John Bezold

John Bezold
Born	1985 (age 39–40)
Nationality	American-Dutch
Alma mater	University of Cincinnati College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning University of Amsterdam
Occupation(s)	editor, journalist, historian, podcaster

John Bezold (born 6 November 1985) is an American-Dutch journalist, editor, author, historian, and podcaster based in Amsterdam, whose work explores the overlap between early modern visual traditions and contemporary digital media. ^{[1] [2] [3]} He is recognized for his expertise in Dutch Golden Age painting, ^[4] and for his editorial contributions to the fields of modern architecture and design, ^{[5] [6]} which have received numerous awards. ^{[7] [8] [9] [10]}

Biography

Bezold graduated from the University of Cincinnati College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning in 2008, and from the University of Amsterdam in 2015 and 2017. ^[11] He started in journalism at Frame (design magazine) in Amsterdam, where he authored articles on architecture and design. ^{[1] [12]} 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'. ^[13]

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. ^{[14] [15] [16]}

In 2016, Bezold was a research fellow at the Mauritshuis in The Hague, receiving a grant to analyze the museum's painting acquisitions. ^{[17] [18]} He is specialized in the work of Dutch painter Frans Hals. ^{[19] [20] [21] [22] [23]} In the late-2010s, he authored a column on museum curation trends in the journal Museumvisie, published by the Dutch Museum Association. ^{[24] [25]}

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. He modernized the journal by establishing its online presence. ^[26]

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.” ^[27]

Podcast and public engagement

Bezold hosts the podcast Dutch Art & Design Today, discussing art and design in the context of its relation to the Netherlands. ^[28]

Selected publications

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. ^[29]
• "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. ^[30]
• "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. ^[31]
• "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

1. Bosse, Chris; Wallisser, Tobias; Rieck, Alexander (2022). LAVA: Laboratory for Visionary Architecture. Basel: Birkhäuser. p. 220. ISBN   9783035625561.
2. "Jill Bolte Taylor – Dutch Art & Design Today".
3. 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.
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. "Editorial". Oud Holland – Journal for Art of the Low Countries. 132 (1). Brill: 2. 2019.
12. Bezold, John (January 2009). "Migrating Formations by CAP at MoMA". Frame Magazine (66): 75.
13. 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.
14. Arets, Wiel (2019). Bezold, John (ed.). Un-Conscious City. New York: Actar. ISBN   9781945150654.
15. Siemionow, Agata, ed. (2017). Crown Hall Dean's Dialogues 2012-2017. New York: Actar. ISBN   9783775742504.
16. McCarter, Robert, ed. (2012). Wiel Arets: Autobiographical References. Assistant editor: John Bezold. Basel: Birkhäuser. ISBN   9783034608114.
17. Historians of Netherlandish Art (July 18, 2017). "John Bezold Receives Grant to Research Mauritshuis Acquisition History" . Retrieved July 26, 2024.
18. Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis (2017). "Research and Collection Management". In Lankester, Maud (ed.). Annual Report 2016. The Hague: Mauritshuis. p. 43.
19. "Frans Hals Symposium". HNA News. December 16, 2022. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
20. "A Survey of Current Research". Frans Hals Museum. Archived from the original on February 9, 2023. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
21. 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.
22. 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.
23. 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.
24. Bezold, John (2017). "Verjongingskuur". Museumvisie: 62–63. ISSN   0166-2074.
25. Bezold, John (2018). "Vreemde Wereld". Museumvisie: 61–62. ISSN   0166-2074.
26. Kolfin, Elmer (2023). "Editorial". Oud Holland – Journal for Art of the Low Countries. 136 (2–3). Brill: 69. doi:10.1163/18750176-1360203001.
27. van Welie, Eelco; Wolfs, Rein (2020). Best Dutch Book Design 2019. Amsterdam: CPNB/Amsterdam Stichting de Best Verzorgde Boeken. p. 5. ISBN   9789059659094.
28. Oldewarris, Hans, ed. (November 2022). "John Bezold". Eigenbouwer. 16. ISSN   2351-9657.
29. Bezold, John, ed. (2019). Basquiat: The Artist and His New York Scene. Heerlen: Schunck. ISBN   978-9462087071.
30. Bezold, John, ed. (2015). Ellen Kooi: Above Rotterdam. New York: Actar. ISBN   9783775738682.
31. Bezold, John, ed. (2015). Wiel Arets: Bas Princen. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz. ISBN   9783775735056.