SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
- New American Paintings, vol. 68, Open Studios Press, Boston, 2007.

- “A Visual Feast to Whet All Appetites,” Aidan Dunne, The Irish Times, October 31, 2006.

- Catalogue: New Urbanisms, The Painting Center, 2007.

- “Country Road, Take Me Home,” The New York Sun Weekend Section, June 24, 2005
- “Artist’s Road Map Leads to Cleveland,” Marilyn H. Karfeld, Cleveland Jewish News, 6/6/03.

- Catalogue: The Figure: Another Side of Modernism, Newhouse Center of Contemporary Art, 2000.

- Manual: Art in General 1992 and 1993,Holly Block, 1994.
“Jean-Luc Godard: Picasso, Marx, and Coca-Cola,” J. Hoberman, Arts Magazine, February, 1993.

- “The Contemporary Portrait,” Michael Leonard, Artweek, February 14, 1987.

- “Barbara Friedman,” Tim Cohrs, Arts Magazine, Summer 1986.

- “The Parameters of Precious,” Aimee Rankin, Art in America, September 1985.

- “Update 1984-85,” Grace Glueck, New York Times, June 21, 1985.

- “Shaped Canvases and ‘Satellite’ Abstract,” Malcolm Preston, Newsday, June 18 1985.

- “Art Forms in the East Village,” Theodore F. Wolff, The Christian Science Monitor, April 8, 1985.

- “Balancing Acts that Work,” Thomas Albright, The San Francisco Chronicle, June 19, 1982.
Catalogues, Articles, Reviews, and Notices
- “Wuppertal grüßt New York: In der Stadtsparkasse wurde eine neue Schau eröffnet,” Westdeutsche Zeitung, February 7, 2009, p. 23.
- Catalogue: Transartlantik: Wuppertal-New York, Stadtsparkasse Wuppertal, Germany, 2009.
- Video interview on French television (“13h15” on France-2), November 2, 2008.
- “The Art Scene: Barbara Friedman on view at Ober Gallery,” Judith Linscott, The Lakeville Journal, The Millerton News, & The Winsted Journal, May 8, 2008.
- “The Tenuous Universe,” Brooklyn Days blog ( HYPERLINK "http://brooklyndays.blogspot.com" http://brooklyndays.blogspot.com) 4/25/08.
- Selected painter, PaintersNYC.com( HYPERLINK "http://painternyc.blogspot.com/2007_03_01_archive.html" http://painternyc.blogspot.com/2007_03_01_archive.html) 3/26/07; citation of exhibition at Michael Steinberg Fine Art.
- Catalogue: In Passing, Michael Steinberg Fine Art (Essay “Paint, Memory,” by Lilly Wei), 2007.
- New American Paintings, vol. 68, Boston, Open Studios Press, 2007.
- Catalogue: New Urbanisms, The Painting Center, 2007.
- “A Visual Feast to Whet All Appetites,” Aidan Dunne, The Irish Times, October 31, 2006.
- “Artist’s Road Map Leads to Cleveland,” Marilyn Karfeld, Cleveland Jewish News, June 6, 2003.
- Catalogue: The Figure: Another Side of Modernism, Newhouse Center of Contemporary Art, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, 2000.
- Manual: Art in General 1992 and 1993, Holly Block, 1994.
- “Jean-Luc Godard: Picasso, Marx, Coca-Cola,” J. Hoberman, Arts Magazine, February 1993.
- Catalogue: Postcards from Alphaville, Meyer Raphael Rubenstein, Artists Space, 1992.
- Catalogue: City Art Show, Artemis, Roanoke, VA, 1991.
- “Artemis/City Art Show,” Brian Sieveking, Roanoke Times & World-News, April 28, 1991.
- “Roanoke City Art Show,” Jeff DeBell, Roanoke Times & World-News, April 13, 1991.
- Art Column, Ann Weinstein, Roanoke Times & World-News, November 18, 1990.
- Catalogue: Imagined Worlds: Collaboration in the New Biology, Nancy Cadet, 1989.
- Catalogue: Classical Myth and Imagery in Contemporary Art, Barbara C. Matislky, Queens Museum, 1988.
- “Classic Myths in Postmodern Art,” Carter Ratcliff, Elle, May 1988.
- New Drawing in America II, The Drawing Center, 1987.
- “The Contemporary Portrait,” Michael Leonard, Artweek, February 14, 1987.
- “Barbara Friedman,” Tim Cohrs, Arts Magazine, Summer 1986.
- “The Parameters of Precious,” Aimee Rankin, Art in America, September 1985.
- “Update 1984-85,” Grace Glueck, New York Times, June 21, 1985.
- “Shaped Canvases and ‘Satellite’ Abstract,” Malcolm Preston, Newsday, June 18 1985.
- Catalogue: Update 84-85, White Columns, New York, 1985.
- Catalogue: Precious, An American Cottage Industry of the Eighties, Thomas W. Sokolowski, Grey Art Gallery & Study Center, New York University, 1985.
- “Art Forms in the East Village,” Theodore F. Wolff, The Christian Science Monitor, April 8, 1985.
Publications in which Art Work has Appeared
- Reproductions of paintings: The New York Sun weekend edition, June 24-26, 2005.
- Painting used in Biological Psychology, Rosenzweig, Leiman, Breedlove, 1996.
- Frontispiece, Plato and the Republic, Nickolas Pappas (London: Routledge, 1995).
- Paintings reproduced in Journal of the Menninger Foundation (1992, 1995, 1997).
- Woodcuts in Alice in Ribbons, poetry by Judith Upjohn (New York: Flockophobic Press, 1991).
- Woodcuts used in The New York Times Book Review, February 21, 1988.
- “Message and Metaphor: Friedman Solo at Art Awareness,” Ned Bobcoff, Woodstock Times, September 6, 1984.
- Catalogue: Selections, Artists Space, Linda Shearer, 1983.
- “Balancing Acts that Work,” Thomas Albright, The San Francisco Chronicle, June 19, 1983.