1991

原初火球 = Cai Guo-Qiang: Primeval Fireball. Edited by Kanesaka Rumiko. Tokyo: P3 art and environment, 1991. [Exh. cat. In English and Japanese]

1994

蔡國強:環太平洋より = Cai Guo-Qiang: From the Pan-Pacific. Edited by Akihiko Hirano, Hiroko Takeuchi, Iwaki City Art Museum. Iwaki: Iwaki City Art Museum, 1994. [Exh. cat. In English and Japanese]

混沌:蔡國強 = Chaos: Cai Guo-Qiang. Edited by Hasegawa Yuko and Masatoshi Tatsumi. Tokyo and Osaka: Setagaya Art Museum and Nomart Editions Inc., 1994. [Exh. cat. In English and Japanese]

1997

Farver, Jane, and Reiko Tomii. Cai Guo-Qiang: Cultural Melting Bath: Projects for the 20th Century. New York City: Queens Museum of Art, 1997. [Exh. cat. In English and Chinese]

Barmé, Geremie R., and Anneli Fuchs. Cai Guo-Qiang: Flying Dragon in the Heavens. Humlebaek: Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, 1997. [Exh. cat. In Danish and English]

1998

Cai Guo-Qiang, and Masatoshi Tatsumi. 胡思亂想:蔡國強 = Day Dreaming: Cai Guo-Qiang. Taipei: Eslite Gallery, 1998. [Exh. cat. In Chinese and English]

1999

Matt, Gerald, Rosa Martínez, Michael Wenzel, and Yuko Hasegawa. Cai Guo-Qiang: I Am the Y2K Bug. Edited by Gerald Matt. Vienna: Kunsthalle Wien, 1999. [Exh. cat. In German and English]

2000

Fei Dawei, and Andrei Ujica. Cai Guo-Qiang. Edited by Fei Dawei. London: Thames & Hudson and Paris: Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, 2000. [Exh. cat. In English]

2002

Cai Guo-Qiang, Yuko Hasegawa, Tsai-Chin Ni, Qing Zhang, and Qing-Hui Zeng. 蔡国强艺术展 = Cai Guo-Qiang. Shanghai: Shanghai Art Museum, 2002. [Exh. cat. In Chinese]

Cavallucci, Fabio, Hanru Hou, Pier Luigi Tazzi, and Monica Damattè. Cai Guo-Qiang. Trento: Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea, 2002. [Exh. cat. In Italian and English]

Fei Dawei, François Jullien, Jan Hoet, Nanjo Fumio, Thierry Raspail, Mingxian Wang, and Jerome Sans. Cai Guo-Qiang: An Arbitrary History = Une Histoire Arbitraire. Edited by Annie Perez. Lyon: Musée d’Art Contemporain de Lyon and Milan: 5 Continents Editions, 2002. [Exh. cat. In English and French]

Cai Guo-Qiang. 蔡國強といわきと彼の作品 = Cai Guo-Qiang and Iwaki with His Drawing Works 1980-2002. Fukushima: YES corporation, 2002. [Exh. cat. In English and Japanese]

Toshio, Matsumura, and Tatehata Akira. 蔡國強の茶室 : 岡倉天心へのオマージュ = Cai Guo-Qiang’s CHADO Pavilion: Homage to Tenshin Okakura. Kanagawa: The Hakone Open-Air Museum, 2002. [Exh. cat. In English and Japanese]

Cai Guo-Qiang. 蔡国强:胡思乱想 = Cai Guo-Qiang: Day Dreaming. Shanghai: Yishu Shijie Magazine, 2002. [Exh. cat. In English and Chinese]

2003

Dal Lago, Francesca, Britta Erickson, Nico Stringa, Harald Szeemann, and Alessio Tasca. Terrecotte Cinesi: Dalla 48th Biennale di Venezia. Venice: Antiga Edizioni, 2003. [Exh. cat. In Italian and English]

2004

Cai Guo Qiang, Melissa Chiu, and Peter Eleey. Light Cycle: Explosion Project for Central Park. New York: Asia Society and Creative Time, 2004. [Exh. cat. In English]

2005

Brewinska, Maria and Jean-Luc Nancy. Cai Guo-Qiang. Warsaw: Zacheta National Gallery of Art, 2005. [Exh. cat. In Polish and English]

Heon, Laura, Robert Pogue Harrison, and Jennifer Wen Ma. Cai Guo-Qiang: Inopportune. North Adams: MASS MoCA, 2005. [Exh. cat. In English]

Cai Guo-Qiang: Life Beneath the Shadow. Edited by Fiona Bradley and Fruit Market Gallery. Edinburgh: The Fruitmarket Gallery, 2005. [Exh. cat. In English]

Casabán, Consuelo Císcar, David Rodríguez Caballero, Lilian Tone, Vincente Valero, and Hung Wu. Cai Guo-Qiang: Fuegos Artificiales Negros = On Black Fireworks. Edited by Julio Gonzálex. Valencia: Institut Valencià d’Art Modern, 2005. [Exh. cat. In English, Spanish and Catalan]

2006

Cameron, Dan, Ariane Grigoteit, Lao Zhu, and Nicholas Mirzoeff. Cai Guo-Qiang: Head On. Edited by Friedhelm Hütte. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz, 2006. [Exh. cat. In English]

Théberge, Pierre, Mayo Graham, Jonathan Shaughnessy, and National Gallery of Canada. Cai Guo-Qiang: Long Scroll. Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 2006. [Exh. cat. In English]

Tinterow, Gary, and David A. Ross. Cai Guo-Qiang on the Roof: Transparent Monument. Milan: Charta, 2006. [Exh. cat. In English]

2007

Fukuhara Yoshiharu, Takao Kakizaki, and Norio Sugawara. 時光 : 蔡國強と資生堂 = Light Passage: Cai Guo-Qiang and Shiseido. Edited by Higuchi Masaki and Iseki Yu. Tokyo: Shiseido Corporate Culture Department, 2007. [Exh. cat. In Japanese]

2008

Krens, Thomas, Alexandra Munroe, David Joselit, Miwon Kwon, and Hui Wang. Cai Guo-Qiang: I Want to Believe. New York: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 2008. [Exh. cat. In English]

Krens, Thomas, and Alexandra Munroe. 蔡国强:我想要相信 = Cai Guo-Qiang: I Want to Believe. Beijing: The People Press, 2009. [Exh. cat. In Chinese]

蔡國強展 : 第7回ヒロシマ賞受賞記念 = Cai Guo-Qiang: The 7th Hiroshima Art Prize. Edited by Yukie Kamita. Hiroshima: Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, 2008. [Exh. cat. In Japanese and English]

Kamita Yukie, and Akira Asada. 蔡國強展 : 第7回ヒロシマ賞受賞記念 = Cai Guo-Qiang: The 7th Hiroshima Art Prize. Hiroshima: Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, 2008. [Exh. cat. In Japanese and English]

2009

Krens, Thomas, and Alexandra Munroe. Cai Guo-Qiang: Quiero Creer. Bilbao: Museo Guggenheim Bilbao, 2009. [Exh. cat. In Spanish]

2010

Cai Guo-Qiang, and Rockbund Art Museum. 蔡国强:农民达芬奇 = Cai Guo-Qiang: Peasant Da Vincis. Guilin: Guangxi Normal University Press, 2010. [Exh. cat. In Chinese and English]

Cai Guo-Qiang, and Taipei Fine Arts Museum. 蔡國強:泡美術館 = Cai Guo-Qiang: Hanging Out in the Museum. Taipei: Taipei Fine Arts Museum, 2009. [Exh. cat. In English and Chinese]

Perlein, Gilbert, Rebecca Francois, and Musée d’art moderne et d’art contemporain. Cai Guo-Qiang: Travels in the Mediterranean. Bordighera: CUDEMO Editore, 2010. [Exh. cat. In English and French]

Basualdo, Carlos, Marion Boulton Stroud, David Elliott, and Mingxian Wang. Cai Guo-Qiang: Fallen Blossoms. Edited by Amy Wilkins. Philadelphia: The Fabric Workshop and Museum, 2010. [Exh. cat. In English.]

2011

Tufnell, Ben, Ana Cué, Katnira Bello, Universidad de México, Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo, and Guo-Qiang Cai. Cai Guo-Qiang : Resplandor y Soledad = Cai Guo-Qiang: Sunshine and Solitude. Mexico: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo, 2011. [Exh. cat. In English and Spanish]

Cai Guo-Qiang 1040M Underground. Edited by Christopher Makos and Peter Wise. Donetsk: Izolyatsia Platform for Cultural Initiatives, 2011. [Exh. cat. In English and Ukrainian]

2012

蔡国强:春 = Cai Guo-Qiang: Spring. Edited by Fenghui Ma and Zhejiang Art Museum. Hangzhou: China Academy of Art Press, 2012. [Exh. cat. In English and Chinese]

Cai Guo-Qiang, Jeffrey Deitch, Rebecca Morse, Kuiyi Shen, Philipp Kaiser, and Lesley Ma. Cai Guo-Qiang: Ladder to the Sky. Munich: Prestel, 2012. [Exh. cat. In English]

Yuko Hasegawa. ساي جوو تشانغ : سراب = Cai Guo-Qiang: Saraab. Milan: Skira Editore, 2012. [Exh. cat. In English and Arabic]

2013

Cai Guo-Qiang: A Clan of Boats. Edited by Karen Chen and Faurschou Foundation. Copenhagen: Faurschou Foundation, 2013. [Exh. cat. In English]

Cai Guo-Qiang, and Alex Allen. Let’s Create an Exhibition with a Boy Named Cai. South Brisbane: Queensland Art Gallery; Gallery of Modern Art, 2013. [Book. In English]

2014

Cai Guo-Qiang, and Storer Russell. Cai Guo-Qiang: Falling Back to Earth. South Brisbane: Queensland Art Gallery, 2014. [Exh. cat. In English]

Schell, Orville, Russell Storer, and Guo-Qiang Cai. 蔡国强 : 九级浪​​​​​​​ = Cai Guo-Qiang: The Ninth Wave. Guilin: Guangxi Normal University Press, 2014. [Exh. cat. In English and Chinese]

2015
Cai Guo-Qiang, Adriana Rosenberg, Rodrigo Alonso, Alexandra Munroe, Sandhini Poddar, and Lesley Ma. Cai Guo-Qiang: Impromptu. Buenos Aires: Fundación Proa, 2015. [Exh. cat. In English and Spanish]

Starkman, Christine, Susan Stewart, and Guo-Qiang Cai. Cai Guo-Qiang: Odyssey. Houston: The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2015. [Exh. cat. In English]

Osaka Eriko, Eriko Kimura, Hideko Numata, Naoaki Nakamura, and Guo-Qiang Cai. 蔡国强:归去来 = Cai Guo-Qiang: There and Back Again. Yokohama: Mochuisle, Inc., 2015. [Exh. cat. In Japanese and English]

Fram, Kitagawa. Cai Guo-Qiang and 15 years at Echigo-Tsumari Triennale. Toyko: Gendai Kikakushitsu, 2015. [Exh. cat. In Japanese and English]

2016
Huijts, Stijn and Guo-Qiang Cai. Cai Guo-Qiang: My Stories of Painting. Maastricht: Bonnefantenmuseum, 2016. [Exh. cat. In English]

2017
Danilova, Alexandra, Alexander Etkind, Lars Nittve, Guo-Qiang Cai, and Boris Groys. Cai Guo-Qiang: October. Moscow: ABCdesign, 2017.  [Exh. cat. In English and Russian]

Zugaza, Miguel, Alejandro Vergara, Kosme de Barañano, and Guo-Qiang Cai. The Spirit of Painting. Cai Guo-Qiang at the Prado. Madrid: Museo Nacional del Prado Difusión, 2017. [Exh. cat. In English]

Zugaza, Miguel, Alejandro Vergara, Kosme de Barañano, and Guo-Qiang Cai. El espíritu de la pintura: Cai Guo-Qiang en el Prado = The Spirit of Painting. Cai Guo-Qiang at the Prado. Madrid: Museo Nacional del Prado Difusión, 2017. [Exh. cat. In Spanish]

Zugaza, Miguel, Alejandro Vergara, Kosme de Barañano, and Guo-Qiang Cai. 绘画的精神:蔡国强在普拉多 = The Spirit of Painting. Cai Guo-Qiang at the Prado. Changsha: Hunan Fine Arts Publishing House, 2017. [Exh. cat. In Chinese]

2018
Schmidt, Eike, Germano Celant, Laura Donati, Simon Schama, Guo-Qiang Cai, and Renata Pintus. Flora Commedia: Cai Guo-Qiang at the Uffizi. Florence: Giunti Editore, 2018. [Exh. cat. In English]

Schmidt, Eike, Germano Celant, Laura Donati, Simon Schama, Guo-Qiang Cai, and Renata Pintus. Flora Commedia: Cai Guo-Qiang agli Uffizi = Flora Commedia: Cai Guo-Qiang at the Uffizi. Florence: Giunti Editore, 2018. [Exh. cat. In Italian]

Schmidt, Eike, Germano Celant, Laura Donati, Simon Schama, Guo-Qiang Cai, and Renata Pintus. 花曲:蔡国强在乌菲齐 = Flora Commedia: Cai Guo-Qiang at the Uffizi. Nanchang: Jiangxi Fine Arts Publishing House, 2018. [Exh. cat. In Chinese]

2019

Ma Lesley, Guo-Qiang Cai, and Hasegawa Yuko. Cai Guo-Qiang: The Transient Landscape. 1st ed. Melbourne: National Gallery of Victoria, 2019. [Exh. cat. In English]

Ma Lesley, Guo-Qiang Cai, and Hasegawa Yuko. Cai Guo-Qiang: The Transient Landscape. 2nd ed. Melbourne: National Gallery of Victoria, 2019. [Exh. cat. In English]

von Spee, Clarissa, and David Stradling. Cai Guo-Qiang: Cuyahoga River Lightning. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2019. [Exh. cat. In English]

Neutres, Jérôme. Cai Guo-Qiang and Pompeii: In the Volcano. Cinisello Balsamo: Silvana, 2019. [Exh. cat. In English]

Neutres, Jérôme. Cai Guo-Qiang e Pompei : In the Volcano = Cai Guo-Qiang and Pompeii: In the Volcano. Cinisello Balsamo: Silvana, 2019. [Exh. cat. In Italian]

Cai Guo-Qiang: Materials Without Boundaries. Edited by Shelagh Vainker. England: Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, 2019. [Exh. cat. In English]

2021

远行与归来 = Odyssey and Homecoming. Edited by Simon Schama. New York: Delmonico Books D.A.P., 2021. [Exh. cat. In English]

远行与归来 = Odyssey and Homecoming. Edited by Siman Schama. Shanghai: Shanghai MAP, 2021. [Exh. cat. In Chinese]

远行与归来 = Odyssey and Homecoming. Edited by Siman Schama. Beijing: Gu Gong Chu Ban, 2021. [Exh. cat. In Chinese]

2023

蔡國強 宇宙遊 ―〈原初火球〉から始まる = Cai Guo-Qiang: Ramble in the Cosmos—From Primeval Fireball Onward. Edited by Reiko Tomii, Kathleen Friello, Nao Asuma, Sang Luo, Mengjia Zhao and Hsiu-man Lin. Tokyo: Culture Convenience Club Co., Ltd. and Bijutsu Shuppan-sha Co., Ltd., 2023. [Exh. cat. In English and Japanese]

1989

多摩川ふっさ野外美術展 = Tama-River Fussa Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition. Tokyo: Tamagawa Fussa Yagai Bijutsuten Jimukyoku, 1989. [Exh. cat. In Japanese and English]

1990

Art Chinoise 1990: Chine Demain Pour Hier (Chinese Art 1990: China Tomorrow for Yesterday), 52–55. Paris: Les Domaines de l’art et Editions Carte Segrete, 1990. [Exh. cat. In French]

1992

第7回JAPAN牛窓国際芸術祭 = The 7th Japan Ushimado International Art Festival. Edited by Shigeo. Okayama: Ushimado International Art Festival, 1992. [Exh. cat. In Japanese and English]

1994

亞細亞散步:東アジア現代美術作家展 = Promenade in Asia. Tokyo: Shiseido Corporate Culture Department, 1994. [Exh. cat. In English and Japanese]

Kurabayashi Yasushi. 開放系 = Mito Annual ’94: Open System, 41–48. Edited by Watanabe Seiichi. Mito: ATM Contemporary Art Center, 1994. [Exh. cat. In Japanese and English]

Well-Spring: Messages and Revelations by Contemporary Artists to Animate the Ancient City of Bath, 34–35. Bath: Bath Festival Trust, 1994. [Exh. cat. In English]

1995

日本の現代美術 1985–1995 = Art In Japan Today: 1985–95, 48–53. Tokyo: Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, 1995. [Exh. cat. In Japanese and English]

Contemplation: ’95 Joong-ang Biennial Special Exhibition, 70, 81–83. Seoul: Ho-Am Art Museum, 1995. [Exh. cat. In English and Korean]

Heart of Darkness, 85–86. Otterlo: Kroller Muller Museum, 1997. [Exh. cat. In English]

Transculture: 46th Venice Biennial, 22–25, 100–4. Tokyo: The Japan Foundation and Fukutake Science and Culture Foundation, 1995. [Exh. cat. In Japanese and English]

1996

Yamawaki Kazuo. 天と地の間に:今日の日本美術展 II = Between Earth and the Heavens: Aspects of Contemporary Japanese Art II, 10–15, 26–28, 34–37, 59–62. Nagoya: Nagoya City Art Museum, 1996. [Exh. cat. In English, Japanese and Spanish]

Michelsen, Anders, and Octavio Zaya. Interzones: A Work in Progress, 91–100. Copenhagen: Kunstforeningen Copenhagen, 1996. [Exh. cat. In English]

de Rode Poort = The Red Gate, 32–35, 155, 164, 172–73. Ghent: Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Gent, 1996. [Exh. cat. In Dutch and English]

The Hugo Boss Prize 1996, 51–59. New York: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1996. [Exh. cat. In English]

The Second Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, 58–59. Brisbane: Queensland Art Gallery, 1996. [Exh. cat. In English]

Aguilar, Nelson. Universalis : 23. Bienal internacional São Paulo = Universalis: 23rd International Biennial São Paulo, 230–35. Sao Paulo: Sao Paulo Biennial Foundation, 1996. [Exh. cat. In Portuguese and English]

1997

Performance Anxiety, 38–41. Chicago: Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, 1997. [Exh. cat. In English]

Higuchi Masaki, Kenji Kubota, and Asai Toshihiro. 亞細亞散步:東アジア現代美術作家展 = Promenade in Asia, 36–51. Tokyo: Shiseido Corporate Culture Department, 1997. [Exh. cat. In Japanese and English]

1998

Elliott, David, and Pier Luigi Tazzi. Wounds: Mellan Demokrati Och Förlösning I Samtida Konst = Wounds: Between Democracy and Redemption in Contemporary Art, 134. Stockholm: Modern Museum Stockholm, 1998. [Exh. cat. In Swedish and English]

Kao Ming-Lu. Inside Out: New Chinese Art, 13–14, 33–34, 71–72, 186–88. San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and New York: Asia Society Galleries, 1998. [Exh. cat. In English]

Nemiroff, Diana. Crossings, 85–93. Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 1998. [Exh. cat. In English]

Palmer, Alice, and Maudie Palmer. Remanence, 16–17. Melbourne: Melbourne International Festival of the Arts Ltd., 1998. [Exh. cat. In English]

欲望場域:1998 台北雙年展 = Site of Desire: 1998 Taipei Biennial, 50–53. Taipei: Taipei Fine Arts Museum, 1998. [Exh. cat. In Chinese and English]

1999

Beyond the Future: The Third Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, 196–97. Brisbane: Queensland Art Gallery, 1999. [Exh. cat. In English]

חירייה במוזיאון : הצעות אמנים ואדריכלים לשיקום האתר = Hiriya in the Museum: Artists’ and Architects’ Proposals for Rehabilitation of the Site, 110–11. Tel Aviv: Tel Aviv Museum of Art, 1999. [Exh. cat. In Hebrew and English]

