• Selected Publications
2011 Coslett, Paul. “Giant Liverpool Cityscape Ready for New Museum,” BBC News Online, July 8
2011 Bukantas, Ann. “Art Fund Grants 2010,” Art Quarterly, Summer, p.124
2011 “Cityscape Comes Home to Walker,” Liverpool Daily Post, Liverpool, January 28, pp. front + 11
2011 “Ben Johnson’s Liverpool Cityscape Returns to the Walker Art Gallery,” Liverpool Echo, Liverpool, January 27, p.14
2011 Jones, Catherine. “Cityscape Returns,” Liverpool Daily Post, January 27, p.14
2011 “Ben Johnson: Modern Perspectives,” (re) habitar blogspot, Spain, January 17
2011 “Ben Johnson: Modern Perspectives,” Tectonicablog, Spain, January 13
2011 Cain, Matthew. “National Gallery Uses Live Art to Revive Old Masters,” Channel 4 News Blog, January 8
2011 Major, George. “Ben Johnson: Painter and Performer,” Art of England, January, Issue 77 pp.30-35
2010 “Ben Johnson at the National Gallery,” Rich Pepper.com, London, January 6
2010 “Un Artista en Vivo,” DT Lux.com, Spain, January 1
2010 GertiesGirl. “Looking Back to Richmond House by Ben Johnson,” Inscape, December 31
2010 Picture of the Week, Daily Telegraph, London, December 26
2010 “Un Grafitero en la National Galery,” Publico, Spain December 24
2010 Flanders, Judith. “Ben Johnson: Modern Perspectives, National Gallery,” The Arts Desk.com, December 23
2010 Nayeri, Farah. Muse, Bloomberg Businessweek. December 15. Preview
2010 M@. “Review: Ben Johnson Modern Perspectives @National Gallery,” londonist.com, December 13
2010 “La Visita su Londra e Dipinta alla National Gallery,” La Repubblica, Italy, December 12
2010 Escorza, Liane. “Ben Johnson Modern Perspectives at the National Gallery,” Motif Magazine UK, December
2010 “Master Stroke Painter works Live at National,” The Daily Telegraph, London, December 9, p.12
2010 “Panorama Artist’s View from Gallery Roof,” Evening Standard, London, December 8, p.8
2010 Luke, Ben. “Painting London,” Evening Standard, London, December 7, p.33
2010 “Ben Johnson,” Aesthetica, December 1, p.19
2010 Paraskos, Michael. “A Gleam of Distant Day,” The Epoch Times, December 1-7, Art & Culture p.11
2010 “Ben Johnson,” Artists & Illustrators, December, p.37
2010 Bugler, Caroline. “Remixing Canaletto,” Art Quarterly, Winter, p.5
2010 “Through the Eyes of Others,” Covent Garden magazine, London, December
2010 Byng, Malaika. “Ben Johnson Exhibition, London,” Wallpaper.com, Art, November 17
2010 Harrison, Tim. “The Very Big Picture,” Hammersmith & Fulham News, London, November 16, pp.19, 26, 63
2010 “Painterly Perfection,” Architecture Today, November 15, p.2
2010 Hinchliffe, Suzanne. “Real Interiors,” Design Week, November 11
2010 “Modern Perspectives,” Concept for Living, UK, October 1. Out and About
2010 “National Gallery Invites Clive Head and Ben Johnson for Contemporary Display,” artdaily.org + Art Knowledge News + London Architecture Diary + All Art News, July 7.
