James Dennis Leggio
Born New York, 1948
Raised in North Merrick, NY, on Long Island
Lives in the Prospect Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn
Academic Degrees
PhD, English, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1975
MA, English, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1971
BA, English and Secondary Education, Boston College, 1970
Art Publishing Career
Head of Publications & Editorial Services, Brooklyn Museum, 1998–2018
Senior Editor, Abrams (formerly Harry N. Abrams, Inc.), 1994–98
Editor, The Museum of Modern Art, 1985–94
Associate Editor, Whitney Museum of American Art, 1979–83
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Books Published by the Brooklyn Museum, 1998–2018
Catherine Morris and Rujeko Hockley, eds. We Wanted a Revolution: Black Radical Women, 1965–86, vol. 2: New Perspectives. Published by the Brooklyn Museum; distributed by Duke University Press, 2018.
Catherine Morris and Rujeko Hockley, eds. We Wanted a Revolution: Black Radical Women, 1965–86, vol. 1: A Sourcebook. Published by the Brooklyn Museum; distributed by Duke University Press, 2017.
Wanda M. Corn. Georgia O’Keeffe: Living Modern. Co-published by the Brooklyn Museum and DelMonico Books, Prestel, 2017. Winner of the Dedalus Foundation Exhibition Catalogue Award.
Richard Aste, Lisa Small, and Cora Michael. French Moderns: Monet to Matisse, 1850–1950. Co-published by the Brooklyn Museum and Scala Publishers, 2017.
An Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead: The Papyrus of Sobekmose. Translated and with an introduction by Paul F. O’Rourke. Co-published by the Brooklyn Museum and Thames & Hudson, 2016.
Sharon Matt Atkins, ed. Iggy Pop Life Class by Jeremy Deller. Essays by Sharon Matt Atkins, Mark Beasley, and Frances Borzello. Co-published by the Brooklyn Museum and Heni Publishing; distributed by DAP, 2016.
Dieter Buchhart and Tricia Laughlin Bloom, eds. Basquiat: The Unknown Notebooks. Co-published by the Brooklyn Museum and Skira Rizzoli, 2015.
Eugenie Tsai, ed. Kehinde Wiley: A New Republic. Co-published by the Brooklyn Museum and DelMonico Books, Prestel, 2015.
Kevin L. Stayton, ed. Brooklyn Museum Highlights. Published independently by the Brooklyn Museum, 2014.
Eugenie Tsai and Rujeko Hockley, eds. Crossing Brooklyn: Art from Bushwick, Bed-Stuy, and Beyond. Introduction by Eugenie Tsai and Rujeko Hockley; roundtable discussion with Coco Fusco, Byron Kim, Wangechi Mutu, Thomas Roma, Fred Tomaselli, and Martha Wilson. Published independently by the Brooklyn Museum, 2014.
Catherine Morris and Matthew Higgs, eds. Judith Scott—Bound and Unbound. Essays by Lynne Cooke, Matthew Higgs, and Catherine Morris; interview with Joyce Scott by Kevin Killian. Co-published by the Brooklyn Museum and DelMonico Books, Prestel, 2014.
Lisa Small, ed. Killer Heels: The Art of the High-Heeled Shoe. Essays by Lisa Small, Stefano Tonchi, and Caroline Weber. With contributions by Ghada Amer and Reza Farkhondeh; Gabriel Asfour, Adi Gil, and Angela Donhauser; Brian Atwood; Zach Gold; Zaha Hadid; Julian Hakes; Pierre Hardy; Steven Klein; Nick Knight; Rem D. Koolhaas; Masaya Kushino; Alessandra Lanvin; Chau Har Lee; Christian Louboutin; Julia Lundsten; Marilyn Minter; Rashaad Newsome; Cat Potter; Winde Rienstra; Elizabeth Semmelhack; and René van den Berg and Karin Janssen. Co-published by the Brooklyn Museum and DelMonico Books, Prestel, 2014.
Teresa A. Carbone and Kellie Jones. Witness: Art and Civil Rights in the Sixties. With contributions by Connie H. Choi, Cynthia Young, and Dalila Scruggs. Co-published by the Brooklyn Museum and Monacelli Press, 2014.
Karen Sherry. Fine Lines: American Drawings from the Brooklyn Museum. Co-published by the Brooklyn Museum and D Giles Ltd., 2013.
Catherine Morris, ed. “Workt by Hand”: Hidden Labor and Historical Quilts. Introduction by Catherine Morris; roundtable discussion of quilt-making with Barbara Brackman, Maria Elena Buszek, Beverly Gordon, and Janneken Smucker; catalogue by Carolyn Ducey. Published independently by the Brooklyn Museum, 2013.