Ashton, Dore, and Marc Scheps. Kunst Welten im Dialog: von Gauguin zur Globalen Gegenwart (Art Worlds in Dialogue: From Gauguin to the Global Present), 390–93. Cologne: Museum Ludwig Koln, 1999. [Exh. cat. In German]

Panorama 2000 : Kunst in Utrecht te zien vanaf de Domtoren : 5 juni–3 oktober 1999 = Art in Utrecht seen from the Dom tower : 5 June–3 October 1999, 36–39. Utrecht: Centraal Museum, 1999. [Exh. cat. In Dutch and English]

Zehnder, Frank. Zeitwenden: Rückblick (Turning of the Time: Review), 66–69. Bonn: Kunstmuseum Bonn, 1999. [Exh. cat. In German]

2000

Whitney Biennial: 2000 Biennial Exhibition, 68–69. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 2000. [Exh. cat. In English]

Issey Miyake, Kazuko Sato, Raymond Meier, Hervé Chandés, and Foundation Cartier. Issey Miyake Making Things, 53, 170. Paris: Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain,1998. [Exh. cat. In English]

Looking for a place: the third international SITE Santa Fe biennial, July 10–December 31, 1999, 32–33. Santa Fe: SITE Santa Fe, 2000. [Exh. cat. In English]

Morin, France. A quietude da terra, vida cotidiana, arte contemporânea e Projeto Axé = The quiet in the land, everyday life, contemporary art and Projeto Axé, 100–3. Salvador: Mueu de Arte Moderna da Bahia, 2000. [Exh. cat. In Portuguese and English]

Friis-Hansen, Dana. Outbound: Passages from the 90’s, 28–33, 110. Houston: Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, 2000. [Exh. cat. In English]

Kunst, Stedelijk. Over the Edges, 54–57. Ghent: Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, 2000. [Exh. cat. In Dutch, English and French]

Varnedoe, Kirk, Paola Antonelli, and Joshua Siegel. Modern Contemporary: Art at MoMA Since 1980, 484. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 2000. [Exh. cat. In English]

2001

Busch, Bernd, Johann Goldammer, and Andreas Denk. Feuer, 586–600. Cologne: Wienand, 2001. [Exh. cat. In German]

Sonsbeek 9: LocusFocus,  28–30. Arnhem: Stichting Sonsbeek, 2001. [Exh. cat. In Dutch and English]

Sans, Jérôme, and Pier Luigi Tazzi. Arte all’Arte: Arte Architettura Paesaggio (Arte all’Arte : Landscape Architecture Art), 48–65. Siena: Arte Continua Associazione Culturale, 2001. [Exh. cat. In Italian and English]

Ulmer, Sean. Uncommon Threads: Contemporary Artists and Clothing, 12. Ithaca: Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, 2000. [Exh. cat. In English]

2002

EV+A 2002: Heroes + Holies, 76–77. Limerick: EV+A, 2002. [Exh. cat. In English]

Makabe Kaori, and Yutaka Mikami. International Triennale of Contemporary Art: Yokohama 2001, 22. Tokyo: The Organizing Committee for Yokohama Triennale, 2001. [Exh. cat. In Japanese and English]

Luckow, Dirk. Malerei ohne Malerei (Painting Without Painting), 92–97, 140–42. Leipzig: Museum der bildenden Künste, 2002. [Exh. cat. In German and English]

Morgan, Jessica. Pulse: Art, Healing and Transformation, 89–91. Göttingen: Steidl and Boston: Institute of Contemporary Art, 2003. [Exh. cat. In English]

Chang Tsong-Zung. Paris–Pékin = 巴黎–北京 = Paris–Beijing, 66–67, 18–19. Paris: Chinese Century, 2002. [Exh. cat. In Chinese, French and English]

帯広市開拓120年・帯広商工会議所創立80周年記念事業とかち国際現代アート展「デメーテル」カタログ = Tokachi International Contemporary Art Exhibition: Demeter, 33–40. Tokyo: Tokachi International Contemporary Art Exhibition Committee, 2002. [Exh. cat. In Japanese and English]

Wu Hung, Huangsheng Wang, and Boyi Feng. The First Guangzhou Triennial. Reinterpretation: A Decade of Experimental Chinese Art (1990–2000), 404–5. Chicago: Art Media Resources,Ltd., 2002 [Exh. cat. In English and Chinese]

2003

Alors, la Chine? (So China?), 446–47. Paris: Centre Pompidou, 2003. [Exh. cat. In French]

大地の芸術祭 : 越後妻有アートトリエンナーレ 2003 = Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial, 89–90. Tokyo: Gendai Kikakushitu, 2004. [Exh. cat. In Japanese and English]

Collins, Thom, Michel Foucault, Lisa Buck, Matthew Distel, and Laura Stewart. Somewhere Better Than This Place: Alternative Social Experience in the Spaces of Contemporary Art, 125–27. Cincinnati: Contemporary Arts Center, 2003. [Exh. cat. In English]

2004

26th Bienal de São Paulo (26th São Paulo Biennial), 278–83. Edited by Alfons Hug. São Paulo: Fundação Bienal de São Paulo, 2004. [Exh. cat. In English and Portuguese]

Liikkanen, Hikka, Daniel Tejeiro, Tuula Yrjölä, Sami Louhela, and Ulla Taipale. The Snow Show, 22–29. Rovaniemi: Rovaniemi Art Museum, 2004. [Exh. cat. In Finnish and English]

2005

de Corral, Maria, and Rosa Martinez. La Biennale di Venezia 51st International Art Exhibition: The Experience of Art, Always a Little Further, Participating Countries Collateral Events, 106–9. New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 2005. [Exh. cat. In English]

Durham, Jimmie, Elio Grazioli, and Hanru Hou. Arte all’Arte 2005: Arte Architettura Paesaggio (Art Within Art: Art, Architecture, Landscape), 34–37. San Gimignano: Associazione Arte Continua, 2005. [Exh. cat. In English and Italian]

Platow, Raphaela. Dreaming Now, 32–37. Waltham: Rose Art Museum, 2005. [Exh. cat. In English]

Zhang Chao-Hui. 天地之际:徐冰与蔡国强 = Where Heaven and Earth Meet: Cai Guo-Qiang and Xu Bing. Hong Kong: Timezone 8 Ltd., 1999. [Exh. cat. In Chinese]

2006

Wu Hung, and Peggy Wang. Shu: Reinventing Books in Contemporary Chinese Art, 26–27. New York: China Institute in America, 2006. [Exh. cat. In English and Chinese]

2007

Vervoordt, Axel, Mattijs Visser, and Museo Fortuny. Artempo: Where Time Becomes Art, 91, 99. Ghent: A. Vervoordt and Mer. Paper Kunsthalle, 2007. [Exh. cat. In English]

2008

Vervoordt, Axel. Academia : qui es-tu? (Academy: who are you?). Ghent: MER. Paper Kunsthalle, 2008. [Exh. cat. In English]

Bonami, Franceso, and Sarah Cosulich Canarutto. God & Goods: Spirituality and Mass Confusion at Villa Manin Centro d’Arte Contemporanea, 50–55. Codroipo: Azienda Speciale Villa Manin, 2008. [Exh. cat. In English and Italian]

Foster, Elena, and Rowan Watson. Blood on Paper: The Art of the Book. London: Ivorypress, 2008. [Exh. cat. In English]

新水墨藝術 : 創造.超越.翱翔 = New Ink Art: Innovation and Beyond, 228–31. Hong Kong: School of Professional and Continuing Education and The University of Hong Kong, 2008. [Exh. cat. In English and Chinese]

Manacorda, Francesco, Lydia Yee, and Tom McCarthy. Martian Museum of Terrestrial Art, 165, 217. London: Merrell Publishers, 2008. [Exh. cat. In English]

2009

Armstrong, Lance, Mark Parker, and Doug Ulman. Stages, 10–11, 58. Paris: Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, 2009. [Exh. cat. In English]

第4回福岡アジア美術トリエンナ-レ 2009:明日をつくるために = The 4th Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale 2009: LIVE and LET LIVE: Creators of Tomorrow, 102–5. Fukuoka: Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, 2009. [Exh. cat. In Japanese and English]

2010

The Beauty of Distance: Songs of Survival in a Precarious Age, 143, 265. Edited by David Elliott. Sydney: Biennale of Sydney Ltd., 2010. [Exh. cat. In English]

2011

あいちトリエンナーレ2010 : 都市の祝祭 = Aichi Triennale 2010: Arts and Cities Documentary Photo Book, 64–65. Edited by Masahiko Haito. Nagoya: Aichi Triennale Organizing Committee, 2011. [Exh. cat. In Japanese and English]

Perlein, Gilbert. Mamac 20 ans d’art contemporain (MAMAC: 20 Years of Contemporary Art), 11, 194–98. Nice: SOMOGY, 2011. [Exh. cat. In French]

水·火·大地 = Water, Fire and Earth: The Source of Creativity, 30–33. Kumamoto: Contemporary Art Museum Kumamoto, 2011. [Exh. cat. In Japanese]

2012

Bloemheuvel, Marente, Toos Van Kooten, Doris Von Drathen, and Ingrid Commandeur. Windflower: Perceptions of Nature, 33–47. Rotterdam: Nai Uitgevers Pub, 2012. [Exh. cat. In English]

Coulondre, Ariane, and Emmanuelle Ollier. Extra-Large : œuvres monumentales de la collection du Centre Pompidou à Monaco = Extra-Large: monumental works from the Centre Pompidou Collection in Monaco, 80–81. Paris: Centre Pompidou, 2012. [Exh. cat. In English and French]

対話する時間:世田谷美術館コレクションによる現代美術展 = Dialogues with Contemporary Art from Museum Collection, 78–79. Tokyo: Setagaya Art Museum, 2012. [Exh. cat. In Japanese]

McFadden, David Revere. Swept Away: Dust, Ashes and Dirt in Contemporary Art and Design, 29–30. New York: Museum of Arts and Design, 2012. [Exh. cat. In English]

2013

Art Card 2013, 21. Berlin: Deutsche Bank AG, 2013. [Exh. cat. In English]

Art Gamadas vol. 11, 6–7, 13. Kumamoto: Contemporary Art Museum Kumamoto, 2013. [Exh. cat. In Japanese]

Hearn, Maxwell K., and Hung Wu. Ink Art: Past as Present in Contemporary China, 154, 159–61. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2013. [Exh. cat. In English]

Putnam, James. Glasstress: White Light | White Heat, 65–66. London: London College of Fashion, 2013. [Exh. cat. In English]

Xu Li. 时代肖像:当代艺术三十年 = Portrait of the Times: 30 Years of Chinese Contemporary Art, 318–19. Shanghai: Artron Culture Group, 2013. [Exh. cat. In Chinese and English]

2014

Johnson, Mark Dean, and Bera Nordal. Kinas Landskap i Förändring: Samtida Kinesisk Tusch = China’s Changing Landscape: Contemporary Chinese Ink, 30–37. Skärhamn: NAM Publication, 2014. [Exh. cat. In English and Swedish]

Kitagawa, Fram. 美術は地域をひらく:大地の芸術祭10の思想 = Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale Concept Book, 174–77. Tokyo: Gendaiki Kakushitsu Publishers, 2014. [Exh. cat. In Japanese]

Perrin, Alain. Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, 30 ans. Volume 1 = Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain: Thirty Years for Contemporary Art: Volume I, 51, 56, 136–39, 212–22, 230, 236. New York: Thames & Hudson Inc., 2014. [Exh. cat. In English and French]

Art and Culture in Times of Conflict: Contemporary Reflections, 12–35, 52–57. Edited by Ronald Van de Sompel. Milan: Mousse Publishing, 2014. [Exh. cat. In English]

現代美術のハードコアはじつは世界の宝である展:ヤゲオ財団コレクションより = Guess What? Hardcore Contemporary Art’s Truly a World Treasure: Selected Works from the YAGEO Foundation Collection, 138–39, 206. Tokyo: National Museum of Modern Art, 2014. [Exh. cat. In Japanese and English]

2015
Hennebert, Diane. Heaven and Hell: From Magic Carpets to Drones, 54, 70–71. Bruxelles: Fondation Boghossian, 2015. [Exh. cat. In English and French]

Ikezawa Mari, Reiko Kawakado, Masako Tago and Shinji Kohmoto. PARASOPHIA:京都国際現代芸術祭2015: 公式カタログ = Parasophia: Kyoto International Festival of Contemporary Culture 2015, 282–89. Kyoto: Kyoto International Festival of Contemporary Culture Organizing Committee, 2015. [Exh. cat. In Japanese and English]

Arts & Foods: Rituals Since 1851, 784–85. Edited by Celant, Germano, Spangaro, Chiara and Barisione, Silvia. Milan: Electa, 2015. [Exh. cat. In English]

2016

Albert, Bruce, Gilles Boeuf, Elisabeth de Fontenay, Vinciane Despret, Bernie Krause, François-Bernard Mâche, and Paul Shepard. Le Grand Orchestre des Animaux = The Great Animal Orchestra, 244–49, 352, 354. Paris: Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, 2016. [Exh. cat. In French and English]

Kitagawa, Fram. 大地の芸術祭:越後妻有アートトリエンアール 2015 = Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale 2015: Artists & Works, 2–3, 48–49, 179. Tokyo: Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale, 2016. [Exh. cat. In Japanese and English]

An/other avant-garde: China – Japan – Korea: project 1 – Busan Biennale 2016: Busan Museum of Art, 34–35. Edited by Donglak Lim. Busan Busan Biennale Organizing Committee, 2016. [Exh. cat. In Korean and English]

An/other avant-garde: Hybridizing earth, discussing multitude: project 2 – Busan Biennale 2016: Busan Museum of Art. Edited by Donglak Lim. Busan: Busan Biennale Organizing Committee, 2016. [Exh. cat. In Korean and English]

نظرة على العالم حولك : اعمال فنية معاصرة من متاحف قطر = Looking at The World Around You: Contemporary Works from Qatar Museums, 55, 136, 170. Madrid: TF Editores, 2016. [Exh. cat. In English, Arabic and Spanish]

2017

東アジア文化都市 二千十六 奈良 = Culture City of East Asia 2016 Nara Report,15, 35–37, 89–90. Nara: Culture City of East Asia 2016, 2017. [Exh. cat. In Japanese]

Highlights: La Collection de la Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporai (Highlights: The Cartier Foundation Contemporary Art Collection), 43–47. Paris: Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, 2017. [Exh. cat. In French]

Aillagon, Jean-Jacques. Nice à l’École de l’Histoire (Nice at the School of History), 32–33. Paris: Somogy éditions d’art, 2017. [Exh. cat. In French]

Munroe, Alexandra, Philip Tinari, and Hanru Hou. Art and China After 1989: Theater of the World. New York : Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 2017. [Exh. cat. In English]

Salter, Rebecca, and Annette Wickham. Artists Working From Life, 32–37. Edited by Sam Phillips. London: Royal Academy of Arts, 2017. [Exh. cat. In English]

疆域:地缘的拓扑 = Frontier: Re-assessment of Post-Globalisational Politics, 6–9, 14, 222, 226. Edited by Mingjun Lu. Shanghai: OCAT Institute, 2017. [Exh. cat. In English and Chinese]

2018

東アジア文化都市2017京都 アジア回廊現代美術展 = Culture City of East Asia 2017 Kyoto Asia Corridor Contemporary Art Exhibition, 45–48, 121. Edited by Mayumi Yamamoto and Eriko Nishitani. Kyoto: Culture City of East Asia 2017, 2018. [Exh. cat. In Japanese and English]

卡地亚当代艺术基金会:陌生风景 = Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain: A Beautiful Elsewhere. Edited by Dawei Fei. Paris: Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain and Shanghai: Power Station of Art and Shanghai People’s Fine Art Publishing House, 2018. [Exh. cat. In English and Chinese]

2019

Synchronicity: Daisuke Miyatsu collection x Kasama Nichido Museum of Art, 49. Kasama: Kasama Nichido Museum of Art, 2019. [Exh. cat. In Japanese]

開館30周年記念誌:美術館の七燈 30th Anniversary: The Seven Lamps of the Art Museum, 84–85. Edited by Takeshi Matsuoka and Sumi Naoko. Hiroshima: Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, 2019. [Exh. cat. In Japanese and English]

The Allure of Matter : Material Art from China. Edited by Hung Wu and Orianna Cacchione. Chicago: Smart Museum of Art, 2019. [Exh. cat. In English]

Saines, Chris, Geraldine Kirrihi Barlow, Peter Godfrey-Smith, Don Henry, and Alexis Wright. Water, 2–3, 88–91. Brisbane: Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art, 2019. [Exh. cat. In English]

2020

客人的到来:上海当代艺术博物馆馆藏展 = The Return of Guests Selections from the PSA Collection, 97–98. Shanghai: Shanghai Literature & Art Publishing House, 2020. [Exh. cat. In Chinese and English]

2021

Kuitca, Guillermo. Les Citoyens Uno sguardo di Guillermo Kuitca sulla collezione della Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain (The Citizens: Guillermo Kuitca’s Perspective on the Collection of the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain). Paris: Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, 2021. [Exh. cat. In English and Italian]

2022

Sborgi, Francesca. 大师自画像 = Self-Portrait Masterpieces, 236–39. Shanghai: Bund One Art Museum, 2022. [Exh. cat. In English and Chinese]

2002

Cao Qing Hui, Di’An Fan and Mingxian Wang. 蔡国强收藏马克西莫夫作品展 (Cai Guo-Qiang’s Maksimov Collection). Shanghai: Shanghai Art Museum, 2002. [Exh. cat. In Chinese]

2003

Putnam, James. Kiki Smith: Pause. Tokyo: Dragon Museum of Contemporary Art, 2003. [Exh. cat. In Japanese and English]

2006

Ni Tsai-Chin. Bunker Museum of Contemporary Art, Kinmen Island: A Permanent Sanctuary for Art in a Demilitarized Zone, 153–55. Milan: Charta, 2006. [Exh. cat. In English]

捕風捉影 : 蔡國強與林懷民的風影 = Capture Wind Arrested Shadow, Cai Guo-Qiang and Lin Hwai-min’s Wind Shadow. Edited by Jiaqi Hong, Weizhong Ma and Lijuan Wu. Taipei: Eslite Gallery, 2006. [Exh. cat. In Chinese and English]

Cai Guo-Qiang and Jennifer Wen Ma. Jennifer Wen Ma: Aeolian Garden. Prato: Gli Ori, MOCA, 2006. [Exh. cat. In English and Italian]

前進art金銀島 : 金門兒童碉堡藝術館 = Kinmen Children’s Bunker Museum of Art. Taipei: Kinmen County Government, 2006. [Exh. cat. In Chinese]

2008

Foster, Norman, Thomas Krens, Jennifer Ma, Kiki Smith, and Tan Dun. 什么都是美术馆 = Everything Is Museum. New York: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 2008. [Exh. cat. In Chinese and English]

2010

Cai Guo-Qiang, and Mario Christiani. Kiki Smith: Color Still, 48. Pistoia: Gli Ori, UMoCA, 2010. [Exh. cat. In English, Chinese and Italian]

Cai Guo-Qiang, and Rockbund Art Museum. 蔡国强:农民达芬奇 = Cai Guo-Qiang: Peasant Da Vincis. Guilin: Guangxi Normal University Press, 2010. [Exh. cat. In Chinese and English]

何処に行きつくのかはわからない、でも何処にいたのかはわかる? = You Can’t Always See Where You’re Going, But Can You See Where You’ve Been?. Tokyo: Gendai Kikakushitsu, 2010. [Exh. cat. In Japanese and English]

2016

Silbergeld, Jerome, Terry Smith, Hui Wang, and Guo-Qiang Cai. 艺术怎么样?来自中国的当代艺术 = What About the Art? Contemporary Art from China. Guilin: Guangxi Normal University Press, 2016. [Exh. cat. In Chinese]

