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John Bezold
Born1985 (age 38–39)
NationalityAmerican-Dutch
Alma materUniversity of Cincinnati College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning
University of Amsterdam
Occupation(s)editor, journalist, art historian

John Bezold (born 1985) is an American-Dutch journalist, editor, author, and art historian based in Amsterdam.[1][2] He graduated from the University of Cincinnati College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning in 2007, and from the University of Amsterdam in 2015 and 2017.[3] He is known for his expertise in the art of the Dutch Golden Age,[4] and for his editorial contributions to the fields of modern architecture and design,[5][6] which have been recognized by numerous publishing awards. [7][8][9][10]

Biography

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He started in journalism at Frame (design magazine) in Amsterdam, where he authored articles on architecture and design.[1][11] In 2008, he published one of the first interviews with the designer and researcher Neri Oxman, who at the time established the field of 'materiology'.[12] He was a contributing editor for Mark magazine, covering contemporary architecture, from 2009 to 2017. From 2009 to 2021, Bezold collaborated with architect Wiel Arets, editing and co-authoring several significant publications on architectural photography and philosophy, designed by Edwin van Gelder, Mevis & Van Deursen, and Irma Boom.[13][14][15]

In 2016, Bezold was a research fellow at the Mauritshuis in The Hague, receiving a grant to analyze the museum's painting acquisitions.[16][17] He is specialized in the work of Dutch painter Frans Hals.[18][19][20][21][22] In the late-2010s, he authored a column on museum curation trends in the journal Museumvisie, published by the Dutch Museum Association.[23][24]

From 2019 to 2024, he served on the editorial board of Oud Holland, the world's oldest art historical scholarly journal, focusing on Dutch Golden Age painting and Flemish painting, as a review editor, and modernized the journal by establishing its online presence.[25]

Bezold’s editorial work has been characterized by Rein Wolfs, director of the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, as being, “Strong and sensitive. Rough yet controlled. And completely convincing.”[26]

Podcast and Public Engagement

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Bezold hosts the podcast Dutch Art & Design Today, discussing art and design in the context of its relation to the Netherlands. His work on the podcast has made art history and design more accessible to a broader audience.[27]

Selected Publications

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Bezold has written and edited numerous articles and books, with some of his most notable contributions including:

  • "Frans Hals: The Male Portrait," Early Modern Low Countries, 6(2) (2022), pp. 278-280, ISSN 2543-1587.
  • Basquiat: The Artist and His New York Scene. Schunck, Heerlen 2019, ISBN 978-9462087071.[28]
  • "Vreemde Wereld: Door tentoonstellingen te populariseren, vergroten musea hun doelgroep. Rijk of arm, homo of hetero, bekend of onbekend: portretten bereiken nieuw publiek," Museumvisie 2 (2018), pp. 62-63, ISSN 0166-2074.
  • "Amos Rex Museum in Helsinki," Museumvisie 4 (2018), pp. 62-63, ISSN 0166-2074.
  • Ellen Kooi: Above Rotterdam. Actar, New York 2016, ISBN 978-1945150227.[29]
  • "The IJhal in Amsterdam's Central Train Station," Domus (magazine), no. 1007 (Nov. 2016), pp. 60-71, ISSN 0012-5377.
  • Wiel Arets—Bas Princen. Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern 2015, ISBN 978-3775735056.[30]
  • "Paper Gallery: Ellen Kooi," Elephant Magazine, No. 20 (2014), ISSN 1879-3835.
  • "Migrating Formations by CAP," Frame (Jan./Feb. 2009), p. 75, ISSN 1388-4239.
  • "No Joints Needed: Neri Oxman Reshapes Architecture," Mark Magazine (2008), ISSN 1574-6453.