2008 Schofield, Ben. "People's Studio to find the City's Soul,"
Daily Post, Liverpool, October 10, p.6
2008 Valley, Paul. "Only in Liverpool," The Independent Extra, September 15, p.15
2008 Bartlett, David. "Brown Ignores his Critics and Praises 08 Triumph," Daily Post, Liverpool, September 5, p.7
2008 Jones, Catherine. "Cityscape Painter in Date with Art Teacher," Liverpool Echo, July 3, p.12
2008 "City of Culture, but Is It Art?" Sign World, July
2008 Dorment, Richard. "Must See Exhibitions," The Daily Telegraph, June 14, Arts p.5
2008 Ruddin, Lee P. "You Write the Reviews," The Independent Extra, June 2, p.22
2008 Marogna, Gege. "Ritratto di Citta," Casamica, June, pp.59-60.
2008 McKelvie, Neil. "Artist in Residence," Westside, June, pp.21-22
2008 Brotton, Jeremy. "Ideal City," Art Quarterly, Summer, pp.52-55
2008 King, Ian. "Ben Johnson: The Liverpool Cityscape," Aesthesis Vol.2//One, pp.81-84
2008 Dawson, Susan. "Loose Connections," A Magazine, Spring, pp.46-49
2008 Krieger, Candice. The Jewish Chronicle, May 23, pp.14-15
2008 Anderson, Vicky. "Artist Johnson's Regard for People of This City," Daily Post, Liverpool, May 23, p.3
2008 Jones, Catherine. "A Lot of 'Love and Passion' in its Creation," Liverpool Echo, May 22, p.4
2008 Anderson, Vicky. "People of Liverpool: I Give You My Cityscape," Daily Post, Liverpool, April 29, p.6
2008 "Up Close and Personal," The Sunday Times Magazine, April 13
2008 Harrison, Jane. "Unusual Building Paintings," Hammersmith & Shepherd's Bush Gazette, April 11, p.33
2008 Jones, Catherine. "50,000 Watch City Created," Liverpool Echo, April 10, p.14
2008 Fuchs, Cornelia. Stern Magazine, Germany, April
2008 Palliser, James. "Ben Johnson Paints Liverpool," Architects' Journal, March 20
2008 Hunt, Michael. "Painting a Thousand Stories," Your Move, March, pp. 66-67
2008 Anderson, Vicky. "Cityscape Frozen in Time," Daily Post, Liverpool, March 5
2008 "Lord Mayor Lends a Hand on Cityscape," Liverpool Echo, March 5, p.5
2008 "I Am the Opposite of a Stage Magician," Liverpool Lifestyle Magazine, March, pp.34-35
2008 Jones, Jonathan. "The New Embraceable Britain," The Guardian, Arts, February 18, pp.25-27
2008 "Liverpool As Seen From a Worldwide Perspective," The Cumberland News, February 15
2008 Lubbock, Tom. "Woman on Top," The Independent Extra, February 4, p.13
2008 Pill, Steve. "My Studio," Artists and Illustrators, February, pp.42-43
2008 Jones, Catherine. "Your City As You've Never Seen It Before," Liverpool Echo, January 29
2008 Anderson, Vicky. "Gallery Dream Comes True," Daily Post, Liverpool, January 29, p.6
2008 "View of the Week," Country Life, January 24, p.37
2008 Oriani, Raffaele. "LÕEuropa Ti Fa Bella," Io Donna, January 19, pp.20-21
2008 "The Wider View," The Mail on Sunday, January 13, pp.52-53