Silbergeld, Jerome, Smith, Terry, Wang Hui and Cai Guo-Qiang. What About the Art? Contemporary Art from China. Doha: Qatar Museums and Madrid: Turner, 2016. [Exh. cat. In English]

Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale 2018. Niigata: Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial Executive Committee, 2018. [Exh. cat. In Japanese]

1989

Cai Guo-Qiang. Gunpowder Paintings of Cai Guo-Qiang. Guilin: Lijang Publishing House, 1989. [Book. In Chinese and English]

1998

Goldberg, RoseLee. Performance: Live Art Since 1960, 60. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1998. [Book. In English]

Land and Environmental Art, 132. Edited by Jeffrey Kastner and Brian Wallis. London: Phaidon Press Ltd., 1998. [Book. In English]

1999

Cai Guo-Qiang, and Tsai-Chin Ni. 不破不立 : 引爆臺灣省立美術館 = No Destruction, No Construction: Bombing Taiwan Museum of Art. Taichung: Taiwan Museum of Art, 1999. [Exh. cat. In Chinese and English]

2000

Asian Collection 50: From the Collection of the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, 40–41. Fukuoka: Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, 2000. [Book. In Japanese]

Fresh Cream: Contemporary Art in Culture, 172–77. London: Phaidon Press Ltd., 2000. [Book. In English]

直島コンテンポラリーアートミュージアムコレクションカタログ = Remain in Naoshima: Naoshima Contemporary Art Museum, 140–51. Edited by Yuji Akimoto and Kumiko Ehara. Okayama: Benesse House, 2000. [Exh. cat. In Japanese and English]

2001

Developing the Collection: Acquisitions 1999–2001, 51. Canberra: National Gallery of Australia, 2001. [Book. In English]

2002

Charbonneaux, Anne-Marie and Hillaire Norbert. Oeuvre et Lieu, Essais et documents (Work and Place: Essays and Documents), 2–34, 228. Paris: Flammarion, 2002. [Book. In French]

Friis-Hansen, Dana, Octavio Zaya and Takashi Serizawa. Cai Guo-Qiang. London: Phaidon Press Ltd., 2002. [Book. In English]

Hou Hanru. On the Mid-Ground. Edited by Hsiao-Hwei Yu. Hong Kong: Timezone 8 Ltd., 2002. [Book In English]

2003

Visions of Modern Art: Painting and Sculpture from The Museum of Modern Art, 2, 305–6. Edited by John Elderfield. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 2003. [Book. In English]

2004

Cai Guo-Qiang, Jennifer Wen Ma, Sharmini Pereira, and James Putnam. Cai Guo-Qiang: Man, Eagle and Eye in the Sky. London: Albion/Michael Hue-Williams Fine Art Ltd., 2004. [Exh. cat. In English]

MoMA Highlights: 350 Works from The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2nd ed., 362. Edited by Cassandra Heliczer and Harriet Bee. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 2004. [Book. In English]

2005

Collection Art Contemporain (Contemporary Art Collection), 98. Paris: Éditions du Centre Pompidou, 2007. [Book. In French]

Art 21: Art in the Twenty-First Century 3. Edited by Susan Sollins and Marybeth Sollins. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2005. [Book. In English]

Dexter, Emma. Vitamin D: New Perspectives in Drawing, 48–49, 337. London: Phaidon Press Ltd., 2005. [Book. In English]

2007

Peltason, Ruth A. Creative Time: The Book, 162–65. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2006. [Book. In English]

2008

Albertini, Claudia. コンテンポラリー・チャイニーズ・アーティスト =  Avatars and Antiheroes: A Guide to Contemporary Chinese Artists, 16–19. Tokyo: Kodansha International Ltd., 2008. [Book. In English]

Art Now Vol. 3,  84–87. Edited by Hans Werner Holzwarth. Cologne: Taschen, 2008. [Book. In English, French and German]

Bernardelli Poli, Francesco. Postmodern Art 1945–Now, 298. New York: Collins Design, 2008. [Book. In English]

Vine, Richard. 中国当代艺术 = New China New Art, 65–66. Munich: Prestel Publishing Ltd., 2008. [Book. In English]

Harvard Art Museum Handbook, 251. Edited by Stephan Wolohojian. Cambridge: Harvard Art Museum, 2008. [Book. In English]

2009

100 Contemporary Artists = 100 Zeitgenössische Künstler = 100 Artistes Contemporains. Edited by Hans Holzwarth. Cologne: Taschen, 2009. [Book. In English, German and French]

Kataoka Mami. “China Power.” In The Encyclopedia of Modern Art and Contemporary Art, 132. Tokyo: Fine Arts Publishing House, 2009. [Book. In Japanese]

Liu Chen-Hsiang, and Fei-Yu Yen. In Between the Moments: Cloud Gate: In a Photographer’s Memory, 55–57, 91. Taipei: Dakuai Culture Publishing Co., Ltd., 2009. [Book. In Chinese]

Hearst Corporation: Guide to the Pictures and Artists, 12–13. Edited by Anthony T. Mazzola. New York: Hearst Corporation, 2009. [Book. In English]

Tufnell, Ben, and James Putnam. Mythologies, 46–49. London: Haunch of Venison, 2009. [Book. In English]

2010

Shulman Herz, Rebecca. Looking at Art in the Classroom: Art Investigation from the Guggenheim, 46–49, 92, 102. New York: Teachers College Press, 2010. [Book. In English]

Hasegawa Yuko. 女の子のための現代アート入門 = A Guide to the Contemporary Art for Young Women: The Mot Collections, 88–91. Tokyo: Tankosha Publishing Co., Ltd., 2010. [Book. In Japanese]

Izumiya Gensaku. 日本の花火はなぜ世界一なのか?= Is the Fireworks of Japan the Best of the World?, 145–52. Tokyo: Kodansha International Ltd., 2010. [Book. In Japanese]

Weyl, Martin. חירייה – על צחנה ויופי : יומן אישי = On Stench and Beauty: The Greening of Israel’s Largest Garbage Dump. Tel Aviv: Am Oved Publishers, 2010. [Book. In Hebrew]

Pollack, Barbara. The Wild, Wild East: An American Art Critic’s Adventures in China. Hong Kong: Timezone 8 Ltd., 2010. [Book. In English]

McDaniel, Jean, and Craig Robertson. Themes of Contemporary Art: Visual Art after 1980, 2nd ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2010. [Book. In English]

Visser, Robin. Cities Surround the Countryside: Urban Aesthetics in Postsocialist China, 73–74, 289. Durham: Duke University Press, 2010. [Book. In English]

Wang Yin. 异想天开:蔡国强与农民达芬奇 = Wild Flights of Fancy: Cai Guo-Qiang and Peasant da Vincis. Guilin: Guangxi Normal University Press, 2010. [Book. In Chinese]

Contemporary Chinese Art: Primary Documents. Edited by Hung Wu. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2010. [Book. In English]

Zelanski, Paul, and Mary Pat Fisher. The Art of Seeing, 8th ed., 349. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 2010. [Book. In English]

2011

Support/Surface: El Paisaje en la Praxis Artistica Contemporanea (Support/Surface: The Landscape in Contemporary Artistic Praxis), 89–115. Edited by Kosme de Baranao. Valencia: Fundación Cañada Blanch, 2011. [Book. In Spanish]

Brand, Jan Garden. Colour in Time, 300–1. Arnhem: ArtEZ Press and Terra Lannoo, 2011. [Book. In English]

Chiu, Melissa and Benjamin Genocchio. Contemporary Art in Asia: A Critical Reader, 187. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2011. [Book. In English]

Chung Anita, Baoshi Fu, and Julia Andrews. Chinese Art in an Age of Revolution Fu Baoshi (1904–1965), 50. Cleveland: Yale University Press, 2011. [Book. In English]

Dong, Song. Dad and Mom, Don’t Worry About Us, We Are All Well, 14–15. San Francisco: Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 2011. [Book. In English]

Frank, Patrick. Prebles’ Artforms: An Introduction to the Visual Arts, 10th ed., 187. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 2011. [Book. In English]

Gatto, Joseph A., Albert W. Porter, and Jack Selleck. Exploring Visual Design, 4th ed., 123. Worcester: Davis Publications, Inc., 2011. [Book. In English]

Negotiating Difference: Chinese Contemporary Art in the Global Context, 75–97. Edited by Birgit Hopfener. Kromsdorf: VDG-Verlag Bettina Preiss, 2011. [Book. In English]

Architecture now! Houses Vol. 2, 386–89. Edited by Philip Jodidio. Cologne: Taschen, 2011. [Book. In English]

Modrak, Rebekah. Reframing Photography: Theory and Practice, 114–15. New York: Routledge, 2011. [Book. In English]

Muller, Lars. Insular insight: Where Art and Architecture Conspire with Nature, 98–99, 220–21. Okayama: Fukztake Foundation and Baden: Lars Muller, 2011. [Book. In English]

Robertson, Jean. 当代艺术的主题 : 1980年以后的视觉艺术 = Themes of Contemporary Art: Visual Art After 1980, 15. Nanjing: Jiangsu Fine Arts Publishing House, 2011. [Book. In Chinese]

Robertson, Jean and Craig McDaniel. 테마 현대미술 노트 : 1980년 이후 동시대 미술 읽기-무엇을, 왜, 어떻게 = Themes of Contemporary Art: Visual Art After 1980, 33, 50. Korea: Doosung Publishing Co., Ltd., 2011. [Book. In Korean]

Smith, Terry. Contemporary Art World Currents, 164–65. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall, 2011. [Book. In English]

Van Uffelen, Chris. Art in Public: 500 Masterpieces from the Ancient World to the Present, 158. Salenstein: Braun Publishing, 2011. [Book. In English]

Weibel, Peter. Car Culture: Medien der Mobilitat (Car Culture: Media of Mobility), 38–39. Karlsruhe: Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe, 2011. [Book. In English]

2012

Andrews, Julia F., and Kuiyi Shen. The Art of Modern China, 270. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2012. [Book. In English]

現代アーティスト事典 : クーンズ, ハーストから村上隆まで : 1980年代以後のアート入門 = An Essential Guide to the Contemporary Artists: From the 1980s to Today, 85. Tokyo: Bijutsu Shuppansha, 2012. [Book. In Japanese]

Bird, Michael. 100 Ideas That Changed Art, 207. London: Laurence King Publishing Ltd., 2012. [Book. In English]

You Don’t Want to Close Your Eyes, 229–68. Edited by Joel Chu. Hong Kong: Communion W Ltd., 2012. [Book. In English]

Teaching Asian Art: Content, Context, and Pedagogy, 209–14. Edited by Kuan-Chung Sheng. Reston: National Art Education Association, 2012. [Book. In English]

Issey Miyake and Midori Kitamura. Pleats Please, 320–33. Cologne: Taschen, 2012. [Book. In English and French]

Pang, Laikwan. Creativity and its Discontents : China’s Creative Industries and Intellectual Property Rights Offenses, 210–11. Durham: Duke University Press, 2012. [Book. In English]

未来将是······中国版 : 对前路的随想 = The Future will be… the China Edition, Thoughts About What’s to Come, 42–43. Edited by Hans Obrist, Karen Marta and Philip Tinari. Turin: Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli and Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, 2012. [Book. In English]

2013

Art Studio America: Contemporary Artist Spaces, 264–67, 273. Edited by Hossein Amirsadeghi and Maryam Eisler. London: Thames & Hudson Ltd., 2013. [Book. In English]

近現代の芸術史. 造形篇. II, アジア・アフリカと新しい潮流 (Art History of Modern and Contemporary Art. Modeling: II. Asia, Africa, and New Trends), 83–94. Edited by Hayashi Yoko. Tokyo: Kyoto University of Art and Design and Tohoku University of Art and Design Publishing House, 2013. [Book. In Japanese]

Art Now! Vol. 4, 90–99, 534. Edited by Hans Werner Holzwarth. London: Taschen, 2013. [Book. In English]

Kusumi Kiyoshi. ロックの美術館 (The Museum of Rock). Tokyo: Shinko-Music Entertainment, 2013. [Book. In Japanese]

Mackenzie, Colin, Keith L. Pratt, Jeffrey Moser, and Katie Hill. The Chinese Art Book, 21. London: Phaidon Press Ltd., 2013. [Book. In English]

Moszynska, Anna. Sculpture Now, 24. New York: Thames & Hudson Ltd., 2013. [Book. In English]

Petry, Michael. Nature Morte : Contemporary Artists Reinvigorate the Still-life Tradition, 192, 194–95. New York: Thames & Hudson Ltd., 2013. [Book. In English]

The Wharf Art Collection 2010–2012, 26–27. Hong Kong: The Wharf (Holdings) Ltd., 2013. [Book. In English]

Turner, Alexis. Taxidermy, 224–25. Farnborough: Thames & Hudson Ltd., 2013. [Book. In English]

历史之路 : 威尼斯双年展与中国当代艺术20年 = Passage to History: 20 Years of La Biennale di Venezia and Chinese Contemporary Art. Edited by Yang Wang and Richard Widmer. Beijing: China Youth Publishing, 2013. [Book. In Chinese and English]

Widmer, Richard. 历史之路 : 威尼斯双年展与中国当代艺术 20 年:文献集  = Passage to History: 20 Years of La Biennale di Venezia and Chinese Contemporary Art: Archives. Beijing: China Youth Publishing, 2013. [Book. In Chinese and English]

Widmer, Richard. 历史之路 : 威尼斯双年展与中国当代艺术 20 年:访谈集 = Passage to History: 20 Years of La Biennale di Venezia and Chinese Contemporary Art: Interview Collection, 292–303. Beijing: China Youth Publishing, 2013. [Book. In Chinese and English]

城市山水 = City Landscape, 178, 192. Edited by Mingsien Wong. Beijing: Culture and Art Publishing House, 2013. [Book. In Chinese]

MoMA Highlights: 350 Works from The Museum of Modern Art New York, 3rd ed., 358. Edited by Harriet Schoenholz Bee, Cassandra Heliczer and Sarah McFadden. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2013. [Book. In English]

MoMA Highlights: 350 Works from The Museum of Modern Art, 3rd ed., 358. Edited by Harriet Schoenholz Bee, Cassandra Heliczer and Sarah McFadden. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2013. [Book. In English and Japanese]

2014

Hicks, Alistair. The Global Art Compass, 95–102, 132, 149, 211. London: Thames & Hudson Ltd., 2014. [Book. In English]

Goodrow, Gerard A. 穿越中国 : 一个艺术崛起的国度 = Crossing China: Land of the Rising Art Scene, 32–33, 337–38, 340–43, 353–54. Cologne: DAAB MEDIA GMBH, 2014. [Book. In English]

Ward, Ossian. Ways of Looking: How to Experience Contemporary Art, 85. London: Laurence King Publishing Ltd., 2014. [Book. In English]

2015

Follia Continua!: 25 years of Galleria Continua, 64–67, 314–17. Pistoia: Gli Ori, 2015. [Book. In English]

Fram, Kitagawa. Art Place Japan: the Echigo-Tsumari Triennale and the Vision to Reconnect Art and Nature, 224–27. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2015. [Book. In English]

Tsuji Nobuo, Takeo Izumi, Yuji Yamashita and Masaki Itakura. 日本美術全集. 第19卷(戦後–1995)  = The Selected Works of Japanese Art, 19 ‘Extending Art After the War,’  200. Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2015. [Book. In Japanese]

Go East: The Gene & Brian Sherman Contemporary Asian Art Collection, 12–13. Paddington: Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation and The Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2015. [Book. In English]

2016

Davies, Penelope J. E. Janson’s History of Art: The Western Tradition, 5, 100. Boston: Pearson, 2016. [Book. In English]

Turner, Caroline and Jen Webb. Arts and Human Rights, 76, 170–78. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2016. [Book. In English]

Thea, Carolee and Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev. On Curating 2: Paradigm Shifts: Interviews with Fourteen International Curators, 89–90. New York: Distributed Art Publisher, 2016. [Book. In English]

Hjorth, Larissa, Sarah Pink, Kristen Sharp, and Linda Williams. Screen Ecologies: Art, Media, and the Environment in the Asia-Pacific Region, 126–27. Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2016. [Book. In English]

Manmade: Contemporary Art About the Relationship Between Mankind and Earth, 94–97. Edited by Mathieu de Meyer, Tim Joye and Benoit Strubbe. Lichtervelde: Hannibal, 2016. [Book. In English]

Sayre, Henry M. A World of Art, 8th ed., 4–6. Boston: Pearson, 2016. [Book. In English]

Art in Unexpected Places II, 134–40. Edited by Sarah Stephenson. Colorado: Aspen Art Press, 2016. [Book. In English]

Krysa, Danielle. Art Installations: A Visual Guide, 6, 70–71, 142–43, 219–20. Dublin: ROADS Publishing, 2016. [Book. In English]

2017

Calasso, Roberto. O Inominável Atual (The Unnamable Present). São Paulo: Companhia das Letras, 2017. [Book. In Portuguese]

2018

McIntyre, Sophie. Imagining Taiwan: The Role of Art in Taiwan’s Quest for Identity (1987–2010), 54–67, 258–87. Edited by Kuiji Shen. Leiden: Brill, 2018. [Book. In English]

40 YEARS : Just Talking About Art. Edited by Michael Auping. Fort Worth: Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, 2018. [Book. In English]

Sand, Olivia. Contemporary Voices : From the Asian and Islamic Art Worlds, 102–7. Milan: Skira, 2018. [Book. In English]

Leitch, Vincent B., and William E. Cain. The Norton Anthology: Theory and Criticism, 3rd ed. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2018. [Book. In English]

2019

Clarke, David. China—Art—Modernity: A Critical Introduction to Chinese Visual Expression from the Beginning of the Twentieth Century to the Present Day. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2019. [Book. In English]

Sayers, Susanne. 2030 NOW: 17 Goals, 9 Billion People, 1 Future, 248–51. Copenhagen: Life Publishing, 2019. [Book. In English]

Meyer, James. The Art of Return: The Sixties and Contemporary Culture, 144–48. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2019. [Book. In English]

2020

Pearson, Christie. The Architecture of Bathing: Body, Landscape, Art. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2020. [Book. In English]

芸術の力とコロナウイルス・パンデミック = Power of Arts vs. Coronavirus Pandemic: Praemium Imperiale Laureates Speak Out, 19–23. Tokyo: The Japan Art Association, 2020. [Book. In Japanese and English]

Eccher, Danilo. Conversaciones sobre Arte: Del Espacio Institucional al Espacio Público​​​​​​​ (Conversations on Art: From Institutional Space to Public Space). Buenos Aires: Fundación Proa, 2020. [Book. In Spanish]

Politeia: 50 Años de Cultura (1969–2019). Barcelona: Galaxia Gutenberg, 2020. [Book. In Spanish]

Kuhlmann, Antoon and Dominique Clement. Paddenstoelen in Kunst, Cultuur en Natuur. Zeist: Uitgeverij Knnv, 2020. [Book. In Dutch]

DeBevoise, Jane, Choy Lee, Carol Lu, Liu Ding and Mia Yu. 不合作的共存:上海2000年左右的艺术展览 = Uncooperative Contemporaries : Art Exhibitions in Shanghai in 2000. London: Afterall Books, 2020. [Book. In English and Chinese]

Godfrey, Tony. The Story of Contemporary Art. London: Thames & Hudson Ltd., 2020. [Book. In English]

Wiseman, Mary. A Grand Materialism in the New Art from China. Lanham: Lexington Books, 2020. [Book. In English]

2021

Jiang Jiehong. The Art of Contemporary China. London: Thames & Hudson Ltd., 2021. [Book. In English]

HUA, 8–45. Shenzhen: IOU TAK BUT, 2021. [Book. In Chinese]

Yun Michelle, and Boon Tan. We Do Not Dream Alone: Asia Society Triennial 2020–2021, 37. Italy: Skira and Asia Society, 2021. [Book. In English]