References

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  1. ^ a b Bosse, Chris; Wallisser, Tobias; Rieck, Alexander (2022). LAVA: Laboratory for Visionary Architecture. Basel: Birkhäuser. p. 220. ISBN 9783035625561.
  2. ^ Arets, Wiel; Mimica, Vedran; Ortega, Lluís (2019). Bezold, John (ed.). Nowness Files: 2012-2018. New York City: Actar Publishers & the Illinois Institute of Technology College of Architecture. ISBN 9781948765305.
  3. ^ "Editorial". Oud Holland – Journal for Art of the Low Countries. 132 (1). Brill: 2. 2019.
  4. ^ "Oud Holland Publishes Four New Reviews". Oud Holland. October 2023. ISSN 1875-0176. Retrieved August 24, 2024.
  5. ^ Redstone, Elias (July 17, 2015). "Book Club: Bas Princen & Wiel Arets". Pin-Up Magazine. Archived from the original on May 2, 2016. Retrieved August 24, 2024.
  6. ^ Raat, Thomas; van Gelder, Edwin, eds. (2016). Archetypes and Residues. Eindhoven: Onomatopee. ISBN 9789491677526. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
  7. ^ "Basquiat: The Artist and His New York Scene". The Best Dutch Book Designs. Retrieved August 24, 2024.
  8. ^ "Un-Conscious City". The Best Dutch Book Designs. Retrieved August 24, 2024.
  9. ^ Lopes Cardozo, Ada (2013). Best Dutch Book Design 2012. Amsterdam: CPNB/Amsterdam Stichting de Best Verzorgde Boeken. ISBN 9789059652286.
  10. ^ "Wiel Arets: Autobiographical References". The Best Dutch Book Designs. Retrieved August 24, 2024.
  11. ^ Bezold, John (January 2009). "Migrating Formations by CAP at MoMA". Frame Magazine (66): 75.
  12. ^ Bezold, John (December 2008). "No Joints Needed: By Experimenting with Materials in an Open Ended Manner, Neri Oxman Reshapes the Look and Feel of Architecture Yet to Come". Mark Magazine (16): 304–309.
  13. ^ Arets, Wiel (2019). Bezold, John (ed.). Un-Conscious City. New York: Actar. ISBN 9781945150654.
  14. ^ Siemionow, Agata, ed. (2017). Crown Hall Dean's Dialogues 2012-2017. New York: Actar. ISBN 9783775742504.
  15. ^ McCarter, Robert, ed. (2012). Wiel Arets: Autobiographical References. Assistant editor: John Bezold. Basel: Birkhäuser. ISBN 9783034608114.
  16. ^ Historians of Netherlandish Art (July 18, 2017). "John Bezold Receives Grant to Research Mauritshuis Acquisition History". Retrieved July 26, 2024.
  17. ^ Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis (2017). "Research and Collection Management". In Lankester, Maud (ed.). Annual Report 2016. The Hague: Mauritshuis. p. 43.
  18. ^ "Frans Hals Symposium". HNA News. December 16, 2022. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
  19. ^ "A Survey of Current Research". Frans Hals Museum. Archived from the original on February 9, 2023. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
  20. ^ Claus Grimm, Frans Hals and his workshop, The Hague 2023-2024, "A4.3.19 Workshop of Frans Hals – possibly Frans Hals (II), and Cornelis Symonsz. van der Schalcke, Portrait of a family, c. 1645-1648", published by RKD – Netherlands Institute for Art History, ISBN 978-90-719-2917-5. [1]
  21. ^ Claus Grimm, Frans Hals and his workshop, The Hague 2023-2024, "A2.7 Frans Hals and Pieter de Molijn, Portrait of Isaac Abrahamsz. Massa, 1626", published by RKD – Netherlands Institute for Art History, ISBN 978-90-719-2917-5. [2]
  22. ^ Claus Grimm, "Frans Hals and Gerrit Bleker: A joint collaboration on a fragmented family portrait (1623-1625)", Oud Holland – Journal for Art of the Low Countries, Volume 137, Issue 1-2, May 2024, pp. 34–48, ISSN: 0030-672x. [3]
  23. ^ Bezold, John (2017). "Verjongingskuur". Museumvisie: 62–63. ISSN 0166-2074.
  24. ^ Bezold, John (2018). "Vreemde Wereld". Museumvisie: 61–62. ISSN 0166-2074.
  25. ^ Oud Holland – Journal For Art Of Th, Editors (2023). "Editorial". Oud Holland – Journal for Art of the Low Countries. 136 (2–3). Brill: 69. doi:10.1163/18750176-1360203001. {{cite journal}}: |first1= has generic name (help)
  26. ^ van Welie, Eelco; Wolfs, Rein (2020). Best Dutch Book Design 2019. Amsterdam: CPNB/Amsterdam Stichting de Best Verzorgde Boeken. p. 5. ISBN 9789059659094.
  27. ^ Oldewarris, Hans, ed. (November 2022). "John Bezold". Eigenbouwer. 16. ISSN 2351-9657.
  28. ^ Bezold, John, ed. (2019). Basquiat: The Artist and His New York Scene. Heerlen: Schunck. ISBN 978-9462087071.
  29. ^ Bezold, John, ed. (2015). Ellen Kooi: Above Rotterdam. New York: Actar. ISBN 9783775738682.
  30. ^ Bezold, John, ed. (2015). Wiel Arets: Bas Princen. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz. ISBN 9783775735056.
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