Works of art using hand-written script or text:
- David Colosi, The Proof (2008)
- Mel Bochner, Notecard (No Thought Exists) (1969), Blah, Blah, Blah (2008)
- John Baldessari, I Will Not Make Any More Boring Art (1971)
- Cy Twombly, Venus (1975)
- Anselm Kiefer, Snow Melt in the Odenwald (2010)
- Antonin Artaud, Spell for Roger Blin (1939)
- Mark Lombardi, George W. Bush, Harken Energy and Jackson Stephens c. 1979-90, 5th Version (detail) (1999)
- Lesley Dill, Dada Poem Wedding Dress (1994)
- Chris Drury, Crossing and Recrossing the Rivers of Iceland by Chris Drury (2003)
- Ray Johnson, Ray Johnson is Nothing (1993)
- Ray Pettibon, No Title (My first kiss as I) (1988)
- Adrian Piper, The Mythic Being (1972-5)
- Allan Kaprow, Words (1962)
- Colin McCahon, I applied my mind... (1982)
- Ralph Hotere, Jenny Bornholdt's text drawn by Ralph Hotere (1999)
- Yong Ping Huang, The History of Chinese Art... (1987)
- Shirin Neshat, Allegiance with Wakefulness (Women of Allah Series) (1994)
- Brian DeGraw, Untitled (DJ Requests) (2007), Le Confort Moderne (2008)
- Trenton Doyle Hancock, Untitled from: Bye and Bye (2002)
- Matthieu Laurette, Opportunities lets make lots of money (2005)
- George Maciunas, The fluxus manifesto (1963)
- Mekhitar Garabedian, Mekhitar Garabedian, Installing His Work (2011)
- Roman Ondák, Measuring the Universe (2007)
- Bruce Nauman, Read/Reap (1983)
- Candy Chang, Before I Die (2011-present)
- Matt Mullican, Beautifully (2009)
- Jim Goldberg, Rich and Poor (1985)
- Russell Crotty, Surf Drawing (blue) (1990)
- Fiona Banner, Black Hawk Down (detail) (2010) (installation view)
- Simon Hantaï