New York Times, October 5, 1974.

“Looking at People,” Aquatic World 2, no. 6, November 1974.

Markell, Jon. “From Bottom to Top, Magnificence to Insipidity at the UAM,” Daily Californian Arts Magazine, April 19, 1974.

Shere, Charles. “Retrospection in Art as It Should Be,” Oakland Tribune, March 17, 1974.

Tager, Ruth. “Luck, Talent Brought West Coast Artist Fame,” The Courier [Urbana, Ill], March 24, 1974.

Tarshis, Jerome. “Huckleberry Duchamp.” in “San Francisco,” Art News 73, May 1974.

Yee, Diane. “Life in Water Colors,” Aquatic World 2, no. 4, July 1974.

1973

Albright, Thomas. “Bay Area Myth Makers,” San Francisco Chronicle, September 11, 1973.

Albright, Thomas. “Four Ways of Seeing a Model,” San Francisco Chronicle, September 26, 1973.

Azara, Nancy. “Artists in Their Own Image,” Ms. 1, no. 7, January 1973.

Dunham, Judith L. “Joan Brown’s ‘Dancer Series.’” Artweek 4, September 22, 1973.

Dunham, Judith L. “The Nude—Seen by Four Artists,” Artweek 4, October 13, 1973.

Plagens, Peter. “‘A Period of Exploration: San Francisco, 1945-1950,’ The Oakland Museum; Joan Brown: San Francisco Art Institute; Terry Fox: University Art Museum, Berkeley.” in “Reviews,” Artforum 12, December 1973.

1971

Albright, Thomas. “Contrasts and Continuity.” San Francisco Chronicle, October 7, 1971.

Albright, Thomas. “Four Major S.F. Artists.” San Francisco Chronicle, June 24, 1971.

McCann, Cecile N. “Joan Brown’s Neo-Naives.” Artweek 2, July 10, 1971.

1970

Albright, Thomas. “Tripping the Light Fantasies at Art Gallery.” San Francisco Chronicle, May 19, 1970.

Johnson, Charles. “Art Views: Conceptual Art at Crocker, ‘Strangled Stability’ at SSC.” Sacramento Bee, April 5, 1970.

1968

Cross, Miriam Dungan. “Photographs, Art at Mills.” Oakland Tribune, December 8, 1968.

French, Palmer D. “The San Francisco Art Institute’s Annual Invitational Drawing Show.” Artforum 6, April 1968.

1967

Albright, Thomas. “Strong Contracts at the Hansen.” San Francisco Chronicle, October 13, 1967.

Monte, James. “Making It with Funk.” Artforum 5, Summer 1967.

1966

Willard, Charlotte. “Eyes to I.” Art in America 54, March-April 1966.

1965

Marmer, Nancy. “Los Angeles Letter.” Art International 9, February 1965.

Marmer, Nancy. “Manuel Neri, Joan Brown, David Stuart Galleries.” Artforum 3, January 1965.

1964

Beck, James H. “Joan Brown.” Art News 63, March 1964.

Coplans, John. “Circle of Styles on the West Coast.” Art in America 52, June 1964.

French, Palmer D. “Mel Henderson, Matt Glavin, Dennis Beal, Joan Brown.” Artforum 2, June 1964.

Harrison, Jane. “Joan Brown.” Arts Magazine 38, March 1964.

Mills, Paul. “Bay Area Figurative.” Art in America 52, June 1964.

1963

Leider, Philip. “Joan Brown: Her Work Illustrates the Progress of a San Francisco Mood.” Artforum 1, June 1963

“Magazine Honors SF Artist.” San Francisco Progress, January 16, 1963.

“Mlle’s Next Word: Speculations.” Mademoiselle, January 1963.

Schoneberg, S.C. “Joan Brown.” Artforum 1, February 1963.

Wholden, Rosland G. “Gallery Artists.” Artforum 1, March 1963.

1962

Coplans, John. “The Nude.” Artforum 1, November 1962.

McKinney, Joan. “Success Story of an Artist.” San Francisco Chronicle, December 31, 1962.

Wallace, Dean. “Brazilians and Nudes Invade the Galleries.” San Francisco Chronicle, This World, September 1962.

1961

Bloomfield, A.J. “An Unrewarding Visit to Galleries.” San Francisco News—Call Bulletin, January 24, 1961.

Lipman, Jean and Cleve Gray. “The Amazing Inventiveness of Women Painters.” Cosmopolitan 151, October 1961.

Raynor, Vivien. “Joan Brown.” Arts 35, March 1961.

Sandler, Irving H. “Joan Brown.” Art News 60, March 1961.

1960

Crehen, Hubert. “Joan Brown.” in “Reviews and Previews,” Art News 59, March 1960.

Kramer, Hilton. “Month in Review,” Arts 35, October 1960.

Petersen, Valerie. “Young Americans Seen and Heard,” Art News 59, November 1960.

Raynor, Vivien. “Joan Brown.” in “Reviews and Previews,” Art News 34, April 1960.

Ventura, Anita. “Joan Brown.” in “In the Galleries,” Arts 34, April 1960.

Willard, Charlotte. “Women of American Art,” Look 24, September 27, 1960.

1958

Wallace, Dean. “A Look at New Talent in the Local Art Galleries.” San Francisco Sunday Chronicle, This World, November 9, 1958.

1957

Lewis, Shirley. “The Shape of a Lady.” San Francisco Progress, January 17, 1957.

Walker, Dorothy. “Painters Shy? These Youngsters Invited Critics to Joint Exhibit.” San Francisco News, January 26, 1957.