Selected Writing

(forthcoming) “Takuro Kuwata: Breaking the Surface” in Fabienne Stephan, ed. Takuro Kuwata. (Zurich: JRP Editions, 2024).

Andrew Gardner and Vyjayanthi Rao, ed. Sagarika Sundaram: Source. (New York: Palo Gallery, 2023). Link

Andrew Gardner, ed. Emma Safir: peripeteia. (New York: Blade Study, 2023). Link.

“Gae Aulenti: The Past is Always Present” in Christian Larsen, ed. Fontana Arte: House of Glass. (Geneva: Skira, 2022). PDF.

“Lily-White: Joel Robinson and Black Identity in MoMA’s Good Design Program.” MoMA Post Journal. May 2019. Link.

“Mrinalini Mukherjee’s Personal Mythologies.” MoMA Post Journal. November 2019. Link.

“‘Art is a Powerful Tool’: Emory Douglas and the Language of Revolution.” Co-authored with Esther Adler. MoMA Magazine. October 5, 2021. Link.

Emory Douglas: Artist Bio. MoMA.org. October 2021. Link.

“What Do We Mean By Good Design?” MoMA Magazine. March 4, 2019. Link.

Juliet Kinchin. Automania. Contributions by Andrew Gardner. (New York: MoMA, 2021). Essays: Volkswagen Beetle; Willys Jeep; Jaguar E-Type; Airstream Bambi; Smart Car. Link.

MoMA Highlights. (New York: MoMA, 2019).  Essay contributions: Charles and Ray Eames, La Chaise; Stenberg Brothers, Symphony for a Great City Film Poster; Massimo Vignelli, NYC Subway Diagram; Sven Winguist, Self-Aligning Ball Bearing. Link.

“Why Fritz Scholder Was One of Few Native Artists to Break into the American Mainstream.” Artsy.net, Dec. 18, 2017. Link.

“A Brief History of Traffic Lights.” Artsy.net, Oct. 17, 2017. Link

“How a Revolution in “Ugly” Design Is Upending Conventions of Beauty.” Artsy.net, Sept. 6, 2017. Link.

Ellen Lupton. How Posters Work. Contributions by Andrew Gardner. (New York: Cooper Hewitt, 2015).

Apple iMac G3. BGC Object of the Month, July 2015. Link.

“The Mighty Mollusk: Oyster Consumption among the ‘Two Great Classes of the Metropolis.’” In David Jaffee, ed. Visualizing 19th Century New York [Digital Publication] (New York: Bard Graduate Center, 2015). Link

“The Spectacle of Commercial Chaos and Order: Thomas Hornor’s View of Broadway and Canal Street, 1836.” In David Jaffee, ed. Visualizing 19th Century New York [Digital Publication] (New York: Bard Graduate Center, 2015). Link

William Myers. Bio Design. (New York: MoMA, 2012). Contributions by Andrew Gardner