Erica E. Hirshler, Teresa A. Carbone, et al. John Singer Sargent Watercolors. Co-published by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Brooklyn Museum; distributed by DAP, 2013.
Richard Aste, ed. Behind Closed Doors: Art in the Spanish American Home, 1492−1898. Introduction Richard Aste, essays by Mia L. Bagneris, Michael A. Brown, Jorge F. Rivas Pérez, and Suzanne L. Stratton-Pruitt. Co-published by the Brooklyn Museum and Monacelli Press, 2013.
Edward Bleiberg, Yekaterina Barbash, and Lisa Bruno. Soulful Creatures: Animal Mummies in Ancient Egypt. Co-published by the Brooklyn Museum and D Giles Ltd., 2013.
Catherine Morris and Vincent Bonin, eds. Materializing “Six Years”: Lucy R. Lippard and the Emergence of Conceptual Art. With essays by Lucy R. Lippard and Julia Bryan-Wilson. Co-published by the Brooklyn Museum and The MIT Press, 2012. Winner of the Specific Object award for publication of the year.
Karen Sherry with Margaret Stenz. American Moderns, 1910–1960: From O’Keeffe to Rockwell. Co-published by the Brooklyn Museum and Pomegranate Press, 2012.
Kevin L. Stayton, ed. Collecting for the Future: A Decade of Acquisition Highlights. Published independently by the Brooklyn Museum, 2012.
Teresa A. Carbone, ed. Youth and Beauty: Art of the American Twenties. Essays by Teresa A. Carbone, Bonnie Costello, Randall R. Griffey, and Sarah M. Lowe. Co-published by the Brooklyn Museum and Skira Rizzoli, 2011. Received the first “Alice,” a new prize (in honor of Alice M. Kaplan) awarded by Furthermore to “the exemplary publication of an illustrated book” for the year. The contribution by Randall R. Griffey won the Association of Art Museum Curators annual award for outstanding catalogue essay.
Nancy B. Rosoff and Susan Kennedy Zeller, eds. Tipi: Heritage of the Great Plains. With contributions by Heywood and Mary Lou Big Day (Crow), Christina E. Burke, Teri Greeves (Kiowa), Barbara A. Hail, Emma I. Hansen (Pawnee), Michael P. Jordan, Dixon Palmer (Kiowa), Lyndreth Palmer (Kiowa), Harvey Pratt (Southern Cheyenne / Arapaho), Bently Spang (Northern Cheyenne), Dennis Sun Rhodes (Arapaho), and Daniel C. Swan. Co-published by the Brooklyn Museum and the University of Washington Press, 2011.
Eugenie Tsai. Sanford Biggers: Sweet Funk—An Introspective. With an essay by Gregory Volk. Published independently by the Brooklyn Museum, 2011.
Eugenie Tsai. Lee Mingwei: “The Moving Garden.” Published independently by the Brooklyn Museum, 2011.
William C. Siegmann. African Art: A Century at the Brooklyn Museum. With an essay by Joseph Adande and contributions by Kevin D. Dumouchelle. Co-published by the Brooklyn Museum and DelMonico Books, Prestel, 2009. Honorable Mention in the Association of Art Museum Curators competition for the outstanding permanent-collection catalogue of the year.
Edna R. Russmann. Unearthing the Truth: Egypt’s Pagan and Coptic Sculpture. Published independently by the Brooklyn Museum, 2009.
Judith F. Dolkart, ed. James Tissot, “The Life of Christ” — The Complete Set of 350 Watercolors. Essays by Judith F. Dolkart, David Morgan, and Amy Sitar. Co-published by the Brooklyn Museum and Merrell Publishers, 2009.
Edward Bleiberg. To Live Forever: Egyptian Treasures from the Brooklyn Museum. With an essay by Kathlyn M. Cooney. Co-published by the Brooklyn Museum and D Giles Ltd., 2008.
Patrick Amsellem. Jesper Just: Romantic Delusions. With an essay by Bill Horrigan. Published independently by the Brooklyn Museum, 2008.
Linda S. Ferber, ed. Kindred Spirits: Asher B. Durand and the American Landscape. With essays by Barbara Dayer Gallati and Kenneth Jackson. Co-published by the Brooklyn Museum and D Giles Ltd., 2007.
Tumelo Mosaka. Infinite Island: Contemporary Caribbean Art. With contributions by Annie Paul and Nicollette Ramirez. Co-published by the Brooklyn Museum and Philip Wilson Publishers, 2007.
Maura Reilly and Linda Nochlin. Global Feminisms. With contributions by N’Goné Fall, Michiko Kasahara, Geeta Kapur, Joan Kee, Charlotta Kotík, Elisabeth Lebovici, and Virginia Pérez-Ratton. Co-published by the Brooklyn Museum and Merrell Publishers, 2007.