Jon, Ihnji. Cities in the Anthropocene: New Ecology and Urban Politics, 130. London: Pluto Press, 2021. [Book. In English]

Art History in a Global Context: Methods, Themes, and Approaches. Edited by Ann Albritton and Gwen Farrelly. New Jersy: Wiley Blackwell, 2021. [Book. In English]

Shigematsu Shohei, and Jason Long. OMA NY: Search Term. New York: Rizzoli, 2021. [Book. In English]

The Allure of Matter: Materiality Across Chinese Art, 200–23, 276–306. Edited by Orianna Cacchione and Wei-Cheng Lin. Chicago: University of Chicago’s Center for The Art of East Asia and Smart Museum of Art, 2021. [Book. In English]

Les Citoyens: Uno Sguardo di Guillermo Kuitca sulla Collezione della Fondation Cartier pour l’Art Contemporain (The Citizens: A Look by Guillermo Kuitca at the Collection of Fondation Cartier for Contemporary Art). Paris: Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, 2021. [Book. In English and Italian]

2022

Aquin, Stéphane. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: The Collection, 347–48. New York: Distributed Art Publishers, 2022. [Book. In English]

Jenkins, Victoria. Visions of the Occult: An Untold Story of Art and Magic, 18–19. London: Tate Publishing, 2022. [Book. In English]

Li Pi. Chinese Art Since 1970 : The M+ Sigg Collection, 38, 41, 49, 59, 471. London: Thames & Hudson Ltd., 2022. [Book. In English]

1989

Sanda, Haruo. “A Fierce Battle Between Two Matters,” Mainichi Shinbun Evening Edition (Tokyo), Mar. 14, 1989. [Periodical. In Japanese]

1990

Chiba Shigeo. “Fireworks at Mount St. Victoire: Chinese and Japanese Art,” Mainichi Shinbun Evening Edition (Tokyo), Sept. 10, 1990, 6. [Periodical. In Japanese]

Fei Dawei. “Art in Chine demain pour hier.” Yishujia (Taipei) (Sept. 1990): 165–74. [Periodical. In Chinese]

1991

Kuroda Taiko. “「アジア美術」紹介の今後 (Introducting The Future of ‘Asian Art’),” Art Annual (Tokyo),  July 1, 1991. [Periodical. In Japanese]

Suzuki Soshi. “The Future Tense of Art: Launching of 21st Century Art: Cai Guo-Qiang, China’s E.T.” Bijutsu Techo (Tokyo) 43, no. 636 (Apr. 1991): 202–14. [Periodical. In Japanese]

1993

Konno Yuichi. “天空を駆ける光のパレット蔡國強 (Cai Guo-Qiang: The palette of light that shoots the sky).” UR (Tokyo) 7 (Mar. 1993): 4–32. [Periodical. In Japanese]

Wu Mali. “Explosion Art of Cai Guo-Qiang.” Yishujia (Taipei), no. 215 (Apr. 1993): 237–44. [Periodical. In Chinese]

1994

Friis-Hansen, Dana. “Cai Guo-Qiang at the Iwaki City Art Museum.” Art in America (New York) 82, no. 11 (Nov. 1994): 144. [Periodical. In English]

Sugawara Norio. “The Year in Art ’94: Striking Rise of Asia: Cai Guo-Qiang Very Active, Decline of Euro-American ‘Contemporary’ [Art],” Yomiuri Shinbun Evening Edition (Tokyo), Dec. 14, 1994, 11. [Periodical. In Japanese]

1995

Kurabayashi Yasushi. “Cai Guo-Qiang: A Marvelous Chinese Alchemist.” In Listening to Contemporary Art: Music and Contemporary Art in the 20th Century, 209–41. Tokyo: Sky Door, 1995. [Book. In Japanese]

Zhang Yuan-Qian. “Order in Chaos: Cai Guo-Qiang, A Phenomenon in Japan.” Hsiung Shih Art Monthly (Taipei) 296 (Oct. 1995): 58–65. [Periodical. In Chinese]

1996

Cotter, Holland. “A SoHo Sampler: Short List for Prize,” The New York Times (New York), Nov. 22, 1996. [Periodical. In English]

Serizawa Takashi. “Chia Yu Kuan.” In Moving Freely on This Planet, 67–88. Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, 1996. [Book. In Japanese]

Zaya, Octavio. “Cai Guo-Qiang.” Flash Art (Milan) 29, no. 190 (Oct. 1996): 103. [Periodical. In English]

1997

Cotter, Holland. “Playing to Whoever In Distant Galaxies,” The New York Times (New York), Aug. 15, 1997, C24. [Periodical. In English]

Gao Chen-Huei. “成吉思汗的方舟-評析蔡國強征西的藝術方法論輿東方美學主張 = The Ark of Genghis Khan: The Analysis of Cai Guo-Qiang’s Art Methodology and Eastern Aesthetics.” Artists Magazine (Taipei) 263 (Apr. 1997): 322–29. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Johnson, Ken. “Eyes on the Prize.” Art in America (New York) 85, no. 4 (Apr. 1997): 41–45. [Periodical. In English]

Lutfy, Carol. “Flame & Fortune.” Artnews (New York) 96, no. 11 (Dec. 1997): 144–47. [Periodical. In English]

Schwabsky, Barry. “Tao and Physics: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang.” Artforum International (New York) 35, no. 10 (Summer 1997): 118–21. [Periodical. In English]

Tomii Reiko. “蔡國強個展:文化大混浴 = Cai Guo-Qiang’s Solo Exhibition: Cultural Melting Bath,” The Shin Bijutsu Shimbun (Tokyo), Oct. 23, 1997. [Periodical. In Japanese]

Wu Xiao-Fang. “給文化大熔爐的一帖療浴:談蔡國強「文化大混浴:為二十世紀作的計畫」(A Healing Bath of the Cultural Melting Pot: On Cai Guo-Qiang’s Cultural Melting Bath: Project for the 20th Century).” Shanyishu (Taipei) 91 (1997). [Periodical. In Chinese]

Yu Hsiao-Huei, “蔡國強談創作經費何處來?作品何處去?(Cai Guo-Qiang Discusses Where the Budget Comes from, Where the Work Goes).” CANS Chinese Art News (Taipei) (Nov. 1997): 77–80. [Periodical. In Chinese]

1998

Zhang Boshun. “華人新藝術.紐約下月大展 (Chinese Avant-Garde Art, Major Exhibition in New York Next Month),” United Daily News (Taipei), Aug. 19, 1998. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Zheng Nai-Ming. “強力爆破,蔡國強藝鳴驚人 (Powerful Blasting, Cai Guo-Qiang’s Art is Amazing),” Liberty Times (Taipei), May 28, 1998, 39. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Chien Li-An. “Explode One Second Into Eternity: Behind the Scene of Cai Guo-Qiang’s Explosion Art.” Arts Circle Magazine (Taipei) 3 (Jul. 1998): 12–15. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Goodman, Jonathan. “Cai Guo-Qiang.” ArtAsiaPacific (Sydney), no. 18 (1998): 92. [Periodical. In English]

Heartney, Eleanor. “Cai Guo-Qiang at the Queens Museum of Art.” Art in America (New York) 86, no. 1 (Jan. 1998): 93. [Periodical. In English]

Hsu Hui-Ling. “省美館引爆絢爛之美 (Taiwan Province Museum of Art Detonates the Beauty of the World),” Central Daily News (Taipei), Aug. 22, 1998, 5. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Huang Bao-Ping. “省美館五十秒爆出無盡能量 (Taiwan Province Museum of Art bursts out of endless energy in 50 seconds),” Min Sheng Bao (Taipei), Aug. 22, 1998, 19. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Huang Du. “Cai Guo-Qiang: From Mystery and Philosophy to Reality.” ArtAsiaPacific (Sydney), no. 20, (Fall 1998): 58–61. [Periodical. In English]

Kelmachter, Hélène. “Hervé Chandès presente Cai Guo-Qiang (Hervé Chandès presents Cai Guo-Qiang).” Connaissance des Arts (Paris), no. 554 (Oct. 1998): 78–79. [Periodical. In French]

Murdock, Robert. “The Explosive Drawings of Cai Guo-Qiang.” Drawing (New York) 19, no. 4 (Summer 1998): 127–29. [Periodical. In English]

Nemiroff, Diana. “Crossings.” In Crossings, 13–41. Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 1998. [Exh. cat. In English]

Tsai Mei-Juan. “Stunningly, Cai Guo-Qiang Explodes His Work,” United Daily News (Taipei), May 22, 1998, 14. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Zheng Gong-Xian. “逆向思考台灣藝壇兩件事 (Reverse Thinking of Two Events in Taiwanese Art World: Taipei Fine Arts Museum Advertising Castle and SuHo Paper Culture Museum).” Art of Collection (Taipei), no. 72 (Sept. 1998): 24–30. [Periodical. In Chinese]

1999

Gao Minglu. “Traces of Gunpowder Explosions.” Dushu (Beijing) 246 (Sept. 1999): 87–93. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Heartney, Eleanor. “Children of Mao and Coca-Cola.” Art in America (New York) 87, no. 3 (Mar. 1999): 42–47. [Periodical. In English]

Hsu Wen-Rwei. “Subject of Desire: The 1998 Taipei Biennial.” ArtAsiaPacific (Sydney) 22 (1999): 25–27. [Periodical. In English]

Huang Chang. “衣褶上的烟火:三宅一生与蔡国强 (Fireworks on the folds: Issey Miyake and Cai Guo-Qiang).” Oriental Art (Beijing) 102 (Jan. 2006): 48–51. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Madoff, Steven Henry. “Sink or Swim.” Artforum International (New York) 38, no. 1 (Sept. 1999): 145–55, 184, 190. [Periodical. In English]

Takami Akihiko. “龍、奔る|蔡國強:全時空的旅程総覽 (Flying Dragon: An Overview of Cai Guo-Qiang’s Journey).” Bijitsu Techo (Tokyo) 768 (Mar. 1999): 9–43. [Periodical. In Japanese]

Thea, Carolee. “Prismatic Visions: An Interview with Rosa Martínez.” Sculpture (Washington D.C.) 18, no. 6 (Jul.–Aug. 1999): 32–37. [Periodical. In English]

Vetrocq, Marcia E. “The Venice Biennale: Reformed, Renewed, Redeemed.” Art in America (New York) 87, no. 9 (Sept. 1999): 82–93. [Periodical. In English]

Zaya, Octavio. “Cai Guo-Qiang.” Grand Street (New York) 18, no. 3 (Winter 1999): 120–25. [Periodical. In English]

Chang Chao-Huei. “天地之际:蔡国强与徐冰 硕士毕业展览计划说明书 (Where Heaven and Earth Meet: Cai Guo-Qiang and Xu Bing: Manual for Master’s Final Project).” Jiangsu Art Monthly (Nanjing) 218 (Feb. 1999): 12–13. [Periodical. In Chinese]

2000

Allen, Jane Ingram. “Participatory Works: Viewers as Co-Creators.” Sculpture (Washington D.C.) 19, no. 1 (Jan.–Feb. 2000): 73–75. [Periodical. In English]

Dal Lago, Francesca. “Open and Everywhere: Chinese Artists at the Venice Biennale.” ArtAsiaPacific (Sydney) 25 (2000): 24–26. [Periodical. In English]

“Chinese Art at the Venice Biennale: 1. The Virtual Reality of Chinese Contemporary Art.” In Chinese Art at the End of the Millennium, 158–66. Edited by John Clark. Hong Kong: New Art Media Ltd., 2000. [Book. In English]

“Chinese Art at the Venice Biennale: 2. Chinese Art…It’s dAPERTutto!.” In Chinese Art at the End of the Millennium, 167–74. Edited by John Clark. Hong Kong: New Art Media Ltd., 2000. [Book. In English]

Ebony, David. “Who Owns ‘The People’s Art’?” Art in America (New York) 88, no. 10 (Oct. 2000): 51. [Periodical. In English]

Eckholm, Erik. “Cultural Revolution, Chapter 2: Expatriate Artist Updates Maoist Icon and Angers Old Guard,” The New York Times (New York), Aug. 17, 2000, E1, E6. [Periodical. In English]

Erickson, Britta, Hanru Hou, and Frances Bowles. “Cai Guo-Qiang Takes the Rent Collection Courtyard from Cultural Revolution Model Sculpture to Winner of the 48th Venice Biennale International Award.” In Chinese Art at the End of the Millennium, 184–89.  Humlebaek: Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, 2007. [Exh. cat. In English]

He Wan-Li. “From Fountain to Venice’s Rent Collection Courtyard.” Contemporary Artists (Sichuan) 19 (Nov. 2000): 32–34. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Hikosaka Naoyoshi. “一九九九年現代日本美術史論 (History of Japanese Contemporary Art in the 1990s).” Saison Art Program Journal (Tokyo) 2 (Jan. 2000): 36–62. [Periodical. In Japanese]

Morin, France. “The Quiet in the Land: Everyday Life, Contemporary Art, and Projeto Axé.” Art Journal (New York) 59, no. 3 (Fall 2000): 4–17. [Periodical. In English]

Napack, Jonathan. “Chinese Artists May Sue Venice Biennale, 1999 appropriation of a 1965 Socialist Realist work causes anger.” Art Newspaper (London) 106 (Sept. 2000): 3. [Periodical. In English]

Wang Guanyi. “对蔡国强《威尼斯收租院》获国际金奖的三点质疑 (Three Queries on the Work of ‘Venice’s Rent Collection Courtyard’).” Sculpture (Beijing) 21 (2000): 6–7. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Wang Guanyi. “Comments on Venice’s Rent Collection Courtyard.” Contemporary Artists (Sichuan) 19 (Nov. 2000): 28–29. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Wen Shan. “Old Problems, New Problems: Venice Rent Collection Courtyard.” Artscircle (Shanghai) 151, no. 52 (Sept.–Oct. 2000): 79–83. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Zhang Zhi-Ming. “Copyright Issues of Large Scale Sculpture ‘Rent Collection Courtyard’,” Zhou Mo Zhuan Kan (China), Jul. 21, 2000, 8. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Zhou Jingluo. “在T型舞台上爆炸艺术:记泉州籍旅美现代艺术家蔡国强 (Explode Art on the Catwalk).” Huasheng Monthly (Beijing) 61 (Apr. 2000): 78–81. [Periodical. In Chinese]

2001

Erickson, Britta. “The Rent Collection Courtyard Breached Oversees: Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts Sues Venice Biennale.” In Chinese Art at the Crossroads: Between Past and Future, Between East and West, 52–55. Edited by Wu Hung. Hong Kong: New Art Media Ltd., 2001. [Book. In English]

Gao Minglu. “蔡國強 = Cai Guo-Qiang.” In The Century’s Utopia: The Trends of Contemporary Chinese Avant-Garde Art, 245–51. Taipei: Artist Publishing Co., 2001. [Book. In Chinese]

Garnett, Daisy. “How Is Your Feng Shui?” Visuell: Deutsche Bank Art (Frankfurt) (2001): 17–20. [Periodical. In German and English]

In Zhi. “Cai Guo-Qiang: Play Art Well.” Art World (Shanghai) 138 (Nov. 2001): 8–15. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Li Xiang-Yang. “蔡國強和倪再沁在托斯卡納的共同創造 (Cai Guo-Qing and Ni Tsai-Chin’s Collaboration in Tuscany).” Art and Collection (Taipei) 110 (Nov. 2001): 168–69. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Lu Sheldon. “The Uses of China in Avant-Garde Art: Beyond Orientalism.” In China, Transnational Visuality, Global Postmodernity, 173–92. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001. [Book. In English]

Zheng Huihua. “玩味虚幻与真实,超越瞬间与永恒——从温哥华个展谈蔡国强及其创作 (Playing with Illusion and Reality, Transcending Instantaneity and Eternity——Talking about Cai Guo Qiang and His Art from His Solo Exhibition in Vancouver).” Art China (Shanghai) 1 (Dec. 2001): 76–79. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Zhu Qi. “We Are Too Sensitive When It Comes to Awards! Cai Guo-Qiang and the Copyright Infringement Problems Surrounding Venice’s Rent Collection Courtyard.” In Chinese Art at the Crossroads, 56–65. [Book. In English]

2002

Bartelik, Marek. “Cai Guo-Qiang: Shanghai Art Museum.” Artforum (New York) 40, no. 10 (Summer 2002): 189. [Periodical. In English]

Cavallucci, Fabio. “When Art Takes Part in Society.” Work: Art in Progress (Trento) 1, no. 3 (Oct.–Dec. 2002): 11–13. [Periodical. In Italian and English]

Fei Dawei. “怎麼寫一部隨意的歷史 (How to Write an Arbitrary History).” Art & Collection (Taipei) 113 (Feb. 2002): 59–61. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Hasegawa Yuko. “超越時空,向宇宙發聲 (Transcending the Time & Space, Roaring at the Universe).” Art & Collection (Taipei) 113 (Feb. 2002): 46–52. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Heartney, Eleanor. “Cai Guo-Qiang: Illuminating the New China.” Art in America (New York) 5 (May 2002): 92–97. [Periodical. In English]

He Chun-Huan. “Cai Guo-Qiang ‘Transient Rainbow’: An Explosion Project Tailor: Made for the Museum of Modern Art.” CANS Chinese Art News (Taipei) 57 (Aug. 2002): 16. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Huang Xiu-Fang. “The Artist Using Land As His Stage: Cai Guo-Qiang.” People’s China (Tokyo) 592 (Oct. 2002): 52–55. [Periodical. In Japanese]

Itoi Kay. “Making a Splash.” Newsweek (New York) (Oct. 2002): 76–77. [Periodical. In English]

Itoi Kay. “Hakone, Japan: Cai Guo-Qiang.” Sculpture (Washington D.C.) 21, no. 10 (Dec. 2002): 83. [Periodical. In English]

Jhiratori Masao. “Cai Guo-Qiang: The Artist Who Uses the Universe as His Stage.” In Dreaming People, 90–100. Osaka: Eastern Publishing, 2002. [Book. In Japanese]

Jodidio, Philip. “Cai L’alchimiste (Cai The Alchemist).” Connaisance Des Arts (Paris) 590 (Jan. 2002): 119–22. [Periodical. In French]

Katai Miki. “Cai Guo-Qiang’s CHADO Pavilion,” PR Weekly (Tokyo), May 27, 2002, 194. [Periodical. In Japanese]

Leydier, Richard. “Cai Guo-Qiang.” ArtPress (Paris) 275 (Jan. 2002): 81–82. [Periodical. In English and French]

Lin Chien-Hsiu. “複雜而真實的溫文層面 (Playful Sophistication: A Sketch of Cai’s First Solo Show in China).” Art & Collection (Taipei) 113 (Feb. 2002): 62–65. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Matsumura Toshio. “「蔡國強の茶室」の逢魔が刻 (Cai Guo-Qiang’s CHADO).” Open-Air (Tokyo) (Jul. 2002): 2–7. [Periodical. In Japanese]

Ni Tsai-Chin. “蔡國強的台灣傳奇 (Cai Guo-Qiang’s Legend in Taiwan).” Art & Collection (Taipei) 113 (Feb. 2002): 53–58. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Qing Ya-jun. “Counterattack Mainland China and Also Liberate Taiwan: Bunker Museum of Contemporary Art.” Art Today (Taipei) 119 (Aug. 2002): 72–75. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Reed, Arden. “Report from Japan: ‘Living Well’ on Naoshima.” Art in America (New York) 9 (Sept. 2002): 54–59. [Periodical. In English]

Schench, Sabrina. “Two Offerings by Cai.” Work: Art in Progress (Trento) 3 (Oct.–Nov. 2002): 8–10. [Periodical. In Italian and English]

Takashima Miki. “Collaboration Takes Tea Ceremony Back to its Roots,” The Daily Yomiuri (Tokyo), Jun. 22, 2002, 13. [Periodical. In English]

Tong, Jinghan. “Maksimov’s Impact on the History of China Art.” Art China (Shanghai) (Feb. 2002): 66–71. [Periodical. In Chinese]