2008 "Work in Progress," Yorkshire Post, January 10
2008 "City of Art," Metro, January 10, p.7
2008 Riley, Joe. "A Year at the Art of It All," Liverpool Echo, January 9, pp.10-11
2008 Cowart, Geoff. "Pool Painter is Man About Town," H & F News, January, p.10
2008 "Opening Shot," Blueprint, London, January, pp. 18-19
2007 "We Can Work It Out," RIBA Journal, London, December, pp.6-7
2007 "Artist's Eye on London after Liverpool 'Marathon', "Ealing Gazette, London, November 2, p. 3
2007 Key, Philip. "A Liverpool Panorama," Daily Post, , Liverpool, November 2, p.3
2006 Tripathi Manote.  “Schizoid City,” The Nation, Bangkok, 7 February
2006 O’Connell, John. “Painting the Town Dead,” Time Out London, 18 January, p.32
2006 Lambirth, Andrew.  “Poetry of Place,” The Spectator, London, 21 January, pp.51-2
2006 Sewell, Brian. “A Year of Old Masters and Young Pretenders,” Evening Standard, London, 6 January, p.39
2005 Riley, Joe. “City Sets its Art on Top Painting,” Liverpool Echo, Liverpool, October 13, p.18
2005 Shaughnessy, Jessica. “Masterpiece of Famous Skyline to mark Capital of Culture Year,” Daily Post, Liverpool, October 19, p.3
2005 Hughes, Roland. “N. Wales Artist’s £500k Coup in City of Culture,”  Daily Post, Wales, October 17
2005 Purnell, Sonia.  “Creativity and the Colonial Life,” Financial Times.  London. 14 May FT House & Home p.2
2004 “Architecture’s Sensual Side,” Building Design, London, 6 February
2004 Magnani, Gabriele.  “La Strada Racconta,” Architectural Digest, Italy, June, pp.86-88
2004 Mottram, Jack.  “Artitecture,” The List, Scotland, March
2004 Jeffrey, Moira.  “Room with a View of the Promise of Impromptu Shelter,” The Herald, Scotland, 23 March
2003 "Real(ist) Art", The Portman, London, Spring, Issue 9, pp.22-23
2003 Castle, Helen / Margolius, Ivan. "At the Still Point of the Turning World", Architectural Design, Vol 73 No.3, May/June 7, pp.69-76
2002 The Jackdaw No.17, London, April, p21
2002 Latham, Ian., Architecture Today 126, London, March, p15
2002 Country Life, London, February 28
2002 Buxton, Pamela. "Refined Spaces", Building Design, London, March 1
2002 Russell Taylor, John., The Times, London, March 27, p13
2002 Güner, Fisun. "Art with a Blueprint", Metro, London, March 4
2002 The Art Newspaper No. 124, London, March 27, p13
2002 Merrick, Jay. "Pictures with an Extra Dimension", The Independent, London, March 7, p10
2002 "Architettura su Tela", Architectural Digest, Italy, April, p104
2002 "Brief Encounter", RIBA Journal, London, February
2002 McNab, Robert. "Ben Johnson", Contemporary, London, May, p107
2002 Dobbin, Lynette. "A Brush with Space", The Green, London, April, pp.22-23
2002 Glancey, Johnathan. "Still Small Voice of Calm", The Guardian, Colour Supplement, Space section, London, March 9, pp.70-73
