Milbourne, Karen E. 2017. "A History Shaped by Futures Past: Art, Artists and the Dialogic Turn at The Smithsonian National Museum of African Art." African Arts, 50, (4) 62–73.
2017
Milbourne, Karen E. 2014. "African Photography and the Look of (un)Sustainability in the African Landscape." Africa Today, 61, (1) 115–140.
2014
Milbourne, Karen E. 2013. "African Art in time." The Art Papers, Jan/Feb, (2013) 30–32.
2013
Milbourne, Karen E. 2013. "Earth Matters: Land as Material and Metaphor in the Arts of Africa." Nka: Journal of Contemporary African Art, 33 100–110.
2013
Milbourne, Karen E. 2013. "The Desirable Things Made by a Man: Recent Work by Yinka Shonibare MBE." ARS Magazine, 20 44–55.
2013
Okeke, Chika Okeke, Milbourne, Karen E., Clark, Christa, Berns, Marla, Schildkrout, Enid, Farrel, Laurie Anne, and spring, Chris. 2012. "Contemporary African art and the Museum: A roundtable." NKA: Journal of Contemporary African Art, 31 46–111.
2012
Milbourne, Karen E. 2008. "Collecting and Projecting Identity: Barotselands Arts in International Arenas." Collections: A Journal for Museum and Archives Professionals, 4, (1) 85–100.
2008
Milbourne, Karen E. 2019. I Am... Contemporary Women Artists of Africa. Washington, DC: National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
2019
Milbourne, Karen E. 2013. Earth Matters: Land as Material and Metaphor in the Arts of Africa. Washington, DC;New York: National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution;Monacelli Press.
2013
Milbourne, Karen E. 2011. Artists in Dialogue 2: Sandile Zulu and Henrique Oliveira [Exhibition catalog] Washington DC: National Museum of African Art.
2011
Milbourne, Karen E. 2009. Artists in Dialogue: Antonio Ole and Aime Mpane [Exhibition catalog] Washington DC: National Museum of African Art.
2009
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Milbourne, Karen E. 2019. "Foreword: Emeka Ogboh and the Visceral Power of Sound." In Emeka Ogboh: Lagos Soundscapes. Nzewi, Ugochukwu Smooth, editor. 9–11. Bielefeld, Germany: Kerber Verlag.
2019
Milbourne, Karen E. 2019. "Personal Touch: Vital Materialism in the Work of Elias Sime." In Elias Sime: Tightrope. Adler, Tracy L., editor. 63–81. Munich;London;New York: Delmonico Books;Prestel.
2019
Milbourne, Karen E. 2018. "Theo Eshetu: Anima Mundi." In Arts of Global Africa: The Newark Museum Collection. Clark, Christa J., editor. 348–349. Newark, New Jersey: Newark Museum.
2018
Milbourne, Karen E. 2017. "African Art and the Anthropocene." In Living in the Anthropocene: Earth in the Age of Humans. Kress, W. John and Stine, Jeffrey K., editors. 113–116. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press.
2017
Milbourne, Karen E. 2013. "King Lewanika's Workshop." In Rethinking the Workshop in African Art. Kasfir, Sidney and Foerster, Till, editors. 233–251. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
2013
Milbourne, Karen E. 2012. "Moonlight and Clapping Hands: Performing the Lozi Cosmos." In African Cosmos: Stellar Arts. Kreamer, Christine Mullen, editor. 283–300. New york: Monacelli Press.
2012
Milbourne, Karen E. 2011. "Seduction's Shadows and the "Terrible Beauty" of Recent Works by Yinka Shonibare MBE." In Yinka Shonibare MBE: El futuro del pasado. Zaya, Octavio, editor. 26–43. Madrid: Comunidad de Madrid.
2011
Milbourne, Karen E (Curator). 2016. "Emeka Ogboh Market Symphony." Washington, DC: Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, 2016-02-03 to 2017-04-09..