2003

Zhou Dong-Xiao. “驚豔在紐約九月的天空,蔡國強中央公園「光環」計畫 (Astonishing the September Sky in New York: Cai Guo-Qiang’s Explosion Project for Central Park Light Cycle).” Artist Magazine (Taipei) 339 (Aug. 2003): 102–5. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Cotter, Holland. “Public Art Both Violent and Gorgeous,” The New York Times (New York), Sept. 14, 2003, 33. [Periodical. In English]

Fujimori Manami. “Cai Guo-Qiang.” Bijitsu Techo (Tokyo) 833 (Apr. 2003): 149–53. [Periodical. In Japanese]

Furukawa Mika. “Cai Guo-Qiang.” Bien (Tokyo) 22 (Sept.–Oct. 2003): 4–9. [Periodical. In Japanese]

Ho Chun-Huan. “Cai Guo-Qiang’s Fiddled Art and Amusing Life.” Chinese Art (Beijing) 4, no. 33 (2003): 14–16. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Hou Hanru. “Artistes Chinois, Diaspora et Art Global.” In Alors, la Chine?, 396–400. Paris: Éditions du Centre Pompidou, 2003. [Exh. cat. In French]

Lavrador, Judicaël. “Art et Feux d’artifice: Étincelles Modernes.” Beaux Arts (Paris) 225 (Feb. 2003): 74–77. [Periodical. In French]

Pollack, Barbara. “Gunpowder Drawings: Cai Guo-Qiang.” Art on Paper (New York) 8, no. 2 (Nov.–Dec. 2003): 38–39. [Periodical. In English]

Poshyananda, Apinan. “Cai Guo-Qiang.” ArtAsiaPacific (St. Leonards), no. 37 (Jan.–Mar. 2003): 76. [Periodical. In English]

Putnam, James. “The Way of the Dragon.” Contemporary (London) 49 (2003): 44–47. [Periodical. In English]

Tomkins, Calvin. “Light Show: Rockets’ Red Glare.” The New Yorker (New York) 79, no. 26 (Sept. 2003): 40. [Periodical. In English]

Vanderbilt, Tom. “Playing with Fireworks: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang,” The Wall Street Journal (New York), Sept. 11, 2003, 10. [Periodical. In English]

Zeng Huiyan. “Exploding From the East to the West, Cai Guo-Qiang Plays All Over the World.” World Weekly (New York) 1021 (Oct. 12–18, 2003): 20–21. [Periodical. In Chinese]

2004

Berwick, Carly. “Playing with Fire.” Artnews (New York) 103, no. 10 (Nov. 2004): 122–23. [Periodical. In English]

Dawson, Jessica. “Cai Guo-Qiang’s Ship Has Come In at Sackler,” The Washington Post (Washington D.C.), Nov. 14, 2004, 8. [Periodical. In English]

Dean, Jason. “Bridging the Divide with Art,” Asian Wall Street Journal (Hong Kong), Sept. 13, 2004, A2. [Periodical. In English]

Gao Chien-Huei. “蔡國強 = Cai Guo-Qiang.” In After Origin: Topic on Contemporary Chinese Art in New Age, 310–19. Taipei: Artist Publishing Co., 2004. [Book. In Chinese]

Goodman, Jonathan. “Cai Guo-Qiang An Explosion Event: Light Cycle Over Central Park at the Asia Society.” ArtAsiaPacific (New York) 39 (Winter 2004): 84. [Periodical. In English]

Lloyd, Ann Wilson. “Art That Goes Boom.” Smithsonian Magazine (Washington D.C.) 5, no. 8 (Nov. 2004): 112–16. [Periodical. In English]

Macleod, Helen. “Treasure Island,” The New York Sun (New York), Oct. 1–3, 2004, 21. [Periodical. In English]

Nichols, Matthew Guy. “Cai Guo-Qiang at Central Park & the Asia Society.” Art in America (New York) 1 (Jan. 2004): 96. [Periodical. In English]

Yakushiji Sayaka. “Blowing Away the Boundaries of Art and Politics,” The Asahi Shimbun (Tokyo), Oct. 9–10, 2004, 35. [Periodical. In English]

Wang Zi-Ren. “Cai Guo-Qiang: Explode the International Art World, Explode the Spectacular Art Life.” La Vie (Taipei) (Sept. 2004): 114–27. [Periodical. In Chinese]

2005

Carrier, David. “Reviews: Cai Guo-Qiang: MASS MoCA.” Artforum International (New York) 43, no. 6 (Feb. 2005): 176–77. [Periodical. In English]

Glueck, Grace. “The Cars Aren’t Really Exploding, but the Terrorist Metaphor Is,” The New York Times (New York), Feb. 18, 2005, E39. [Periodical. In English]

Jin Bo. “Oriental Touch to Venice Biennale,” China Daily (Beijing), Jun. 11–12, 2005, 9. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Lefingwell, Edward. “Report from Sao Paulo: The Extraterritorial Zone.” Art in America (New York) 2 (Feb. 2005): 48–55. [Periodical. In English]

Pollack, Barbara. “Enter the Dragon: Cai Guo-Qiang Breathes New Fire Into Venice.” Modern Painters (London) (Jun. 2005): 80–83. [Periodical. In English]

Searle, Adrian. “Boom Town,” The Guardian (London), Aug. 2, 2005, 10–11. [Periodical. In English]

2006

Ma Yue-Lin. “當林懷民遇見蔡國強:風.影.火.舞 (Wind. Shadow. Fire. Dance).” Common Wealth (Taipei) 359 (Nov. 2006): 162–65. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Müller, Hans-Joachim. “Maler an der Lunte (Painter on the Fuse),” Die Zeit (Hamburg), Aug. 24, 2006, 38. [Periodical. In German]

Pan Qing. “Ink in the Sky: Cai Guo-Qiang’s ‘Transparent Monument’ at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.” ARTCO (Taipei) 165 (Jun. 2006): 202–5. [Periodical. In Chinese]

“China’s Most Famous Ruin.” In The Great Wall of China, 16–25. Edited by Geremie Barmé and Claire Roberts. Sydney: Powerhouse Publishing, 2006. [Book. In English]

Shinkawa Takashi. “Cai Guo-Qiang: A Groundbreaking Journey.” ART iT (Tokyo) 2 (Spring–Summer 2006): 42–47. [Periodical. In Japanese and English]

Vogel, Carol. “Inside Art: Up on the Roof, And Above,” The New York Times (New York), Mar. 24, 2006, E28. [Periodical. In English]

Wang Jia-Ji. “燃燒的湯藥:關於蔡國強的爆炸藝術 (Burning Medicine: Cai Guo-Qiang’s Explosion Art).” Ink (Taipei) 40 (Dec. 2006): 50–56. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Zhao Li. “遇見蔡國強 (Encountering Cai Guo-Qiang).” INK (Taipei) 40 (Dec. 2006): 57–59. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Zhou Qian-Yi. “林懷民打開門歡迎「爆破」雲門的慣性!黑雪、黑洞、黑彩虹,蔡國強造《風影》(Black Snow, Black Hole, Black Rainbow: Cai Guo-Qiang’s ‘Wind Shadow’).” Performing Arts Review (Taipei) 167 (Nov. 2006): 10–13. [Periodical. In Chinese]

2007

Corkill, Edan. “A Bang-Up on Seasonal Motifs,” International Herald Tribune (New York), Jul. 20, 2008. [Periodical. In English]

Frazier, David. “Cai Guo-Qiang and Cloud Gate Collaborate.” ArtAsiaPacific (New York) 52 (Mar.–Apr. 2007): 49. [Periodical. In English]

Kröner, Magdalena. “Exploding Moments: Cai Guo-Qiang.” Sleek (Summer 2007): 82–93. [Periodical. In German]

Tamashige Sachiko. “蔡國強未来へ飛翔する龍ー芸術の気が世界を包み込む (Cai Guo-Qiang’s Soaring Dragon towards the Future: The Artistic Spirit Embracing the World).” SO-EN (Tokyo) 62, no. 9 (2007): 122–25. [Periodical. In Japanese]

Taylor, Kate. “Poetic Explosions at the Guggenheim.” The New York Sun (New York) (Sept. 7–9, 2007): 14. [Periodical. In English]

2008

Ambrozy, Lee. “Diary of the Spectacle: Zhang Yimou and Cai Guo-Qiang’s Olympic Opening Ceremony,” ArtReview (London), Aug. 12, 2008, www.artreview.com/profiles/blog/show?id=1474022%3ABlogPost%3A397522. [Periodical. In English]

Barañano, Kosme de. “Dibujando con Fuego (Drawing with Fire),” El Mundo (Madrid), Feb. 25, 2008. [Periodical. In Spanish]

Birnbaum, Molly. “Big Bang Theories.” Artnews (New York) (Jun. 2008): 40. [Periodical. In English]

Cohn, Don J. “Cai Guo-Qiang: The Art of War.” ArtAsiaPacific (New York) 57 (Mar.–Apr. 2008): 98–105. [Periodical. In English]

Goodman, Jonathan. “Cai Guo-Qiang: I Want to Believe.” Yishu (Taipei) 7, no. 3 (May 2008): 99–105. [Periodical. In English]

Guo Peiming. “Cai Guo-Qiang: Igniting Passions, Awing the World.” World Quanzhou People (Quanzhou) 4 (Sept. 2008): 8–11. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Gurewitsch, Matthew. “A Cultural Conversation with Cai Guo-Qiang: Just Don’t Call Them ‘Fireworks’,” Wall Street Journal (New York), Feb. 20, 2008, D8. [Periodical. In English]

Heathcote, Edwin. “The Blast Picture Show,” Financial Times (London), Mar. 1–2, 2008, 8. [Periodical. In English]

Hsieh Chao-Chung. “Cai Guo-Qiang Has No Limits Playing with Art in the Guggenheim Museum,” World Journal (New York), Feb. 13, 2008, E3. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Hsieh Chao-Chung. “Lin Hwai-Min and Cai Guo-Qiang, Capture Wind and Arrest Shadow,” World Journal (New York), Apr. 4, 2008, E4. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Jiménez, David. “Un Bombardero en el Estadio: Cai Guo-Qiang (A Bomber in the Stadium: Cai Guo-Qiang),” El Mundo (Madrid), Aug. 4, 2008, 8. [Periodical. In Spanish]

Lai Si-Ru. “Cai Guo-Qiang: I Want to Believe Retrospective at the Guggenheim Museum in New York.” Artist Magazine (Taipei) 395 (Apr. 2008): 194–217. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Li Fang. “A Visual Feast So Cool That It Moves You,” People’s Daily (Beijing), Aug. 9, 2008, 15. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Lubow, Arthur. “The Pyrotechnic Imagination,” The New York Times Magazine (New York), Feb. 17, 2008, 32–37. [Periodical. In English]

Montalba, Olivier. “L’art explosif de Cai Guo-Qiang à Pékin (The Explosive Art of Cai Guo-Qiang in Beijing),” Le Monde (Paris), Aug. 21, 2008. [Periodical. In French]

Pearlman, Ellen. “Railing Opinion: Mao Is Like So Over.” Brooklyn Rail (New York) (Sept. 2008), www.brooklynrail.org/2008/09/artseen/railing-opinion-mao-is-like-so-over. [Periodical. In English]

Perl, Jed. “The Revolution Continues: New Art from China,” New Republic (Washington D.C.), Jun. 9, 2008. [Periodical. In English]

Pollack, Barbara. “Cai Guo-Qiang’s Boom Year,” The Washington Post (Washington D.C.), Feb. 24, 2008, M9. [Periodical. In English]

de Rochedoult, Beatrice. “Cai Guo-Qiang met le feu au Musée Guggenheim (Cai Guo-Qiang Sets Fire to the Guggenheim Museum),” Le Figaro (Paris), Mar. 29–30, 2008, 31. [Periodical. In French]

Schjeldahl, Peter. “Gunpowder Plots,” The New Yorker (New York), Feb. 25, 2008, 82–85. [Periodical. In English]

Shu Ke-Wen. “Fireworks Radiating in the Turbulent World,” Sanlian Life Weekly (Beijing), Sept. 8, 2008, 50–55. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Smith, Roberta. “Cars and Gunpowder and Plenty of Noise,” The New York Times (New York), Feb. 22, 2008, E29–E30. [Periodical. In English]

Spencer, Richard. “Beijing Olympic 2008 Opening Ceremony Giant Firework Footprints ‘Faked’,” Telegraph (London), Aug. 10, 2008, www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/olympics/2534499/Beijing-Olympic-2008-opening-ceremony-giant-firework-footprints-faked.html. [Periodical. In English]

Sun Wenye. “Footprints From The Sky,” Beijing Daily (Beijing), Oct. 21, 2008, 14–15. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Tsang Wai-Yin. “Big Player Cai Guo-Qiang Goes Beyond the Limit,” World Journal (New York), Mar. 2–8, 2008, 10–17. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Vine, Richard. “China Envy.” Art in America (New York) 9 (Oct. 2008): 142–47. [Periodical. In English]

Wang Hongliang. “Presenting a Feast of Fireworks Secrets,” Sanlian Life Weekly (Beijing), Aug. 18, 2008, 104–8. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Yin Zi. “搞事搞成盛典:古根海姆蔡国强回顾展 = Making Things into a Lavish Production: Cai Guo-Qiang’s Retrospective at the Guggenheim Museum.” Art World (Shanghai) 218 (May 2008): 40–45. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Zhou Wenhan. “Cai Guo-Qiang: Serving Up a Fine Dish of Art,” Xin Jing Bao (Beijing), Mar. 5, 2008,  C03–C04. [Periodical. In Chinese]

2009

Alsman, Stephan Wedel. “Explosive Asian Art,” Weekendavisen (Copenhagen), Mar. 26, 2009. [Periodical. In Danish]

Cavallucci, Fabio. “Cai Guo-Qiang: Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao.” Flash Art (Milan) 42, no. 266 (May–Jun. 2009): 126. [Periodical. In Italian]

Chen Wen-Qian. “My Chen Wen-Qian: An Artist Without an Empire.” Apple Daily (Taipei) (May 2009): 1–2. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Hao Xiaohui. “Cai Guo-Qiang: I Want to Believe.” Guangming Daily (Beijing) (May 2009). [Periodical. In Chinese]

Horton, Anne. “Cuba Opens Up to the Art World,” Artinfo.com (New York), Apr. 15, 2009, http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/31127/cuba-opens-up-to-the-art-world/. [Periodical. In English]

Rawlings, Ashley. “Taboos and Censorship in Japanese Postwar Art: Mutually Assured Decorum.” ArtAsiaPacific (New York) 65 (Sept.–Oct. 2009): 94–101. [Periodical. In English]

Tanaka Sanzou. “Learned the Iroha in Japan, Now the Five Olympic Rings Fireworks.” Asahi Shimbun (Tokyo) (Apr. 2009). [Periodical. In English]

Wan Ying. “Cai Guo-Qiang: Make the Most Magnificent Fireworks For the World.” Youth Tide (Feb. 2009): 18–19. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Wu Yinhui. “Cai Guo-Qiang Hanging Out in TFAM, Inviting Audiences to Participate.” China Times (Taipei) (Sept. 2009): A10. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Xia Yi. “Artists are All Lonely and Ambivalent.” Ming Pao Monthly (Hong Kong) (May 2009): 74–83. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Chang Yu-Jing. “Unlimited Territory.” Architecture & Art (Beijing) 29 (2009): 90–95. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Zhong Xin. “Cai Guo-Qiang Won the Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize,” QuanZhou Evening News Overseas Edition (Quanzhou), Aug. 6, 2009. [Periodical. In Chinese]

“Cai Guo-Qiang: I Want to Believe Retrospective Exhibition.” Fine Arts Record (Beijing) no. 2 (Spring 2009): 10–11. [Periodical. In Chinese]

“Cai Guo-Qiang’s Solo Show I Want to Believe Opens in Spain.” Art in China (Beijing) (Mar. 2009): 1–3. [Periodical. In Chinese]

2010

Bryant, Eric. “Reviews International: Cai Guo-Qiang Rockbund Art Museum Shanghai.” Artnews (New York) (Sept. 2010): 125. [Periodical. In English]

Cao Feiyue. “Cai Guo-Qiang: Play with Fire.” Vista (Yinchuan) (May 2010): 110–11. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Celant, Germano. “Blowing Up His Time,” Art in America (New York), July 28, 2010, https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/interviews/germano-celant-interviews-cai-guo-qiang-56141/. [Periodical. In English]

Celant, Germano. “Creazioni Giocose,” L’espresso (Rome), Jun. 3, 2010, 125. [Periodical. In Italian]

Cohn, Don J. “Shanghai Expo, Cai Guo-Qiang And the Chinese Dreamship.” ArtAsiaPacific (New York) 68 (May–Jun. 2010): 41–42. [Periodical. In English]

Dao, Zi. “The Reproduction of Rent Collection Courtyard and Postmodernism, 2000.” In Contemporary Chinese Art: Primary Documents, 371–76. Edited by Hung Wu. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2010. [Book. In English]

Fortescue, Elizabeth. “Art to Befit the Beauty of Its Stage,” The Daily Telegraph (London), May 12, 2010, 22. [Periodical. In English]

Hirsch, Faye. “A Life in Smoke and Thread.” Art in America (New York) (Apr. 2010): 34. [Periodical. In English]

Hsu, Florence. “輝煌的瞬間,脆弱但美好:蔡國強談費城特展 = Cai Guo-Qiang Talks about his Exhibition in Philadelphia: Brilliant Moment, Fragile but Beautiful.” Yishujia (Taipei) 416 (Jan. 2010): 182–83. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Ji Shuoming, and Xuanning Jia. “Peasant da Vincis from the Chinese Renaissance,” The International Chinese Newsweekly (Hong Kong), Jul. 11, 2010, 36–38. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Kelley, Jeff. “Where There’s a Will.” Artforum (New York) (Oct. 2010): 97. [Periodical. In English]

Leclerc, Franck. “Cai Guo-Qiang et Yves Klein pour un dialogue autour du feu (Cai Guo-Qiang and Yves Klein in Dialogue Around Fire),” Nice-Matin (Nice), Jun. 12, 2010, 18. [Periodical. In French]

Lin Ya-Wei. “Cai Guo-Qiang: Compromise is Not a Shame.” Art Investment (Taipei) 29 (Mar. 2010): 34. [Periodical. In Chinese]

“Making Art a Blast,” Houston Chronicle (Houston), Oct. 7, 2010, A1. [Periodical. In English]

Malherbe, Anne. “l’art volcanique de: Cai Guo-Qiang = The Volcanic Art of Cai Guo-Qiang.” Artpress (Paris) 368 (Jun. 2010): 50–54. [Periodical. In French and English]

McClister, Nell. “Cai Guo-Qiang: Philadelphia Museum of Art and The Fabric Workshop and Museum.” Artforum (New York) (Mar. 2010): 252. [Periodical. In English]

Mu Mu. “Cai Guo-Qiang: My Most Exciting Role is to Tell Stories Through Art.” Art World (Shanghai) (May 2010): 20–25. [Periodical. In English]

Schiling, Leonie. “Cai Guo-Qiang: La Belleza del Descontro.” Arte Al Limite (Chile) (May 2010): 26–35. [Periodical. In English and Spanish]

Vogel, Carol. “Gunpowder Gathering,” The New York Times (New York), Aug. 6, 2010, C22. [Periodical. In English]

Wang Yin. “Cai Guo-Qiang: Peasants – Making a Better City, a Better Life,” Southern Weekend (Guangzhou), Apr. 1, 2010, E25. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Wang Yin. “It Doesn’t Matter When Flying off Target – Cai Guo-Qiang and the Stories of Peasant da Vincis,” Southern Weekend (Guangzhou), Apr. 15, 2010, D22. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Zhang Jian. “单纯,无比美好 = The Virtue of Simplicity.” Shanghai Tatler (Shanghai) (May 2010): 101–9. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Zhang Ying. “The Inopportune Hero.” Art World (Shanghai) (Jan.–Feb. 2010): 20–21. [Periodical. In English]