2001 Comerford, Patrick. "Painting a Picture of Harmony," The Irish Times, Dublin, August, 2, p.14
2001 Moroneny, Mic. "Jerusalem,The Eternal City," Magill, Dubin, July, P.58
2000 Aronson, Geoffrey. "Land for Peace," GeoEurope. UK, October, Issue 10, p.58
2000 Wine, Gaby. "Understanding the big picture in Jerusalem," Jewish Chronicle London, August 25, p.6
2000 O'Halloran, Joe. "Not Just a City Face," C3. London, February, pp.21-22
1999 Niesewand, Nonie. "The Picture of Peace and Passion," The Independent. December 20, p.20
1997 Ming Pao Daily News, Hong Kong, July 10, ppA6, B2
1997 HK Economic Times, Hong Kong, July 10, pA3
1997 Express News, Hong Kong, July 10 ,pB4
1997 Apple Daily, Hong Kong, July 10, pB3
1997 Apple Daily, Hong Kong, July 8, pB2
1997 HK Standard, Hong Kong, July 8, p2
1997 HK Commercial Daily, Hong Kong, July 8, pB3
1997 Express News, Hong Kong, July 8, pA7
1997 Wen Wei Po, Hong Kong, July 8, pA7
1997 Sing Pao Daily, Hong Kong, July 8, pB18
1997 Sing Pao Daily News, Hong Kong, July 8, ppB3, A10
1997 HK Economic Times, Hong Kong, July 8, pA3
1997 Ming Pao Daily News, Hong Kong, July 8, pB2
1997 Oriental Daily News, Hong Kong, July 8, pB2
1997 Worsley, Giles. "The view from here," Perspectives on Architecture. London, June /July, pp.54-57
1997 Photograph only, Financial Times, London, June 23.
1997 Welsh, John "many Hands Over,"RIBA Journal, London, May, pp28-29
1997 "Town & Country," Country Life, London May 8, p.92
1997 "News",The Architect's Journal,London May 8, p.16
1997 Ta Kung Pao, Hong Kong, July 8, pB8
1997 Glancey, Jonathan. "Hong Kong: Exit the Dragon", Independent on Sunday, London, May 4, pp48-49
1997 Thorncroft, Antony. "Companies Opt for Help in Kind," Financial Times, London, May 2, p21.
1997 Davey Peter. "Hong Kong Observed," The Architectural Review, London, May, pp 35-38.
1997 HK Commercial Daily, Hong Kong, July 10, ppB4,A3
1997 Estates Gazette, London, April 26, p.98
1997 "Painting for Hong Kong Handover," Hammersmith & Fulham Gazette, London, April 25,
1997 Dunkley, Christopher. "Artist & Boffins," Financial Times. London, October 4
1997 Oriental Daily News, Hong Kong, July 10, ppB1, B2
1997 Russell Taylor, John. "Painter Sizzlingin Oil," The Times, London, September 24
1997 "Hong Kong in the Picture," Hammersmith & Fulham Post, London, April 24, p. front
1997 Photograph only, The Times, London, April 17, p30
1997 Smith Alison. "Fresh Coat for Familiar Panoramas," Sunday Morning Post, Hong Kong, July 13, p. Agenda 5
1997 Wen Wei Po, Hong Kong, July 10, pA14
1997 Nennett, Neil. "C &W Makes a Gift of Hong Kong," The Sunday Telegraph, London, April 6, p2A
1997 "A Renaissance for a Medival Library," Bentley Systems. Pennsylvania, Series F Number 1
