Periodicals

1955
Wilcock, John. "The Village Square." The Village Voice, (First issue), 26 October.

1964
Gablik, Suzi. "700 Collages by Ray Johnson." Location, edited by Thomas B. Hess and Harold Rosenberg, Summer, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 55-58.

1966
Ashton, Dore. "New York Commentary." Studio International, London, July, Vol. 172, No. 879, pp. 46-47.

1966
Wilson, William. "Ray Johnson: NY Correspondance School." Art and Artists, London, April, Vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 54-57.

1968
Pincus-Witten, Robert. "Ray Johnson," (Richard Feigen Gallery). Artforum, Summer, Vol. VI, No. 10, pp. 51-52.

1970
Wilson, William. "Ray Johnson: Letters of Reference." Arts Magazine, February, Vol. 44, No. 4, pp. 28-30.

1971
Henry, Gerrit. "New York Letter." Art International, Lugano, Switzerland, summer, Vol. XV/6, 1972, pp. 80-81.
Johnson, Ray. "Follow Instructions Below." Arts Magazine, November, Vol. 46,No. 2, pp. 42-44. Rimbaud mailing event.

1972
Martin, Henry. "Mashed Potatoes: Henry Martin Looks at the Collages of Ray Johnson." Art and Artists, London, May, Vol. 7, No. 2, Issue No. 74, pp. 22-25.
Johnson, Ray. "I work very slowly," Arte Milano, Milan, May.

1973
Campbell, Lawrence. "The Ray Johnson History of the Betty Parsons Gallery." Art News, January, Vol. 72, No. 1, pp. 56-57.
Johnson, Ray. "Buddha University. Rubber." Flash Art, Milan, Italy, June, No. 41, pp. 12-13.

1977
Plunkett, Edward M., Lawrence Alloway, John Russell, Suzi Gablik, William Wilson, Henry Martin, Robert Pincus-Witten, Karen Shaw, Robert Rosenblum, Lucy R. Lippard, Tommy Mew, Toby R. Spiselman. "Send Letters, Postcards, Drawings, and Objects..." Art Journal, Spring, Vol. XXXVI, No. 3, pp. 233-241.

1978
Spodarek, Diane and Randy Delbeke. "Ray Johnson Interview." Detroit Artists Monthly, February, Vol.3, No. 2, pp. 3-9.

1983
Glueck, Grace. "A Witty Master of the Deadpan Spoof," the New York Times, 19 February.

1984
Henry, Gerrit. "Ray Johnson: Collage Jester," Art in America, vol. 72, no. 11, December, pp. 139 - 141.
Johnson, Ray. "Mail Art Then: Ray Johnson Speaks." Franklin Furnace Flue, vol. 4, no. 3/4, Winter, pp. 14-17.
Martin, Henry. "Should an Eyelash Last Forever? An Interview with Ray Johnson." Lotta Poetica, yr. 2, no. 6, February, pp. 3-24.

1995
Ebony, David. "Ray Johnson, from The Paper Snake to Shelley Duvall," New Observations, "Bookworks," guest ed. Valery Oisteanu. Issue #106, May-June.

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Books

c. 1955
Johnson, Ray. BOO/K/OF/THE/MO/NTH. New York: Ray Johnson.

c. 1957
Johnson, Ray. P/EEK/A/BOO/K/OFTHE/WEE/K. New York:Ray Johnson.

1965
The Paper Snake by Ray Johnson. Contribution by William Wilson. New York: Something Else Press.

1966
Lippard, Lucy R. Pop Art. Contributions by Lawrence Alloway, Nancy Marmer and Nicolas Calas. New York: Frederick A. Praeger, p. 75.

1969
Russell, John, and Suzi Gablik. Pop Art Redefined. London: Thames and Hudson. pp. 17, 85-87, 236, reproductions # 47,48,49,50 & on pp. 18,19.

1973
Lippard, Lucy R., ed. Six Years: The Dematerialization of the Art Object from 1966-1972. New York: Frederick A Praeger, pp. 5-9.

1977
Wilson, William, ed. Ray Johnson Ray Johnson. New York: Between Books Press. Includes Ray Johnson - John Willenbecher. New York: Between Books Press.

c. 1977
Johnson, Ray. A Book About Death. A collection of offset pages.

1984
Crane, Michael and Mary Stofflet, eds. Correspondence Art: Source Book for the Network of International Postal Art Activity. San Francisco: Contemporary Arts Press.

