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Constructivists: Kenneth Nelson + George Rickey. New York: Marlborough Gallery, 2011. With an essay by Philip Rickey.
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On George Rickey: Philip Rickey in Conversation with Eric Gleason, September 11, 2021, Kasmin Gallery, 509 West 27th St., New York.
George Rickey's Kinetic Aesthetic: A Roundtable Discussion, October 20, 2021, Christie's, 20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York. Edward J. Sullivan moderates a conversation with Pepe Karmel, Sarah Oppenheimer, Robert Slifkin, and Reiko Tomii.
George Rickey Symposium, September 27, 2024, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University. Organized by the Institute of Fine Arts and the George Rickey Foundation. Speakers include Alex J. Taylor, University of Pittsburgh; John J. Curley, Wake Forest University; Susanneh Bieber, Texas A&M University; Marina Isgro, Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden; Marin R. Sullivan, independent art historian and curator; and Caroline A. Jones, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