1997 Cham, Mee-Ling. "Man Behind That Historic Hong Cityscape," Pace, Hong Kong, August, pp.90-95
1997 Ta Kung Pao, Hong Kong, July 10, ppA12, C3
1997 South China Morning Post, Hong Kong, July 10, p8
1997 Talbot, Linda. Canvassing a Sceen Presence," Art 1. H & H Series. London, October 31, p.37
1997 Sing Tao Daily, Hong Kong, July 10, pB19
1997 Sing Pao Daily News, Hong Kong, July 10, pB2
1995 Amery, Colin. "Reflections on Infinity," Perspectives on Architecture, London, August, pp.40-43
1994 MacDonald, Murdo. "Classics Pass Test of Time,"The Scotsman, Scotland, March 9, p.9
1994 Jacques, Richard. "Classical Inspiration Put to Different Uses," The Architects" Journal, London, March 9.
1994 Smith, W. Gordon. "Visual Arts," The Scotsman on Sunday, Scotland, March 6, p.12.
1994 Alberge, Dalya. "Space is His Subject,Technology His Chisel," The Independent, London, Mar 15, p.23
1993 Amery, Colin. "Collection of Dreams," Financial Times, London, June 7, p.11.
1993 Bredin, Lucinda. "The Urban Space Man," Evening Standard, London, January 4, p.29.
1992 Burn, Guy. "Report: Prints," Arts Review, London, September, Vol.XLI
1992 Vaizey, Marina. "The Alchemy of Art," Foundation, London, Issue Three, Spring, pp 37-40
1992 Berryman, Larry. "Ben Johnson," Arts Review, London, March, Vol.XLIV.
1992 Glancey, Jonathan. "Why No One Will Ever Stand in this Room," The Independent, London, February. 19, p.17
1992 Norman, Geraldine. "Meditations on Canvas Instil Peace at Gallery," The Independent, London, February 17.
1992 Ostler, Timothy. "Get Physical," Building Design, London, February 28, p.34
1992 Harper, Keith. "Artist Engineers Inspiration on Shop Floor," The Guardian, London, February 18.
1992 Binney, Marcus. "Eyes Tricked by an Airbrush," The Times, London, February 5
1992 Amery, Colin. "An Artist Inspired," Financial Times, London, February 3
1990 Moore, Rowan. "Portrait of the Artist as a Builder of Paintings," The Independent, London, October 3
1990 Pawley, Martin. "Light and Humanity: An Artist's Vision of Hi-Tec," Building, London, August 3, p.22
1989 Berryman, Larry. Arts Review, London, March 10, Vol.IXL, No.5
1989 Finch, Paul. "Johnson's Lexicon," Building Design, London, February 24
1989 "Painting Beyond Architecture," RIBA Journal, London, February, pp.32-37
1987 Pearson, David. "Ben Johnson: An Architect's Artist," The Architect, London, p.5
1986 Vaizey, Marina. "Ben Johnson," Art & Design, London, p.56
1986 Amery Colin. "Ben Johnson: Bringing Architecture Back to Painting," Interiors, London, p.167
1986 Pawley, Martin. "Johnson"s Journey Into Space," Arts Guardian, London, December 1, p.11.
1980 Games, Stephen. "Ben Johnson," RIBA Journal, London, January.
1980 Petherbridge, Deanna. "The Uses of Architecture in Painting," Architectural Review, London, April.
1978 Lucie-Smith, Edward. "Ben Johnson, English Superrealist," Art & Artists, London, June.
1976 "Realism Rules! O.K.?," Art and Artists, London, September, pp.8-15
1976 "Ben Johnson - Eight Paintings," TR London, Vol.1,No.3
1975 Wilkins, Louis. "Architecture as Art," Building Design, London, March
1975 Lucie-Smith, Edward. "Johnson's Polish," Architectural Review, London, March pp.176-78
  • Selected Books
2009 Jenkins, David (Ed), Foster Norman. Jencks, Charles. Gooding, Mel. "Ben Johnson/Foster in View," Prestel. Thirty years of paintings and photographs inspired by one of today's most acclaimed architects.
2009 Russell Taylor, John. Bollaert, Maggie. "Exactitude – Hyperrealist Art Today," Plus One Publishing, Thames & Hudson, London, pp.168-179
2008 Bukantas, Ann. Cityscape: Ben Johnson’s Liverpool, Liverpool University Press
1997 Patrick, Keith. Oil on Canvas, BBC Books, London, pp.10+22+33
1995 Beckett, Sister Wendy. Meditations on Silence, Dorling Kindersley Ltd., pp.20-21
1994 Murray, Peter. Maxwell Robert (Editors). Royal Academy of Arts. Contemporary British Architects Prestel, Munich & New York, pp 21-22,114-115,178.
1991 Lambot, Ian (Editor). Norman Foster, Team 4& Foster Associates, Volume 1. Watermark
1990 Jencks, Charles. The New Moderns, Academy Editions, UK. pp. 105-111
1988 Jencks, Charles. Post Modernism. St. Martin's Press, New York, pp. 140-144
  • Television
2011 Channel 4 news, January 8
2008 TV news (several broadcasts) BBC North West
2008 Les Dennis’ Liverpool (episodes 1 and 4) ITV-1
1997 Oil on Canvas "Perspective," BBC-2
1992 Omnibus "The Piero Trail," BBC-1
  • Radio
2010 BBC Radio 4, Front Row, November http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00vy21x
2008 BBC Radio 4, Front Row
  • Film
2011 National Gallery DVD Collection: Venice Canaletto and His Rivals includes 11-minute Ben Johnson section http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/
2010 3-minute film http://www.alancristea.com/artist-Ben-Johnson
  • Selected Catalogues
2010 Cork, Richard. “Ben Johnson Paintings,” Alan Cristea Gallery, London
2002 Saatchi, Doris Lockhart. "Still Time," Blains Fine Art, London.
1986 Jencks, Charles. "Ben Johnson-Structuring Space," Fisher Fine Art Ltd., London