Teresa A. Carbone. American Paintings in the Brooklyn Museum: Artists Born by 1876 (2 vols.). With contributions by Barbara Dayer Gallati and Linda S. Ferber. Co-published by the Brooklyn Museum and D Giles Ltd., 2006. Winner of the Alfred H. Barr Jr. Award from the College Art Association as the most distinguished museum book of the year. Winner of the Association of Art Museum Curators award for the outstanding catalogue of the year.
Teresa A. Carbone. An American View: Masterpieces from the Brooklyn Museum. Co-published by the Brooklyn Museum and D Giles Ltd., 2006.
Edward Bleiberg. Tree of Paradise: Jewish Mosaics from the Roman Empire. Published independently by the Brooklyn Museum, 2005.
Marc Mayer, ed. Basquiat. Essays by Fred Hoffman, Kellie Jones, Marc Mayer, and Franklin Sirmans. Co-published by the Brooklyn Museum and Merrell Publishers, 2005.
Barbara Dayer Gallati. Great Expectations: John Singer Sargent Painting Children. With essays by Erica E. Hirshler and Richard Ormond. Co-published by the Brooklyn Museum and Bulfinch Press / Time-Warner Book Group, 2004.
Charlotta Kotík and Tumelo Mosaka. Open House: Working in Brooklyn. Published independently by the Brooklyn Museum, 2004.
Amy G. Poster, ed. Journey through Asia: Masterpieces in the Brooklyn Museum of Art. Co-published by the Brooklyn Museum and Philip Wilson Publishers, 2003.
Edward Bleiberg. Jewish Life in Ancient Egypt: A Family Archive from the Nile Valley. Published independently by the Brooklyn Museum, 2002.
Marilyn S. Kushner. Digital: Printmaking Now. Published independently by the Brooklyn Museum, 2001.
Brooke Kamin Rapaport and Kevin L. Stayton. Vital Forms: American Art and Design in the Atomic Age, 1940–1960. With additional essays by Paul Boyer, Martin Filler, Mildred Friedman, and Karal Ann Marling. Co-published by the Brooklyn Museum and Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2001. Honorable Mention in the 2002 Museum Publications Design Competition, American Association of Museums.
Barbara Head Millstein, ed. Committed to the Image: Contemporary Black Photographers. With essays by Clyde Taylor and Deba P. Patnaik. Co-published by the Brooklyn Museum and Merrell Publishers, 2001. Honorable Mention in the Museum Publications Design Competition, American Association of Museums.
Diana Fane and Amy G. Poster. The Guennol Collection: Cabinet of Wonders. Published independently by the Brooklyn Museum, 2000.
Marilyn S. Kushner, Barbara Dayer Gallati, and Linda S. Ferber. Winslow Homer: Illustrating America. Co-published by the Brooklyn Museum and George Braziller, 2000.
Deirdre Lawrence. Artists Books. Published independently by the Brooklyn Museum, 2000. Certificate of Excellence, “50 Books / 50 Covers” competition, American Institute of Graphic Arts.
Barbara Dayer Gallati. William Merritt Chase: Modern American Landscapes, 1886–1890. Co-published by the Brooklyn Museum and Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2000. Winner of the 2001 Victorian Society Award.
Teresa A. Carbone, ed. Eastman Johnson: Painting America. Principal texts by Teresa A. Carbone and Patricia Hills, with contributions by Jane Weiss, Sarah Burns, and Anne C. Rose. Co-published by the Brooklyn Museum and Rizzoli, 1999. Winner of the Henry Allen Moe Prize for the outstanding catalogue of the year. Winner of the 2000 Victorian Society Award. Cited by The Wall Street Journal as one of ten outstanding museum catalogues of the year.
Richard A. Fazzini, James F. Romano, and Madeleine E. Cody. Art for Eternity: Masterworks from Ancient Egypt. Co-published by the Brooklyn Museum and Scala Publishers, 1999.
Layla S. Diba with Maryam Ekhtiar, eds. Royal Persian Paintings: The Qajar Epoch, 1785–1925. Essays by B.W. Robinson, Abbas Amanat, Layla S. Diba, Maryam Ekhtiar, Adel T. Adamova, Afsaneh Najmabadi, and Peter Chelkowski. Co-published by the Brooklyn Museum and I.B. Tauris & Co., 1998. Cited by The Wall Street Journal as one of ten outstanding museum catalogues of the year.
Notable Abrams Books Edited by James Leggio, 1994–98
Robert Rosenblum. On Modern American Art: Selected Essays. 1999.
