These books offer more insight into the world of public art in general and street art in particular. They provided the reference information for the Wikipedia articles on both subjects. Go straight to the source for the most accurate information, as well as visual examples of many street artists from around the globe.Public Art

• One Place After Another, Miwon Kwon. MIT Press, 2003.
• Public Art by the Book, edited by Barbara Goldstein. 2005.
• Dialogues in Public Art, edited by Tom Finkelpearl. MIT Press, 2000.
• The Interventionists: Users’ Manual for the Creative Disruption of Everyday Life, edited by Nato Thompson and Gregory Sholette. MASS MoCA, 2004.
• Conversation Pieces: Community Communication in Modern Art, Grant Kester. University of California Press, 2004.
• Mapping the Terrain: New Genre Public Art, edited by Suzanne Lacy. Bay Press, 1995.
• Evictions: Art and Spatial Politics, Rosalyn Deutsche. MIT Press, 1998.
• In/Different Spaces: Place and Memory in Visual Culture, Victor Burgin. University of California Press, 1996.
• Art, Space and the City: Public Art and Urban Futures, Malcolm Miles. 1997.
• Spirit Poles and Flying Pigs: Public Art and Cultural Democracy in American Communities, Erika Lee Doss. 1995
• Critical Issues in Public Art: Content, Context, and Controversy, Harriet Senie and Sally Webster. 1993.
• Public Art Review, Forecast Public Art. Bi-Annual publication
• On the Museum’s Ruins, Douglas Crimp. MIT Press, 1993.
• Art For Public Places: Critical Essays, by Malcolm Miles et al. 1989.
• Marching Plague: Germ Warfare and Global Public Health, Critical Art Ensemble. Autonomedia, 2006.
• The Lansing Area Arts Attitude Survey, by Suzanne Love and Kim Dammers. Michigan State University Center for Urban Affairs, 1978?
• Outdoor Monuments of Manhattan: A Historical Guide, by Dianne Durante. New York University Press, 2007
• Monument Wars: Washington, DC, the National Mall, and the Transformation of the Meorial Landscape, Kirk Savage. University of California Press, 2009

Street Art

• Le Bijoutier (2008), This Means Nothing, Powerhouse Books, ISBN 9781576874172
• Bou, Louis (2006), NYC BCN: Street Art Revolution, HarperCollins, ISBN 9780061210044
• Bou, Louis (2005), Street Art: Graffiti, stencils, stickers & logos?, Instituto Monsa de ediciones, S.A., ISBN 9788496429116
• Chaffee, Lyman (1993). Political Protest and Street Art: Popular Tools for Democratization in Hispanic Cultures. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. ISBN 0313288089.
• Combs, Dave and Holly (2008), PEEL: The Art of the Sticker, Mark Batty Publisher, ISBN 0979554608
• Fairey, Shepard (2008), Obey: E Pluribus Venom: The Art of Shepard Fairey, Gingko Press, ISBN 9781584232957
• Fairey, Shepard (2009), Obey: Supply & Demand, The Art of Shepard Fairey, Gingko Press, ISBN 9781584233497
• Gavin, Francesca (2007), Street Renegades: New Underground Art, Laurence King Publishers, ISBN 9781856695299
• Goldstein, Jerry (2008), Athens Street Art, Athens: Athens News, ISBN 9789608920064
• Harrington, Steven P. and Rojo, Jaime (2008), Brooklyn Street Art, Prestel, ISBN 9783791339634
• Harrington, Steven P. and Rojo, Jaime (2010), Street Art New York, Prestel, ISBN 9783791344287
• Hundertmark, Christian (2005), The Art Of Rebellion: The World Of Street Art, Gingko Press, ISBN 9781584231578
• Hundertmark, Christian (2006), The Art Of Rebellion 2: World of Urban Art Activism, Gingko Press, ISBN 9783980990943
• Jakob, Kai (2009), Street Art in Berlin, Jaron, ISBN 9783897735965
• Lewisohn, Cedar (2008), Street Art: The Graffiti Revolution, London, England: Tate Publishing, ISBN 9781854377678
• Longhi, Samantha (2007), Stencil History X, Association C215, ISBN 9782952568227
• Manco, Tristan (2002), Stencil Graffiti, Thames and Hudson, ISBN 0500283427
• Manco, Tristan (2004), Street Logos, Thames and Hudson, ISBN 0500284695
• Marziani, Gianluca (2009), Scala Mercalli: The Creative Earthquake of Italian Street Art, Drago Publishing, ISBN 9788888493428
• Mathieson, Eleanor & A. Tpies, Xavier (2009): Street Artists, The Complete Guide.Graffito Books, London. ISBN 978-09560284-1-9
• Palmer, Rod (2008), Street Art Chile, Eight Books, ISBN 9780955432217
• Schwartzman, Allan (1985), Street Art, The Dial Press, ISBN 9780385199506
• Strike, Christian and Rose, Aaron (Aug 2005), Beautiful Losers: Contemporary Art and Street Culture, Distributed Art Publishers, ISBN 1933045302
• Walde, Claudia (2007), Sticker City: Paper Graffiti Art (Street Graphics / Street Art Series), Thames & Hudson, ISBN 9780500286685
• Williams, Sarah Jaye, ed. (2008), Philosophy of Obey (Obey Giant): The Formative Years (19892008), Nerve Books UK.