Publications and Research

Major publications and scholarly projects will be released in the Centennial year, further extending Rauschenberg’s reach and accessibility.

New Monograph

A new monograph was published by Yale University Press in October 2025. I Don’t Think About Being Great: Select Statements and Writings presents 100 passages from Rauschenberg’s little-known body of written work. Comprising correspondence, artist notes, testimony, speeches, and more, this collection brings to light the artist’s love of language and reveals the extent to which writing was central to Rauschenberg’s practice. The writings, illustrated with reproductions in the artist’s distinct hand, are infused with visual and intellectual lyricism and span topics from the freedom of artistic expression to environmental concerns. Buy your copy here.

Exhibition Catalogues

Additionally, a new catalogue will accompany each institutional exhibition, further extending access to the artist’s work beyond museum walls.

Archives Research Residency

The Foundation is also pleased to announce its annual open call for applications to the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation Archives Research Residency, a one- to three-week research intensive at the Foundation and its Archives located in New York City. The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation Archives, consisting of Robert Rauschenberg’s personal papers and the records from his Florida and New York studios, is the most comprehensive body of information on the artist’s life and career.