John Wilmerding. Compass and Clock: Defining Moments in American Culture, 1800 · 1850 · 1900. 1999.
H.H. Arnason. A History of Modern Art. Revised edition, updated by Marla Prather. 1998. Chapters on the 1970s and 1980s.
Ivan Cloulas and Michèle Bimbenet-Privat, photographs by Serge Chirol. Treasures of the French Renaissance: Architecture, Sculpture, Paintings, Drawings. 1998.
Hendel Teicher and Michael Brenson. Joel Shapiro: Sculpture and Drawings. 1998.
Klaus Kertess. Joan Mitchell. 1997.
Thomas M. Messer. Vasily Kandinsky. 1997. Cited by The New York Times Book Review as one of the outstanding art books of the year.
Jay Pridmore. The Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago. 1997.
David Rosand, Arthur Danto, Stephen Addiss, Mary Ann Caws. Robert Motherwell on Paper: Drawings, Prints, Collages. 1997. Published for Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University.
Mark A. Vieira. Hurrell’s Hollywood Portraits: The Chapman Collection. 1997.
Kenneth Wach. Masterpieces from the Salvador Dalí Museum. 1997.
Tatiana Ilatovskaya. Master Drawings Rediscovered: Treasures from Prewar German Collections. 1996. Published for the State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg.
Marilyn Stokstad. Art History. 1996. Chapters on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Charles Ryskamp, Bernice Davidson, Susan Galassi, Edgar Munhall, and Nadia Tscherny. Art in the Frick Collection: Paintings, Sculpture, Decorative Arts. 1996.
Albert Kostenevich. Hidden Treasures Revealed: Impressionist Masterpieces and Other Important French Paintings Preserved by the State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg. 1995.
Thomas McEvilley. Pat Steir. 1995.
Notable MoMA Books Edited by James Leggio, 1985–94
Kirk Varnedoe. Cy Twombly: A Retrospective. 1994.
William Rubin. Les Demoiselles d’Avignon. 1994. With contributions by Hélène Seckel and Judith Cousins. No. 3 in the MoMA scholarly series Studies in Modern Art; John Elderfield, series editor.
Carolyn Lanchner. Joan Miró. 1993.
William Rubin and Matthew Armstrong. The William S. Paley Collection. 1992.
John Elderfield. Henri Matisse: A Retrospective. 1992. Winner of the Henry Allen Moe Prize for the outstanding catalogue of the year.
William Rubin, Kirk Varnedoe, and Lynn Zelevansky, eds. Picasso and Braque: A Symposium. 1992. Essays by Yve-Alain Bois, David Cottington, Pierre Daix, Edward F. Fry, Rosalind Krauss, Christine Poggi, Theodore Reff, and Mark Roskill.
Essays on Assemblage. 1992. Essays by Magdalena Dabrowski, Antoinette King, Anne Umland, James Leggio, Roger Shattuck, Beverly M. Wolff, and Charles T. Danziger. No. 2 in the MoMA scholarly series Studies in Modern Art; John Elderfield, series editor.
American Art of the 1960s. 1991. Essays by Rosalind Krauss, John Elderfield, Joseph Ruzicka, Charles Silver, Wendy Weitman, and Lynne Zelevansky, and an interview by Stuart Wrede with Robert Venturi. No. 1 in the MoMA scholarly series Studies in Modern Art; John Elderfield, series editor.
Kirk Varnedoe and Adam Gopnik. High and Low: Modern Art and Popular Culture. 1990.
Charles Silver. Charles Chaplin: An Appreciation. 1989.
Kynaston McShine, ed. Andy Warhol: A Retrospective. 1989. Essays by Kynaston McShine, Robert Rosenblum, Benjamin H.D. Buchloh, and Marco Livingstone. Co-editor.
William Rubin. Picasso and Braque: Pioneering Cubism. 1989. Chronology by Judith Cousins.
John Elderfield. The Drawings of Richard Diebenkorn. 1988.
Jon Hendricks and Clive Phillpot. Fluxus: Selections from the Silverman Collection. 1988.
Magdalena Dabrowski. The Drawings of Philip Guston. 1988.
Lawrence Gowing. Paul Cézanne: The Basel Sketchbooks. 1988.
Philip Johnson and Mark Wigley. Deconstructivist Architecture. 1988.
Linda Shearer. Vito Acconci: Public Places. 1988.
Peter Galassi. Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Early Work. 1987.
Bernice Rose. The Drawings of Roy Lichtenstein. 1987.
William Rubin. Frank Stella: Works from 1970 to 1987. 1987.
Kirk Varnedoe. Vienna 1900: Art, Architecture, and Design. 1986.
Riva Castleman. Jasper Johns: A Print Retrospective. 1986.