Lowndes, Sarah (2014) All art is political: writings on performative art. Luath Press, Edinburgh. ISBN 9781910021422

Lowndes, Sarah (2010) Social Sculpture: The Rise of the Glasgow Art Scene. Luath Press. ISBN 1906817596

Lowndes, Sarah (2012) Robert Rauschenberg Botanical Vaudeville. In: Robert Rauschenberg. Gagosian Gallery, New York, pp. 13-44. ISBN 1935263463

Lowndes, Sarah, Bradley, Fiona, Voss, Jan, Buttner, Andrea and Roth, Bjorn (2012) "Hole Punch: The Late Autobiographical Works of Dieter Roth". In: Dieter Roth: Diaries. Yale University Press/The Fruitmarket Gallery, New Haven and London/Edinburgh, pp. 45-51. ISBN ISBN 978-0-300-18549-2

Lowndes, Sarah, Ferguson, Russell and Lowden, John (2009) Learned By Heart: The Paintings of Richard Wright, Richard Wright. In: Richard Wright. Rizzoli, New York. ISBN 978-0-8478-3504-1

Lowndes, Sarah (2008) The Glasgow Scene, The History of British Art, Volume III. In: The History of British Art 1870-Now. Tate Publishing, London, pp. 232-233. ISBN 978-1-85437-652-7

Lowndes, Sarah (2009) Tokens of Sense: The Work of Thea Djordjadze, Afterall.

Trowles, Peter, Waters, Susannah, Lowndes, Sarah, Boldrick, Stacy and Kusel, Andrea (2012) Learning and Teaching at the Glasgow School of Art: a historical perspective. In: Studio 58: Women Artists in Glasgow since World War II, 25 September 2012, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow.

Lowndes, Sarah (2007) The contradiction is real: concrete performance in Southern California 1967-1975. PhD thesis, The Glasgow School of Art.