Zhang Yiwu. “蔡国强的《农民达芬奇》 一个‘中国梦’的奇迹 (Cai Guo-Qiang: Peasant da Vincis – A Miracle of the ‘Chinese Dream’).” Arts Criticism (Beijing) no. 7 (2010): 5–7. [Periodical. In Chinese]

2011

“蔡國強:以傳統草根戲弄當代,爆炸藝術的大玩咖 (Explosive art player: Cai Guo-Qiang: Teasing Modern with Traditional Root).” ppaper (Taipei) 91 (Nov. 2011): 36–65. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Dailey, Meghan. “In the Studio: Cai Guo-Qiang.” Art+Auction (New York) (Nov. 2011): 64–70. [Periodical. In English]

Hanna, James Chad. “Pyrotechnic Ceremony: Cai Guo-Qiang Makes a Bang in the Middle East.” Modern Painters (Dec. 2011): 22. [Periodical. In English]

Harris, Gareth. “China to Doha with Fireworks: Cai Guo-Qiang’s Mini Retrospective in Qatar’s Mathaf.” The Art Newspaper (New York) (Dec. 2011). [Periodical. In English]

Hartvig, Nicolai. “Detonating Dialogue: Cai Guo-Qiang’s First Middle Eastern Exhibition Gently Bridges Arab and Chinese Culture at Mathaf,” Artinfo.com (New York), Dec. 15, 2011. [Periodical. In English]

Jiang Xueliang. “Trigger an Explosion Soul.” Esquire (Taipei) (Feb. 2011): 58–59. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Judkis, Maura. “Cai Guo-Qiang Lights Up Doha Sky with Daytime Fireworks Display,” The Washington Post (Washington D. C.), Dec. 14, 2011, https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/arts-post/post/cai-guo-qiang-lights-up-doha-sky-with-daytime-fireworks-display/2011/12/14/gIQARzzytO_blog.html. [Periodical. In English]

2012

Cacchione, Orianna. “Cai Guo-Qiang: Sky Ladder.” Yishu International (Taipei) 11, no. 6 (Nov.–Dec. 2012): 103–9. [Periodical. In English and Chinese]

Donoghue, Katy. “Cai Guo-Qiang.” Whitewall Contemporary Art and Life Style Magazine (New York) 26 (Summer 2012): 92–103. [Periodical. In Chinese and English]

Lee I-Hua. “這裡面有很多動人的故事……關於收藏蔡國強的作品 (There are Many Appealing Stories, About Collecting Cai Guo-Qiang’s Artworks).” Art Collection+Design (Taipei) 54 (Mar. 2012): 30–37. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Raza, Sara. “Doha Mathaf: Art Museum of Modern Art. Cai Guo-Qiang Saraab.” ArtAsiaPacific (New York) 77 (Mar.–Apr. 2012): 128. [Periodical. In English]

Sanderson, Edward. “蔡国强:海市蜃楼 = Cai Guo-Qiang: Saraab.” LEAP Magazine (Anhui) (Feb. 2012): 198–99. [Periodical. In Chinese and English]

Sheets, Hilarie M. “Cai Guo-Qiang’s Arabia.” Art in America (New York) 100 (Apr. 2012): 39–41. [Periodical. In English]

Tufnell, Ben. “Atomic Tourism and False Memories: Cai Guo-Qiang’s The Century with Mushroom Clouds,” Tate Papers (London), May 11, 2012. [Periodical. In English]

2013

Arruda, Tereza. “Cai Guo-Qiang The Two Faces of China: Various Works in Paper were Inspired by the Artist’s Trips to Brazil.” Arte! Brasileiros (São Paulo) (Apr. 2013): 44–45. [Magazine. In Portuguese and English]

Cai Guo-Qiang. “Blog on Paper: Awards and Catastrophe.” Bazaar Art (Beijing) 307 (Jan. 2013): 52–55. [Periodical. In Chinese]

“蔡國強紙上博客:我的《一夜情》(Blog on Paper: My ‘One Night Stand).’” Bazaar Art (Beijing) 322 (Nov. 2013). [Periodical. In Chinese]

Cai Guo-Qiang. “蔡国强 x 弗兰克.盖里 = Frank Gehry with Cai Guo-Qiang.” Bazaar Art (Beijing) 310 (Mar. 2013): 130–33. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Fang Yan. “蔡国强 奥运玩火 = Cai Guo-Qiang Playing Fire in Olympic.” Fujian People (Fujian) 6 (Jul. 2013): 24–31. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Chen Fangling. “一支流動的藝術軍團「蔡國強:農民達文西」巴西巡迴展覽 (An art legion – Cai Guo-Qiang: Da Vincis do Povo tour exhibitions in Brazil).” Yishujia (Taipei) 457 (Jun. 2013): 388–97. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Clinton, Hillary. “The Diplomacy of Art.” Vanity Fair (New York) 630 (Feb. 2013): 44, 116–17. [Periodical. In English]

Gaskin, Sam. “Christie’s First Shanghai Sales Moves $25 Million in Jewelry and Art,” Blouin Artinfo (New York), Sept. 26, 2013. [Periodical. In English]

Halloran, Melissa. “Cai Guo-Qiang.” Map Magazine (Brisbane) 159 (Dec.–Jan. 2013): 48. [Periodical. In English]

Hay, Ashley. “Cai Guo-Qiang’s Paradise Regained.” Artlines (Brisbane) 3 (Sept.–Nov. 2013): 22–25. [Periodical. In English]

“Integracao China-Brasil. Cai Guo-Qiang apresenta seu universe ludico em tres capitals.” DASartes Artes Visuals em Revista (Rio de Janeiro) 27 (May 2013): 50–55. [Periodical. In Portuguese]

Johnson, Ian. “Dreams of a Different China,” The New York Review of Books (New York), Nov. 21, 2013. [Periodical. In English]

Marthe, Marcelo. “Terra de gigantes.” Veja (São Paulo) (Feb. 2013): 94–98. [Periodical. In Portuguese]

McColm, Donna. “Celebrating 15 years of Children’s Exhibitions at the Gallery.” Artlines (Brisbane) 3 (Sept.–Nov. 2013): 30–33. [Periodical. In English]

“Quanzhou Light Cai Guoqiang.” Cross Border (Fujian) 5 (Jul. 2013): 3–13. [Periodical. In Chinese and English]

Rosenbaum, Ron. “Burning Man. With Ethereal Artworks Traced in Flames and Gunpowder, Cai Guo-Qiang is Making a Big Bang.” Smithsonian (Washington D.C.) 44 (Apr. 2013): 26–33.[Periodical. In English]

Vaughn, Katie. “Stick Vega’s Explosive Art,” Madison Magazine (Madison), Dec. 23, 2013. [Periodical. In English]

Wang Yin. “艺术家不能只做好事,不做“坏事”塞纳河上蔡国强的“一夜情” (‘I have been avoiding Chinese Projects’: Quanzhou Museum of Contemporary Art, and Frank Gehry’s ‘first’),” Infzm.com, Oct. 10, 2013, http://www.infzm.com/content/94948. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Wang Yin. “Cai Guo-Qiang : Dedicated to Paris an Aphrodisiac,” Elle Men China, Jan. 12, 2013. [Periodical. In China]

“Where Art Lives.” Noblesse (Shanghai) (Dec. 2013): 207–22. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Xu Jia. “Can you Mess Around with Chinese Contemporary Art?,” DFDaily (Shanghai), Oct. 28, 2013, http://www.dfdaily.com/html/8759/2013/10/28/1082309.shtml. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Zhu Jie-Shu. “Lost in Venice, Lost in Chinese Contemporary Art,” DFDaily.com (Shanghai), Jun. 17, 2013, http://www.dfdaily.com/html/8759/2013/6/17/1015376.shtml. [Periodical. In Chinese]

2014

Pollack, Barbara. “在此所见:美国观念中的中国当代艺术 = As Seen Here: Views of Chinese Contemporary Art in the U.S.” LEAP Magazine (Anhui) (Feb. 2014): 122–31. [Periodical. In Chinese and English]

Krieger, Andreas. “Zu schön, um wahr zu sein (Too Beautiful to Be True),” Das Erste (Munich), Jul. 7, 2014. [Periodical. In German]

Boland, Michaela. “State’s Arts Spending Celebrates a Great Leap Forward,” The Australian (Surry Hills), Jun. 27, 2014. [Periodical. In English]

Mhf, Isabella. “Art Review: Cai Guo Qiang’s The Ninth Wave,” City Weekend (Beijing), Aug. 19, 2014. [Periodical. In English]

McHugh, Fionnuala. “Artist Cai Guoqiang Gets More Bang for his Buck,” South China Morning Post (Hong Kong) Aug. 24, 2014, 4–5. [Periodical. In English]

Copernicus, Nicolas. “Voices in Time: 1543: Nuremberg.” Lapham’s Quarterly (New York) 7, no. 2 (Spring 2014): 130–32. [Periodical. In English]

“Contemporary Noah’s Arc Cai Guo-­Qiang at the Power Station of Art.” ArtMag by Deutsche Bank (Berlin) 82 (Aug. 2014). [Periodical. In English]

Kuan, Christine. “A New Noah’s Ark: Artist Cai Guo-Qiang’s Response to an Environmental Crisis in China,” Artsy (New York), Aug. 11, 2014. [Periodical. In English]

2015

Wolfe, Alexandra. “Cai Guo-Qiang on the State of Contemporary Chinese Art,” The Wall Street Journal (New York), Apr. 24, 2015, https://www.wsj.com/articles/cai-guo-qiang-on-the-state-of-contemporary-chinese-art-1429901786. [Periodical. In English]

Li, Angelika. “Cai Guo-Qiang: Life Is A Milonga: Tango Fireworks For Argentina,” ArtAsiaPacific (New York), Feb. 6, 2015. [Periodical. In English]

“オオカミ、爆破、春画 帰ってきた蔡國強 (Wolves, Explosion, Shunga: Cai Guo-Qiang Returns).” Geijutsu Shincho (Tokyo) 9 (Sept. 2015): 104–9. [Periodical. In Japanese]

Nan Xia. “Cai Guo-Qiang: There and Back Again.” Sanlian Life Magazine (Guangzhou) 118 (Sept. 2015): 66–77. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Sun Xiao-Tong, “蔡國強:天梯 6.15 稫建泉州恵嶼島海灣 (Cai Guo-Qiang: Sky Ladder June 15 at Quanzhou Huiyu Island).” Artitude (Taipei) 70 (Jul. 2015): 29. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Fishman, Roman. “The Artist, Who Paints Explosions and Fires.” Popular Mechanics (Moscow) 10, no. 156 (Oct. 2015): 118–21. [Periodical. In Russian]

“7/11-10/18 橫濱美術館:蔡國強個展 歸去來 (Cai Guo-Qiang’s Solo Exhibition There and Back Again)” Chinese Contemporary Art News (Taipei) 127 (Aug. 2015). [Periodical. In Chinese]

Kao Tsu-Jin. “羨萬物之得時,登東皋以舒嘯 = I Admire How Things Grow and Prosper According to Their Seasons.” ARTCO (Taipei) 275 (2015): 134–37. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Wee, Darryl. “Review: Parasophia: Kyoto International Festival of Contemporary Culture 2015,” Blouin Artinfo (New York City), Mar. 11, 2015. [Periodical. In English]

Schell, Orville. “Cai Guo-Qiang’s Love Affair With Fireworks,” Chinafile (New York), Feb. 18, 2015. [Periodical. In English]

Heathcote, Edwin. “Whitworth Art Gallery: In Praise of Bricks (and Mortar),” Financial Times (New York), Feb. 13, 2015. [Periodical. In English]

2016

Pollack, Barbara. “Redefining China’s Artists.” The New York Times (New York), Mar. 20, 2016, 23. [Periodical. In English]

Gotthardt, Alexxa. “Explosives Artist Cai Guo-Qiang’s Story Comes to Netflix,” Artsy (New York), Oct. 10, 2016, https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-explosives-artist-cai-guo-qiang-s-story-comes-to-netflix. [Periodical. In English]

Dijksterhuis, Edo. “Schilderen met buskruit (Painting with Gunpowder).” Museumtijdschrift (Amsterdam) (Oct.–Nov. 2016): 54–59. [Periodical. In Dutch]

Sachiko Tamashige. “Culture City of East Asia: Sailing to the Future.” Mrs. (Tokyo) 741 (Sept. 2016): 176–77. [Periodical. In Japanese]

Lu Mingjun. “全球化、當代藝術與中國社會變革 (Globalization, Contemporary Art and the Social Transformation of China).” Twenty-First Century Bimonthly (Hong Kong) 157 (Oct. 2016): 122–23. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Ward, Ossian. “Cai Guo-Qiang: With Chinese Contemporary Art Caught Between the Weight of Western Expectations and the Weightlessness of Its Own Burgeoning Scene, One of China’s Leading Artists Seeks to Return the Heart to Its Contemporary Art.” ArtReview (London) 68, no. 2 (Mar. 2016): 80–83. [Periodical. In English]

Mack, Joshua. “Cai Guo-Qiang: With Chinese contemporary art caught between the weight of Western expectations and the weightlessness of its own burgeoning scene, one of China’s leading artists seeks to return the heart to its contemporary art.” ArtReview (London) 68, no. 2 (Mar. 2016): 80–83. [Periodical. In English]

Galeazzi, Clara. “Cai Guo-Qiang: Peasant da Vincis and World Expos.” Yishu: Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art (Taipei) 15, no. 1 (Jan–Feb. 2016): 76–85. [Periodical. In English]

“连接卡塔尔与中国的当代艺术:“艺术怎么样” (Connecting Qatar and China through Contemporary Art: What About the Art?).” Bazaar Art (Beijing), no. 11 (May 2016): 268–69. [Periodical. In Chinese]

2017

Reif, Ruth Renée. “Hilft uns ein Historischer Roman, China zu verstehen? (Does a Historical Novel Help Us Understand China?)” brand eins (Hamburg) 19, no. 5 (May 2017): 84–85. [Periodical. In German]

Svetlana Sachkova. “Цай Гоцян — самый спокойный человек в мире Звезда современного искусства пишет работы горящим порохом, увидеть их в Москве можно будет уже в среду (Cai Guo-Qiang – The Most Serene Person in the World: A Star of Contemporary Art Creating Works with Gunpowder).” Vogue Russia (Moscow) 223, no. 9 (Sept. 2017): 280–85. [Periodical. In Russian]

Futagawa Yoshio. “Frank O.Gehry + Davies/TOEWS: Cai Guo-Qiang’s Studio and Country House.” GA Houses (Tokyo) 155 (Nov. 24, 2017): 8–25. [Periodical. In English]

Haruko Haraguchi. “蔡国强与樱花:“樱花是很有灵性的” = 桜の花には优れた知性がある (Cai Guo-Qiang and Sakura: Sakura is Very Spiritual).” Zhi Japan (Beijing), no. 41 (Mar. 2017): 7–33. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Barone, Joshua. “Cai Guo-Qiang’s Next Big Art Project: Light Up Philadelphia,” The New York Times (New York), Apr. 20, 2017, C3. [Periodical. In English]

Miller, M.H. “Frank Gehry and Cai Guo-Qiang Walk Into a Barn.” T: The New York Times Style Magazine (New York) (Aug. 20, 2017): 238–45. [Periodical. In English]

2018

Blàvia, Marta. “Cai Guo-Qiang: A Lifelong Journey into the Spirit of Painting.” Yishu: Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art (Taipei) 17, no. 3 (May–Jun. 2018): 34–47. [Periodical. In English]

Sarachi, Anna. “Schießpulver fürs auge: Die explosive Kunst von Cai Guo-Qiang (Gunpowder for the Eye: The Explosive Art of Cai Guo-Qiang).” Curare (Hannover) 119 (2018): 60–62. [Periodical. In German]

Lu Linhan. “蔡国强谈佛罗伦萨烟火与个展:在文艺复兴中文找绘画与自由 (With the Spirit of Renaissance Floras, Cai Guo-Qiang Lit the City of Flowers in the Sky for Florence),” The Paper (Shanghai)Nov. 19, 2018, https://m.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2642709?from=singlemessage&isappinstalled=0. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Catania, Francesca. “Art for Climate Change.” The Walk Magazine (Pennsylvania) 8, no. 1 (Fall 2018): 60–61. [Periodical. In English]

Dino, Chiara. “Dai miei cannoni nascono i fiori: Cai Guo-Qiang agli Uffizi: celebro Botticelli con la polvere da sparo invece dei colori (From My Cannons Bloom the Flowers: Cai Guo-Qiang at the Uffizi: Celebrating Botticelli with Gunpowder Instead of Colors),” Corriere Fiorentino (Florence), Nov. 20, 2018, 13. [Periodical. In Italian]

“Atompilz in Bonbon-Farben (Atomic Mushroom Cloud in Candy Colors).” Das Kunstmagazin (Hamburg) (Feb. 2018): 10–11. [Periodical. In German]

Maurizio, Francesconi, and Alessandro Martini. “Fuochi d’Artificio (Fireworks).” Living (Milano), no. 5 (May 2018): 200–9. [Periodical. In Italian]

Yu Kuang. “《花曲》奏响乌菲齐美术馆《空中花城》燃放佛罗伦萨 (Flora Commedia Inaugurates at Uffizi Galleries, City of Flowers in the Sky Ignites in Florence),” Du Te (Shanghai), Nov. 22, 2018, https://www.dutenews.com/p/156708.html. [Periodical. In Chinese]

2019

Brown, Kate. “留下野蛮爆炸的痕迹:蔡国强为何 “重造”庞贝末日?(Leaving Traces of A Savage Explosion: Why Does Cai Guo-Qiang “Recreate” Pompeii’s doomsday?),” Artnet News (New York), Feb. 14, 2019, https://www.artnetnews.cn/art-world/liuxiayemanbaozhadehenjicaiguoqiangweihezhongzaopangbeimori-103579. [Periodical. In Chinese]

McDonald, John. “Artist Cai Guo-Qiang’s explosive response to the terracotta warriors,” The Sydney Morning Herald (Sydney), Jun. 28, 2019, https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/artist-cai-guo-qiang-s-explosive-response-to-the-terracotta-warriors-20190625-p5210s.html. [Periodical. In English]

“蔡国强:与天地独往来 (Cai Guo-Qiang: Conversing With the World Alone),” Esquire, Sept. 12, 2019. [Periodical. In Chinese]

“绚烂又环保,蔡国强讲解国庆烟火表演的科技含量 (Magnificent and Eco-friendly, Cai Guo-Qiang Explains the Technological Content of the National Day Fireworks Performance),” The Paper (Shanghai), Oct. 2, 2019, http://baijiahao.baidu.com/s?id=1646271968047992005&wfr=spider&for=pc&ivk_sa=1023197a&from=singlemessage&isappinstalled=0&isFailFlag=1. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Neutze, Ben. “With 10,000 flying birds, the NGV’s winter blockbuster is an exercise in time travel,” Time Out Melbourne (Melbourne), May 28, 2019, https://www.timeout.com/melbourne/news/with-10-000-flying-birds-the-ngvs-winter-blockbuster-is-an-exercise-in-time-travel-052819. [Periodical. In English]

Liang Xiao. “蔡国强:家乡是我的起点 (Cai Guo-Qiang: Hometown Is My Starting Point).” The New York Times Travel Magazine (Beijing) 10 (Feb. 10, 2019): 62–71. [Periodical. In Chinese]

2020

Movius, Lisa, “Cai Guo-Qiang Returns to China with a (Virtual) Bang in Major New Show at Beijing’s Forbidden City Palace Museum,” The Art Newspaper (New York), Dec. 21, 2020, https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2020/12/21/cai-guo-qiang-returns-to-china-with-a-virtual-bang-in-major-new-show-at-beijings-forbidden-city-palace-museum. [Periodical. In English]

Giles, Oliver. “Blast Off = 登上无止境的天梯.” Tatler (Shanghai) (Nov. 2020): 16,19, 22–35. [Periodical. In English]