1990
Livingstone, Marco. Pop Art: A Continuing History. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc. pp. 28-29, 250, ill. pp. 14, 28.

1992
Johnson, Ray. A Book About Cranky Ant and other books, Museum of Modern Art, Special Collection.

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Exhibition Catalogues

1959
Houston. Contemporary Arts Association of Houston. Out of the Ordinary (26 November-27 December).

1963
Oakland. Oakland Art Museum and the California College of Arts and Crafts. Pop Art USA (7-29 September).

1966
Philadelphia. The Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania. The Other Tradition (27 January-7 March).

1967
Chicago. Museum of Contemporary Art. Pictures to be Read/Poetry to be Seen (24 October-3 December).

1969
Vancouver. The Fine Arts Gallery, University of British Columbia. Concrete Poetry: An Exhibition in Four Parts.

1970
New York. Whitney Museum of American Art. Ray Johnson: New York Correspondence School Exhibition (September 2 - October 6).
Chicago. Richard L. Feigen Gallery. Ray Johnson: Dollar Bill Show.

1972
Milan, Italy. Galleria Schwarz. Famous People's Mother's Potato Mashers (5 May-29 April).

1973
London. Angela Flowers Gallery. Ray Johnson.

1976
Raleigh, North Carolina. North Carolina Museum of Art. Correspondence. An Exhibition of the Letters of Ray Johnson (31 October-5 December).

1984
New York. Roslyn Harbor, New York. Nassau County Museum of Fine Art. Works by Ray Johnson (7 February - 8 April).

1985
New South Wales. Art Gallery of New South Wales. Pop Art 1955 - 70 (February 27 - April 14).

1991
Philadelphia. Goldie Paley Gallery, Moore College of Art and Design. More Works by Ray Johnson
London. Royal Academy of Arts. Pop Art (September 13 - December 15).

1992
Madrid. Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Arte Pop (June 16 - September 14). Exhibition from Royal Academy 1991.
Montreal. The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Pop Art (October 23, 1992 - January 24, 1993).

1993
Barcelona. Mail Art Exhibition (July 12 - 31).

1995
New York. The Richard L. Feigen & Co. Ray Johnson: A Memorial Exhibition. (27 April - 16 June, extended through 15 August).
New York. Whitney Museum of American Art, Beat Culture and the New America, 1950-1965
(November 9, 1995-February 4, 1996). Paris - New York: Flammarion. p. 59, 256, 274.

1996
Los Angeles. The Museum of Contemporary Art. Art and Film Since 1945: Hall of Mirrors (March 17-July 28; The Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 21-January 5, 1997; Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, June 1997-Sept. 1997; The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Oct. 11-Jan. 21, 1998).

1997
Portugal. Centro Cultural de Belém. The Pop '60s: Transatlantic Crossing (September 11 - November 17).
North Carolina. Black Mountain College Museum and Arts Center. Black Mountain College Dossiers No. 4: Ray Johnson.

1999
Vancouver, British Columbia. Ray Johnson: How Sad I Am Today.... Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver.
Columbus, Ohio. Ray Johnson: Correspondences. Wexner Center for the Arts, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Oio, and Flammarion, Paris-New York. 1999.

2003
Oslo, Norway. The Name of the Game: Ray Johnson's Postal Performance. The National Museum of Contemporary Art.

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Obituary or Memorial Articles - 1995

Bass, Ruth. "Ray Johnson (Richard L. Feigen)." ARTnews, September 1995.

Bourdon, David, Robert Pincus-Witten, Nam June Paik, Chuck Close, Jill Johnston, James Rosenquist. "Returned to Sender: Remembering Ray Johnson". Artforum, Vol. XXXIII, No. 8, April 1995, pp. 70-75, 106, 111-113.

Bourdon, David. "Cosmic Ray," Art in America, October, 1995.

Cotter, Holland. "Notes to the World (or Bend, Fold and Spindle)," Art in America, October, 1995.

Hurt, Harry III. "A Performance-Art Death". New York Magazine. Vol. 28, No. 10, March 6, 1995, pp. 24-25.

Smith, Roberta. "Famous for Being Unknown, Ray Johnson has a Fitting Survey," New York Times. Friday, May 19, 1995.

Trebay, Guy. "Backstroking into Oblivion: The Riddle of ray Johnson's Suicide." The Village Voice, January 31, 1995.