Chan, TF. “Cai Guo-Qiang’s VR Fireworks Bring Together Advanced Technology and Traditional Craft.” Wallpaper (London) (Dec. 2020). [Periodical. In English]

Kikol, Larissa. “Playful Destruction.” Kunstforum International (Antwerp) 269 (Aug.–Sept. 2020): 224–37. [Periodical. In English and German]

2021

Mun-Delsalle, Y-Jean. “Playing with Fire.” Home & Decor (Singapore) (Apr. 2021): 4, 31–35. [Periodical. In English]

Biagini, Elisa. “Guardiamo Dall’Angolo Piu Scomodo: Appunti di Poetica Politica (Looking from the Most Uncomfortable Corner: Notes on Political Poetics).” Civilta delle Macchine (Rome) (Jan. 2021): 16–19. [Periodical. In Italian]

Li, Chin-Nai. “蔡国强 对未知的恐惧,常常在艺术上是兴奋 (Cai Guo-Qiang’s Fear of the Unknown is Often the Excitement in Art).” Southern People Weekly (Shanghai) 689, no. 31 (2021): 10–17. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Wei, Yanzhang. “蔡国强:每个故事里面都有我的家乡 (Cai Guo-Qiang: My Hometown is Within Every Story).” China Newsweek (Beijing) 1011 (Sept. 6, 2021): 58–61. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Gong, Yu-Fan. “与未知相遇,向童心致敬:对话蔡国强 (Encountering the Unknown, Paying Tribute to Childlike Innocence: A Conversation with Cai Guo-Qiang).” Southern People Weekly (Shanghai) 689, no. 31 (Oct. 18, 2021): 19–25. [Periodical. In Chinese]

2022

Shen, Nan. “一言楠尽 立冬无雪,与蔡国强“夜话”行云流水 (Difficult to Put into Words: Winter Solstice Without Snow, A Flowing Conversation with Cai Guo-Qiang.),” Xingchechang (Beijing), Nov. 8, 2022, https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/sA7AmeQLyIf0y5MeQHt8Pw. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Muzi, Valentina. “Mario e Marisa Merz in mostra a UMoCA, il museo di arte contemporanea do Colle Val D’elsa (Mario and Marisa Merz on Display at UMoCA, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Colle Val D’Elsa),” Artribune (Rome), Aug. 8, 2022. [Periodical. In Italian]

Ma Jinqian, and Zhao Gao. “对话北京冬奥会开闭幕式视觉艺术总设计蔡国强:冬奥主题焰火更加轻盈环保 (In Conversation with Cai Guo-Qiang, Chief Visual Designer of the Beijing Winter Olympics Opening and Closing Ceremonies: Winter Olympic Theme Fireworks with Greater Lightness and Environmental Friendliness),” Sina News (Beijing), Feb. 4, 2022. https://news.sina.com.cn/o/2022-02-04/doc-ikyamrmz9071191.shtml. [Periodical. In Chinese]

2023

Marius, Marley. “Having a Blast: A Visit to Cai Guo-Qiang’s New Jersey Studio.” Vogue (New York) 213, no. 1 (2023): 28. [Periodical. In English]

Zhao, Wen-Rei. “蔡国强:创作即是毁灭,毁灭乃是重生 (Cai Guo-Qiang: Creation is Destruction, Destruction is Rebirth),” Life and Arts (Beijing), Mar. 2, 2023, https://m.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_22127611. [Periodical. In Chinese]

1986

“An Important Tactic for Manifesting the Painter’s Concept: A Preliminary Exploration into the Use of ‘Light’ in Expressing the Substance of an Artwork.” Art History and Theory (Beijing) 17 (Spring 1986): 97–99. [Periodical. In Chinese]

1988

Cai Guo-Qiang, and Jindong You. “Painting with Gunpowder.” Leonardo (Cambridge) 21, no. 3 (1988): 251–54. [Periodical. In English]

1989

Cai Guo-Qiang, and Akihiko Takami. “From Beijing.” Bijutsu Techo (Tokyo) 41, no. 609 (May 1989): 130–32. [Periodical. In Japanese]

“Statements.” Gunpowder Paintings of Cai Guo-Qiang, 1–2, 9, 17, 18, 42. Guilin: Lijang Publishing House, 1989. [Book. In Chinese and English]

1990

“Cratères de Meteorites (Meteorite Craters).” In Art Chinoise 1990: Chine Demain Pour Hier (Chinese Art 1990: China Tomorrow for Yesterday), 52–55. Paris: Les Domaines de l’art et Editions Carte Segrete, 1990. [Exh. cat. In French]

1991

“Statements.” Cai Guo-Qiang: Primeval Fireball. The Project for Projects. Edited by Kanesaka Rumiko. Tokyo: P3 art and environment, 1991. [Exh. cat. In English and Japanese]

1992

Cai Guo-Qiang, Kurabayashi Yasushi, Serizawa Takashi, Tatsumi Masatoshi, and Sakurai Kazuya. Cai Guo-Qiang Project for Extraterrestrials No. 9: Fetus Movement II. Osaka: Nomart Editions Inc., 1992. [Exh. cat. In Japanese and English]

1994

Cai Guo-Qiang. 蔡國強:生命の暦 = Cai Guo Qiang: Calendar of Life. Nagoya: Gallery APA, 1994. [Exh. cat. In Chinese, Japanese and English]

Cai Guo-Qiang, Ri-Sheng Chen, Seiji Oshima, and Yuko Hasegawa. 混沌:蔡國強 = Chaos: Cai Guo-Qiang. Edited by Yuko Hasegawa and Masatoshi Tatsumi. Tokyo: Setagaya Art Museum and Osaka: Nomart Editions Inc., 1994. [Exh. cat. In English and Japanese]

Cai Guo-Qiang, Fu Gao, Masamichi Moriyama, Rika Yamashita, Takashi Serizawa, Yuichi Konno, and Takashi Serizawa. 宇宙中的長城 万里の長城を1万メートル延長するプロジェクト = 万里长城延长一万米计划 = Project for Extraterrestrials No. 10: Project to Add 10,000 Meters to the Great Wall of China. Edited by Yuichi Konno. Tokyo: Atelier Peyotl Col Ltd. and P3 art and environment, 1994. [Exh. cat. In Japanese and English]

“Project for Extraterrestrials No. 20: Raising a Ladder to the Earth.” In Well-Spring: Messages and Revelations by Contemporary Artists to Animate the Ancient City of Bath, 34–35. Bath: Bath Festival Trust, 1994. [Exh. cat. In English]

“Promenade.” In Promenade in Asia. Tokyo: Shiseido Corporate Culture Department, 1994. [Exh. cat. In English and Japanese]

“Statements.” In 蔡國強:環太平洋より= Cai Guo-Qiang: From the Pan–Pacific. Edited by Akihiko Hirano, Hiroko Takeuchi, and Iwaki City Art Museum. Iwaki: Iwaki City Art Museum, 1994. [Exh. cat. In English and Japanese]

1996

“Statements.” In de Rode Poort = The Red Gate, 32–35, 155, 164, 172–73. Ghent: Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Gent, 1996. [Exh. cat. In Dutch and English]

1997

“Heaven’s Secrets.” In Promenade in Asia, 50. Tokyo: Shiseido Corporate Culture Department, 1997. [Exh. cat. In Japanese and English]

“Placid Earth: A Project for the Meeting of Millennia.”​​​​​​​ In Unbuilt Roads: 107 Unrealized Projects, 15. Edited by Hans Ulrich Obrist and Guy Tortosa. Ostfildern-Ruit: Verlag Gerd Hatje, 1997. [Book. In English]

1998

“Wild Flights of Fancy.” In Day Dreaming: Cai Guo-Qiang, 4–17. Taipei: Eslite Gallery, 1998. [Exh. cat. In Chinese and English]

1999

Venice’s Rent Collection Courtyard. Vancouver: Annie Wong Foundation, 1999. [Exh. cat. In English]

“For Tatsumi and his Comrades—A Practical Dream.” In Dreams, 57. Edited by Francesco Bonami and Obrist Hans Ulrich. Rome: Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo per l’Arte, 1999. [Exh. cat. In English]

2000

“In the Words of Cai Guo-Qiang. Slide Lecture on June 20, 1998.” In Remain in Naoshima: Naoshima Contemporary Art Museum, 140–51. Edited by Yuji Akimoto and Kumiko Ehara. Okayama: Benesse House, 2000. [Exh. cat. In Japanese and English]

Cai Guo-Qiang. “关于《威尼斯收租院》(About Venice’s Rent Collection Courtyard).” Avant-garde Today (Tianjin) 9 (Jul. 2000): 75–78. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Fei Dawei and Andrei Ujica. “Projects for Extraterrestrials.” In Cai Guo-Qiang, 138–47. Edited by Fei Dawei. London: Thames & Hudson Ltd. and Paris: Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, 2000. [Exh. cat. In English]

2002

“Artist’s Writings.” In Cai Guo-Qiang, 121–43. London: Phaidon Press Ltd., 2002. [Book. In English]

“Dragon Runs.” In Cai Guo-Qiang and Iwaki with His Drawing Works 1980-2002, 8. Fukushima: YES corporation, 2002. [Exh. cat. In English and Japanese]

“Statements.” In EV+A 2002: Heroes + Holies, 76–77. Limerick: EV+A, 2002. [Exh. cat. In English]

“The Frankness of Collecting Maximov.” In Cai Guo-Qiang, 40. Shanghai: Shanghai Art Museum, 2002. [Exh. cat. In Chinese]

“To My Friends Beyond the Horizon.” In Cai Guo-Qiang and Iwaki with His Drawing Works 1980-2002, 112–13. Fukushima: YES corporation, 2002. [Exh. cat. In English and Japanese]

2003

“Curatorial Statement.” In 大地の芸術祭 : 越後妻有アートトリエンナーレ 2003 = Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial, 89–90. Tokyo: Gendai Kikakushitu, 2004. [Exh. cat. In Japanese and English]

2004

“Epilogue.” In Light Cycle: Explosion Project for Central Park. New York: Asia Society and Creative Time, 2004. [Exh. cat. In English]

“Feng Shui Master and Sheik.” In Cai Guo-Qiang: Man, Eagle and Eye in the Sky, 92–93. London: Albion/Michael Hue-Williams Fine Art Ltd., 2004. [Exh. cat. In English]

“Letter to the Children of Siwa.” In Cai Guo-Qiang: Man, Eagle and Eye in the Sky, 38–39. London: Albion/Michael Hue-Williams Fine Art Ltd., 2004. [Exh. cat. In English]

Liikkanen, Hikka, Tejeiro, Daniel, Yrjölä, Tuula, Louhela, Sami and Taipale, Ulla. “Statements.” In The Snow Show, 22–29. Rovaniemi: Rovaniemi Art Museum, 2004. [Exh. cat. In Finnish and English]

“Tatsumi and His Ball.” In Cai Guo-Qiang: Man, Eagle and Eye in the Sky, 70–71. London: Albion/Michael Hue-Williams Fine Art Ltd., 2004. [Exh. cat. In English]

2005

Fei Dawei, Minglu Gao, Tsai-Chen Ni, Tone Lilian, and Jennifer Wen Ma. Cai Guo-Qiang. Taipei: Artist Publishing Co., 2005. [Book. In Chinese]

Cai Guo-Qiang. “Letters to a Young Artist.” art on paper (New York) 9, no. 6 (Jul.–Aug. 2005), 59–61. [Periodical. In English]

Cai Guo-Qiang. “Influence: Today and Tomorrow.” ArtAsiaPacific (New York), no. 1 (2005–2006), 111. [Periodical. In English]

“People’s Republic of China: Virgin Garden: Emersion.” In 51. International Art Exhibition: Participating Countries, Collateral Events, 106–9. Venice: Fondazione La Biennale di Venezia, 2005. [Books. In Italian and English]

Brewinska, Maria and Nancy Jean-Luc. “Statements.” In Cai Guo-Qiang. Edited by Chrzanowska-Pieńkos, Jolanta, Kwietniewska, Małgorzata, Cope, Benjamin, Pugacz-Muraszkiewicz, Borys and Zacheta National Gallery of Art. Warsaw: Zacheta National Gallery of Art, 2005. [Exh. cat. In Polish and English]

2006

“A Letter to Friends in the Media on the Eve of the BMoCA Opening.” In Bunker Museum of Contemporary Art, Kinmen Island: A Permanent Sanctuary for Art in a Demilitarized Zone, 158. Taipei: Kinmen County Government, 2006. [Exh. cat. In Chinese and English]

“Curatorial Concept.” In Bunker Museum of Contemporary Art, Kinmen Island: A Permanent Sanctuary for Art in a Demilitarized Zone, 7–8. Taipei: Kinmen County Government, 2006. [Exh. cat. In Chinese and English]

“Excerpts from the Curator Speeches at the Opening Ceremony, Sept. 11, 2004.” In Bunker Museum of Contemporary Art, Kinmen Island: A Permanent Sanctuary for Art in a Demilitarized Zone, 159–61, 163. Taipei: Kinmen County Government, 2006. [Exh. cat. In Chinese and English]

Cai Guo-Qiang. “Master’s Program in Contemporary Art Curriculum (Proposal).” Yishu: Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art (Taipei) 5, no. 3 (Sept. 2006): 73–74. [Periodical. In English]

“Speaking of Wind Talking of Shadow: Glimpsing the Basic Concept of Wind Shadow from Letters Exchanged between Cai Guo-Qiang and Lin Hwai-min.” In Capture Wind Arrested Shadow, Cai Guo-Qiang and Lin Hwai-min’s Wind Shadow, 97–104. Edited by Jiaqi Hong, Weizhong Ma and Lijuan Wu. Taipei: Eslite Gallery, 2006. [Exh. cat. In Chinese and English]

“Statement.” In Jennifer Wen Ma: Aeolian Garden, 18, 21. Prato: Gli Ori, MOCA, 2006. [Exh. cat. In English and Italian]

“Statement.” In Shu: Reinventing Books in Contemporary Chinese Art, 26–27. New York: China Institute in America, 2006. [Exh. cat. In English and Chinese]

“Three More Sentences.” In Capture Wind Arrested Shadow, Cai Guo-Qiang and Lin Hwai-min’s Wind Shadow, 15–17. Edited by Jiaqi Hong, Weizhong Ma and Lijuan Wu. Taipei: Eslite Gallery, 2006. [Exh. cat. In Chinese and English]

2007

“Depth Perspective on Definition and Expression.” In Distance, 118–21. Edited by Yoshida Koji. Tokyo: Infas Publications Inc., 2007. [Book. In English and Japanese]

2008

“Reply to the Olympics Controversy,” Artnet (New York), Aug. 19, 2008, www.artnet.com/magazineus/features/guo-qiang/guo-qiang8-19-08.asp. [Periodical. In English]

“Statement.” In Cai Guo-Qiang: I Want to Believe, 285–99. New York: Guggenheim Museum Publications, 2008. [Exh. cat. In English]

“Statement.” In Cai Guo-Qiang: I Want to Believe, 291–305. New York: Guggenheim Museum Publications, 2008. [Exh. cat. In Chinese]

2009

Tai Yajun. Here Comes Cai Guo-Qiang!. Taipei: Eslite Corporation, 2009. [Exh. cat. In Chinese]

“On Explosions,” Meta Magazine, Aug. 18, 2009, www.meta-magazine.com/index.php?id=31. [Periodical. In English]

“Statement.” In Cai Guo-Qiang: I Want to Believe, 289–303. Bilbao: Guggenheim Bilbao, 2009. [Exh. cat. In Spanish]

“Statement.” In The 4th Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale 2009 – LIVE and LET LIVE: Creators of Tomorrow, 102–5. Fukuoka: Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, 2009. [Exh. cat. In Japanese and English]

2010

Yang Chao, and Wei-Jing Lee. 蔡国强:我是这样想的 = Cai Guo-Qiang: This is What I Think. Guilin: Guangxi Normal University Press, 2010. [Book. In Chinese]

Cai Guo-Qiang. “说说我和’农民达芬奇’ = A Little About Me and ‘Peasant Da Vincis’.” In Cai Guo-Qiang: Peasant Da Vincis, 17–25. Guilin: Guangxi Normal University Press, 2010. [Exh. cat. In Chinese and English]

“Statements.” In Cai Guo-Qiang: Fallen Blossoms, 99, 117, 141. Edited by Amy Wilkins. Philadelphia: The Fabric Workshop and Museum, 2010. [Exh. cat. In English]

Cai Guo-Qiang and Christiani, Mario. “Statement.” In Kiki Smith: Color Still, 15. Pistoia: Gli Ori, UMoCA, 2010. [Exh. cat. In English, Chinese and Italian]

Cai Guo-Qiang.”Wild Flights of Fancy, 1998,” 260–66. In Contemporary Chinese Art: Primary Documents. Edited by Hung Wu. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2010. [Book. In English]

2011

“Artist Statement.” In Cai Guo-Qiang 1040M Underground, 50–51. Edited by Christopher Makos and Peter Wise. Donetsk: Izolyatsia Platform for Cultural Initiatives, 2011. [Exh. cat. In English and Ukrainian]

Cai Guo-Qiang. “Cai Guo-Qiang’s Blog on Paper: Every Gunpowder Drawing Inspires the Next One.” Bazaar Art (Beijing) 243 (Mar. 2011): 48. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Cai Guo-Qiang. “Cai Guo-Qiang’s Blog on Paper: Stories between Iwaki and Me.” Bazaar Art (Beijing) 249 (May 2011): 48–49. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Cai Guo-Qiang. “Cai Guo-Qiang’s Blog on Paper: 1040M Underground.” Bazaar Art (Beijing) 261 (Sept. 2011): 58–59. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Cai Guo-Qiang. “蔡国强纸上博客:来自故乡的千年旅行 (Cai Guo-Qiang’s Blog on Paper: Going back to My Hometown after Traveling for A Thousand Years).” Bazaar Art (Beijing) 267 (Nov. 2011): 64–67. [Periodical. In Chinese]

2012

Cai Guo-Qiang. “蔡国强纸上博客《来自故乡的千年旅行》后续 (Cai Guo-Qiang’s Blog on Paper: Going back to My Hometown After Traveling for A Thousand Years, Part II).” Bazaar Art (Beijing) 273 (Jan. 2012): 44–47. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Cai Guo-Qiang. “蔡国强纸上博客:我真的很幸运 (Cai Guo-Qiang’s Blog on Paper: Indeed, I’m Lucky).” Bazaar Art (Beijing) 279 (Mar. 2012): 50–54. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Cai Guo-Qiang. “蔡国强纸上博客:天梯和天梯展 (Cai Guo-Qiang’s Blog on Paper: Sky Ladder and its Exhibition: Ladder to the Sky).” Bazaar Art (Beijing) 285 (May 2012): 54–55. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Cai Guo-Qiang. “蔡国强纸上博客:睡西湖!(Cai Guo-Qiang’s Blog on Paper: Resting on West Lake).” Bazaar Art (Beijing) 291 (Jul. 2012): 62–63. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Cai Guo-Qiang. “蔡国强纸上博客:农民达芬奇的狂欢 (Cai Guo-Qiang’s Blog on Paper: The Festivity of the Peasant da Vincis).” Bazaar Art (Beijing) 297 (Sept. 2012): 62–63. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Cai Guo-Qiang. “Cai Guo-Qiang’s Blog on Paper: A Master Like Rembrandt.” Bazaar Art (Beijing) 303 (Nov. 2012): 130–33. [Periodical. In Chinese]

“Ninety-Nine Tales. Curious Journey Through the Real and Unseen Worlds.” In Cai Guo-Qiang: Ladder to the Sky, 84–185. Munich: Prestel, 2012. [Exh. cat. In English]

2013

Cai Guo-Qiang. “Blog on Paper: Awards and Catastrophe.” Bazaar Art (Beijing) 307 (Jan. 2013): 52–55. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Cai Guo-Qiang. “蔡国强 x 弗兰克.盖里 = Frank Gehry with Cai Guo-Qiang.” Bazaar Art (Beijing) 310 (Mar. 2013): 130–33. [Periodical. In Chinese]

“Sixty-Three Narratives on Boats.” In Cai Guo-Qiang: A Clan of Boats, 136–202. Edited by Karen Chen and Faurschou Foundation. Copenhagen: Faurschou Foundation, 2013. [Exh. cat. In English]

2014

“A Story Between Children and a Child Who Never Grew Up.” In Cai Guo-Qiang: Falling Back to Earth, 138–58. South Brisbane: Queensland Art Gallery, 2014. [Exh. cat. In English]

2016

“Talk Talk What About the Art.” In 艺术怎么样?来自中国的当代艺术 = What About the Art? Contemporary Art from China, 14–35. Guilin: Guangxi Normal University Press, 2016. [Exh. cat. In Chinese]

“Talk Talk My Stories of Painting.” In Cai Guo-Qiang: My Stories of Painting, 23–140. Maastricht: Bonnefantenmuseum, 2016. [Exh. cat. In English]

2017

“A Boy’s October.” In Cai Guo-Qiang: October, 10–29. Moscow: ABCdesign, 2017.  [Exh. cat. In English and Russian]

“Ramblings About Painting.” In El espíritu de la pintura: Cai Guo-Qiang en el Prado = The Spirit of Painting. Cai Guo-Qiang at the Prado, 61–84. Madrid: Museo Nacional del Prado Difusión, 2017. [Exh. cat. In Spanish]

2018

“Parole In-sensate. Perdita dell’orientamento (Talk Talk My Loss of Direction).” In Flora Commedia: Cai Guo-Qiang agli Uffizi = Flora Commedia: Cai Guo-Qiang at the Uffizi, 61–81. Florence: Giunti Editore, 2018. [Exh. cat. In Italian]

“說說我的迷失 (Talk Talk My Loss of Direction).” In 花曲:蔡国强在乌菲齐 = Flora Commedia: Cai Guo-Qiang at the Uffizi, 63–79. Nanchang: Jiangxi Fine Arts Publishing House, 2018. [Exh. cat. In Chinese]

“Talk Talk My Loss of Direction.” In Flora Commedia: Cai Guo-Qiang at the Uffizi, 61–80. Florence: Giunti Editore, 2018. [Exh. cat. In English]

2019

“Shadow of the Empire.” In Cai Guo-Qiang: The Transient Landscape. 1st ed., 38–55. Melbourne: National Gallery of Victoria, 2019. [Exh. cat. In English]

“In the Volcano, I.” In Cai Guo-Qiang and Pompeii: In the Volcano, 58–99. Cinisello Balsamo: Silvana, 2019. [Exh. cat. In English]

2021

“By the Artist.” In 远行与归来 = Odyssey and Homecoming, 323–29. Edited by Simon Schama. New York: Delmonico Books D.A.P., 2021. [Exh. cat. In English]

“蔡国强文章拔萃 (Selected Articles by Cai Guo-Qiang).” In 远行与归来 = Odyssey and Homecoming, 331–35. Edited by Siman Schama. Shanghai: Shanghai MAP, 2021. [Exh. cat. In Chinese]

 

 

1991

Serizawa Takashi. “Cai Guo-Qiang + P3.” In 原初火球 = Cai Guo-Qiang: Primeval Fireball. The Project for Projects. Edited by Kanesaka Rumiko. Tokyo: P3 art and environment, 1991. [Exh. cat. In English and Japanese]

1992

Kobayashi Kenji. “Deeper, Larger and Farther.” Bijutsu Techo (Tokyo) 649 (Jan. 1992): 12–19. [Periodical. In Japanese]

1993

Konno Yuichi. “天空を駆ける光のパレット蔡國強 (Cai Guo-Qiang: The Palette of Light that Shoots the Sky).” UR (Tokyo), no. 7 (Mar. 1993): 4–32. [Periodical. In Japanese]

Serizawa Takashi. “Interview with Cai Guo-Qiang.” Bijutsu Techo (Tokyo) 671 (Jun. 1993): 121–28. [Periodical. In Japanese]

1996

Nakamura Keiko.“The Universalism and Individualism of Art.” In ゲノムの見る夢――中村桂子対談集 = Keiko Nakamura Interview Collection, 255–86. Tokyo: Seidosha, 1996. [Book. In Japanese]

Takeda Norihito, and Masaaki Takeda. “インタヴュー蔡國強氏に聞く 芸術の国際化と芸術家の立場 (Interview with Cai Guo-Qiang: The Globalism of Art and the Position of Artists).” Sturm Literary Magazine (Tokyo) 7 (1996): 106–15. [Periodical. In Japanese]

1997

Jolles, Claudia. “Künstler sind wie Kung-Fu-Kämpfer: Ein Gespräch mit Cai Guo Qiang (Artists Are Like Kung Fu Fighters: A Conversation with Cai Guo-Qiang).” Kunst-Bulletin (Zurich) 4 (Apr. 1997): 12–19. [Periodical. In German]

Lutfy, Carol. “Asian Artists in America: Cai Guo-Qiang.” Atelier International (Tokyo) 834 (Mar.–Apr. 1997): 84–91. [Periodical. In Japanese and English]

1998

Han, Dora. “蔡國強談自我追求的藝術「表演性」= Cai Guoqiang on ‘Performance’ in Art.” Dialogue (Taipei) 18 (1998): 126–33. [Periodical. In Chinese and English]

1999

Gao Minglu. “Traces of Gunpowder Explosions.” Dushu (Beijing) 246 (Sept. 1999): 87–93. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Matt, Gerald. “Gerald Matt in Conversation with Cai Guo-Qiang.” In Cai Guo-Qiang: I Am the Y2K Bug, 50–57. Edited by Gerald Matt. Vienna: Kunsthalle Wien, 1999. [Exh. cat. In German and English]

Matt, Gerald. Interviews, 76–81. Cologne: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, 2007. [Book. In English and German]

2000

Chiu, Melissa. “Off With A Bang: An Interview with Controversial Artist Cai Guo-Qiang.” Postwest (Sydney) 17 (2000): 28–31. [Periodical. In English]

Fei Dawei. “To Dare to Accomplish Nothing. Fei Dawei Interviews Cai Guo-Qiang.” In Cai Guo-Qiang, 117–35. Edited by Fei Dawei. London: Thames & Hudson and Paris: Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, 2000. [Exh. cat. In English]

Huang Du. “Cultural Witchery, Alchemy, and ‘Explosion.’” Avant-Garde Today (Tianjin) 9 (2000): 43–65. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Jouanno, Evelyne. “Cai Guo-Qiang: Between Heaven and Earth.” Flash Art (Milan) 33, no. 214 (Nov.– Dec. 2000): 66–68. [Periodical. In English]

Ujica, Andrei. “A Conversation: Cai Guo-Qiang and Andrei Ujica.” In Cai Guo-Qiang, 81–88. Edited by Fei Dawei. London: Thames & Hudson Ltd. and Paris: Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, 2000. [Exh. cat. In English]

Wu Hong. “文化之间的摇摆——对蔡国强的访谈 (On ‘Rent-collecting House’ an Interview with Cai Guo-Qiang).” Sculpture (Beijing) 21 (Jan. 2000): 8–11. [Periodical. In Chinese]

2001

Busch, Bernd, Johann Goldammer, and Andreas Denk. “Auf der Suche nach der Ewigkeit im Ephemeren (In Search of Eternity in the Ephemeral).” In Feuer, 586–600. Cologne: Wienand, 2001. [Exh. cat. In German]

Lo Rong. “蔡国强访谈录 (Interview with Cai Guo-Qiang).” Design Trends (Shanghai) 96–97 (May–Jun. 2001): 115–27. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Sans, Jérôme. “Interview.” In Arte all’Arte: Arte Architettura Paesaggio (Arte all’Arte : Landscape Architecture Art), 54–56. Siena: Arte Continua Associazione Culturale, 2001. [Exh. cat. In Italian and English]

2002

Demattè, Monica. “Half Empty, Half Full: A Conversation with Cai Guo-Qiang.” In Cai Guo-Qiang, 26–37. Trento: Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea, 2002. [Exh. cat. In Italian and English]

Demattè, Monica. “The Art of Catching the Void: Interview with Cai Guo-Qiang.” Work: Art in Progress (Trento) 3 (Oct.–Dec. 2002): 14–15. [Periodical. In Italian and English]

Sans, Jérôme. “Light Your Fire.” In Cai Guo-Qiang: Une Histoire Arbitraire = Cai Guo-Qiang: An Arbitrary History, 45–59. Edited by Annie Perez. Lyon: Musée d’Art Contemporain de Lyon and Milan: 5 Continents Editions, 2002. [Exh. cat. In English and French]

Zaya, Octavio. “Octavio Zaya in Conversation with Cai Guo-Qiang.” In Cai Guo-Qiang, 6–35. London: Phaidon Press Ltd., 2002. [Book. In English]

2004

Chiu, Melissa. “Interview.” In Light Cycle: Explosion Project for Central Park. New York: Asia Society and Creative Time, 2004. [Exh. cat. In English]

2005

Caballero, David Rodríguez. “East-West-East.” In Cai Guo-Qiang: Fuegos Artificiales Negros = On Black Fireworks, 104–31. Edited by Julio Gonzálex. Valencia: Institut Valencià d’Art Modern, 2005. [Exh. cat. In English, Spanish and Catalan]

Goodbody, Bridgit. “No Introductions Necessary.” ArtAsiaPacific (New York) 45 (Summer 2005): 42–45. [Periodical. In English]

Ma, Jennifer Wen. “I Wish It Never Happened.” In Cai Guo-Qiang: Inopportune, 54–69. North Adams: MASS MoCA, 2005. [Exh. cat. In English]

McCoy, Michelle. “An Interview with Cai Guo-Qiang, Curator of the China Pavilion, Virgin Garden: Emersion.” Yishu: Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art (Taipei) 4, no. 3 (Sept. 2005): 36–38. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Tanguay, Sarah. “Fire Medicine: A Conversation with Cai Guo-Qiang.” Sculpture (Washington, D.C.) 24, no. 4 (May 2005): 32–37. [Periodical. In English]

2006

Goodbody, Bridget. “Outside Chance: Cai Guo-Qiang Claims Air Rights at The Met,” Time Out New York (New York), May 4, 2006, 66. [Periodical. In English]

Grigoteit, Ariane. “The River of Time: Of Lions, Wolves, and Dogs.” Visuell (Frankfurt) (2006): 182–87. [Periodical. In English and German]

“不破不立:蔡康永對談蔡國強 (No Destruction, No Construction: Conversations between Kevin Tsai and Cai Guo-Qiang).” Ink (Taipei) 40 (Dec. 2006): 24–40. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Lin Hwai-min. “Cai Guo-Qiang vs. Lin Hwai-min: The Chance Meeting and Formation of Wind Shadow.” In 捕風捉影 : 蔡國強與林懷民的風影 = Capture Wind Arrested Shadow, Cai Guo-Qiang and Lin Hwai-min’s Wind Shadow, 18–33. Edited by Jiaqi Hong, Weizhong Ma and Lijuan Wu. Taipei: Eslite Gallery, 2006. [Exh. cat. In Chinese and English]

Murata Nobuko. “Interview with Cai Guo-Qiang.” COOL Creators’ Infinite Links (New York) (Apr. 2006): 12–23. [Periodical. In Japanese and English]

“Long March Yan’an Forum on Art Education.” Yishu: Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art (Taipei) 5, no. 3 (Sept. 2006): 18–60. [Periodical. In English]

Serizawa Takashi. “Like a Small Child Building Firecrackers: Interview with Cai Guo-Qiang.” ARTiT (Tokyo) 11, vol. 4, no. 2 (Spring–Summer 2006): 30–41. [Periodical. In Japanese and English]

Shaughnessy, Jonathan. “Cai’s Tour: An Interview with Cai Guo-Qiang about Cai Guo-Qiang: Long Scroll.” In Cai Guo-Qiang: Long Scroll, 48–79. Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 2006. [Exh. cat. In English]

2007

Auping, Michael. “Fire Medicine.” In 30 Years: Interviews and Outtakes, 87–93. Fort Worth: Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, 2007. [Book. In English]

Grande, John K. “Shock and Awe: An Interview with Cai Guo-Qiang.” Yishu: Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art (Taipei) 6, no. 1 (Mar. 2007): 39–44. [Periodical. In English]

Kakizaki Takao. “Light Passage: Interview with Cai Guo-Qiang.” In 時光 : 蔡國強と資生堂 = Light Passage: Cai Guo-Qiang and Shiseido, 32–37. Edited by Higuchi Masaki and Iseki Yu. Tokyo: Shiseido Corporate Culture Department, 2007. [Exh. cat. In Japanese]

2008

Asada Akira. “Art: The Critical Point of Creativity and Destruction—Commemorative Conversation between Asada Akira and Cai Guo-Qiang.” In 蔡國強展:第7回ヒロシマ賞受賞記念 = Cai Guo-Qiang: The 7th Hiroshima Art Prize, 34–45. Hiroshima: Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, 2008. [Exh. cat. In Japanese and English]

de Albornoz, Cristina. “I’m Eternally Optimistic; I am Chinese.” The Art Newspaper (New York) 187 (Jan. 2008): 34. [Periodical. In English]

Guo Peiming. “This Is the Most Precious Time In My Life: Interview with Cai Guo-Qiang.” World Quanzhou People (Quanzhou), no. 4 (Sept. 2008): 12–14. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Hu, James. “艺术可以乱搞:蔡国强访谈 = Art Can Be Messed Up: An interview with Cai Guo-Qiang.” Art Gallery Magazine (Guangzhou) 119, no. 4 (Aug. 2008): 40–51. [Periodical. In Chinese and English]

Kamiya Yukie, and Takeshi Matsuoka. “Discussion with Cai Guo-Qiang, Tatehata Akira, Kazuyo Sejima, and Asada Akira.” “What Is the Future and Function of Art Museums?” Public Symposium Report (Hiroshima) (2006): 23–28. [Exh. cat. In Japanese]

Lai Si-Ru. “An Interview with Cai Guo-Qiang about His Work and Retrospective.” Artist Magazine (Taipei) 395 (Apr. 2008), 204–17. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Li Chun-Tao. “公共:艺术家蔡国强 制造北京奥运会视觉特效 (Cai Guo-Qiang Creates Special Effects for the Beijing Olympics).” Southern People Weekly (Guangzhou) 127 (2008): 78–81. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Liu Li-Fang. “强悍与柔软:蔡国强的北京双城 (Tough and Soft: Cai Guo-Qiang’s Beijing City).” Xinmin Weekly (Beijing) 503 (Aug. 2008): 30–33. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Liu Xiaolin. “蔡国强:艺术与激情同在 = Cai Guo-Qiang: Art Exists with Passion.” ISSUE Contemporary Art & Culture (Beijing) (Aug. 2008): 36–45. [Periodical. In Chinese and English]

Pearlman, Ellen. “Cai Guo-Qiang with Ellen Pearlman.” Brooklyn Rail (New York) (Apr. 2008), www.brooklynrail.org/2008/04/art/cai-guo-qiang-with-ellen-pearlman. [Periodical. In English]

Shu Ke-Wen. “蔡国强:为了这个珍贵时刻 (Cai Guo-Qiang: For This Precious Moment),” Sanlian Life Weekly (Beijing), Aug. 18, 2008, 100–2. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Xing Zhou. “Cai Guo-Qiang Ignited the Olympic Progress Footprint.” The International Chinese Newsweekly (Hong Kong) (Sept. 2008): 48–49. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Yang Ruichun. “Only Obstacles! No Amateur Recklessness,” Southern Weekly (Beijing), Aug. 14, 2008, A9. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Zhong Heyan. “Life and Stories in the Courtyard House,” Sanlian Life Weekly (Beijing), Sept. 8, 2008, 132–35. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Zwerling, Jared. “Celebrated Chinese Artist Ignites Olympic Ceremonies,” Sportz Undercover, Jun. 23, 2008. [Periodical. In English]

2009

Fang Zhen-Ning. “Cai Guo-Qiang: Last Stop—Bilbao.” ABITARE (Beijing) (Oct. 2009): 58–69. [Periodical. In Chinese and English]

2010

Borysevicz, Mathieu. “Peasant da Vincis: A Conversation with Cai Guo-Qiang.” Yishu International (Taipei) 9, no. 6 (Nov.–Dec. 2010): 69–75. [Periodical. In English]

Li Jing. “Interview Cai Guo-Qiang: I am Just a Storyteller,” The Bund (Shanghai), May 6, 2010, A20–23. [Periodical. In Chinese]

Vanderbilt, Tom. “Tom Vanderbilt’s Interview with Cai Guo-Qiang: Drawing Fire.” The Magazine from the Wall Street Journal (New York) (Oct.–Nov. 2010): 15–16. [Periodical. In English]

Wang Yin. “Interview: Cai Guo-Qiang – 9000 Miles as a Peasant Artist.” Art Investment (Taipei) 31 (May 2010): 206–13. [Periodical. In Chinese]

2011

Bo Bo. “专访蔡国强:阿拉伯世界对我来说是一个谜 (Interview with Cai Guo-Qiang: To Me, the Arabia is a Mystery).” The Bund (Shanghai) 468 (Dec. 2011): 115–19. [Periodical. In Chinese]

2012

Ichii Kenji. “Interview between Cai Guo-Qiang and Kenji Ichii.” Artcollectors (Tokyo) 40 (2012): 63–69. [Periodical. In Japanese]

2013

Dantas, Marcello. “Marcello Dantas in Conversation with Cai Guo-Qiang.” In Cai Guo-Qiang: Da Vincis Do Povo, 15–35. Shenzhen: Artron Culture Group, 2013. [Exh. cat. In English and Portuguese]

Rosenbaum, Ron. “Burning Man. With Ethereal Artworks Traced in Flames and Gunpowder, Cai Guo-Qiang is Making a Big Bang.” Smithsonian (Washington, D.C.) 44 (Apr. 2013): 26–33. [Periodical. In English]

Widmer, Richard. 历史之路:威尼斯双年展与中国当代艺术 20 年:访谈集 = Passage to History: 20 Years of La Biennale di Venezia and Chinese Contemporary Art: Interview Collection, 292–303. Beijing: China Youth Publishing, 2013. [Book. In Chinese and English]

2014

Cooke, Julia. “Legends at Work: Cai Guo-Qiang.” Surface Magazine (New York) 105 (Feb. 2014): 136–41. [Periodical. In English]

“Interview with Cai Guo-Qiang.” CLOG: Guggenheim (New York) (Winter 2014). [Periodical. In English]

Kelmachter, Hélène. “Elective Affinities: Cai Guo-Qiang.” Cartier Art (Milan) 36 (Feb. 2014): 66–67. [Periodical. In French and English]

Song Yi. “蔡国强工作室来信 = A Correspondence with Cai Studio.” LEAP Magazine (Anhui) (Feb. 2014): 110–21. [Periodical. In Chinese and English]

2016

Mack, Joshua. “Cai Guo-Qiang: With Chinese Contemporary Art Caught Between the Weight of Western Expectations and the Weightlessness of its Own Burgeoning Scene, One of China’s Leading Artists Seeks to Return the Heart to its Contemporary Art.” ArtReview (London) 68, no. 2 (Mar. 2016): 80–83. [Periodical. In English]

Biswas, Allie. “Explosions in the Sky.” Glass Magazine (London) 26 (Summer 2016): 144–49, 188–89. [Periodical. In English and Chinese]

Cerruti, Margaux. “Reaching for the Sky: Netflix’s Documentary on Cai Guo-Qiang.” Whitewall Magazine (New York) 44 (Winter 2016): 40–43. [Periodical. In English]

2019

von Spee, Clarissa. “In Conversation with Cai Guo-Qiang.” In Cai Guo-Qiang: Cuyahoga River Lightning, 45–53. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2019. [Exh. cat. In English]