2019
Valentine, Victoria L., "Charles Gaines is Latest in Long Line of Great Artists to Receive MacDowell Medal," Culture Type, April 14
"Conceptual artist Charles Gaines wins Edward MacDowell Medal," StarTribune, April 7
"CHARLES GAINES RECEIVES 2019 MACDOWELL MEDAL," Artforum, April 8
Valentine, Victoria L. "Culture Type Picks: 18 Best Black Art Books of 2018," Culture Type, January 4
2018
Herrington, Nicole. "Three Books Trace a History of Race Relations in America, Through Art," New York Times, New York Times, November 27
Sheets, Hilarie M. "Empty Nesters Downsize, but There’s Always Room for Art," New York Times, November 27
Gaines, Charles, "Charles Gaines," The Brooklyn Rail (web), October 3
"Artist Activists Light Up the High Line with "Agora" The New Yorker, August 20
Sussman, Anna Louie, "What Sold at Art Basel," Artsy (web), June 17
Messina, Rab. "Charles Gaines Puts a Face to the Politics," TL Magazine (web), May 24
Nys Dambrot, Shana, "What We Learned From Charles Gaines and Njideka Akunyili Crosby at the Broad Stage," LAWeekly (web), May 22
Martinique, Elena, "8 Gallery Shows to See in New York During Frieze Week," Widewalls, May 2
Greenberger, Alex. "10 Art Events to Attend in New York City This Week," ArtNews, April 30
"Charles Gaines," The New Yorker (web), May
Boucher, Brian, "9 Art Shows to See This Week On and Off Frieze Island," Vulture (web), April 30
Takac, Balasz, "On Identity Politics And Other Issues – An Interview with Charles Gaines," WideWalls (web), May 29
Cultured Magazine, April/May
Nys Dambrot, Shana, "What We Learned From Charles Gaines and Njideka Akunyili Crosby at the Broad Stage," LA Weekly (web), May 22
Sheets, Hilarie M., "She Married an Artist, and Now Finds Comfort in His Work," The New York Times, February 13
Hultkrans, Andrew, "Terry Adkins at Lévy-Gorvy, New York," frieze, January 31
2017
Green, Kate, "500 Words: Charles Gaines," Artforum (web), December 19
Schulman, Sandra, "Art Fairs on the Move at the Art Basel Miami in this Year’s Edition," Florida Daily Post (web), December 3
Maldonado, Devon Van Houten, " ‘Never Free to Rest’ at kurimanzutto, Mexico City," art agenda (web), November 27
Laird, Nick and Charles Gaines, "An Artist and a Poet Consider Commitment," The New York Times Style Magazine, May 18
Geer, Katie Kerns, "Creating Order," Charleston Magazine, May
Enholm, Molly, "2016 Top Tens: Los Angeles," art ltd, January / February
Kennedy, Randy, "A Permanent Plinth for New Art Coming to the High Line," The New York Times, January 10
Valentine, Victoria L., "Monumental Sculptures by Simone Leigh, Charles Gaines May Perch Above High Line," Culture Type (web), February 7
2016
Davis, Samara, "Critics’ Pick: ‘Performing the Grid’," Artforum (web), January 29
Kaplan, Isaac, "If You Don’t Understand Conceptual Art, It’s Not Your Fault," Artsy (web), March 31
Golden, Thelma, "Before and After: Thelma Golden on ‘Black Male’ (1994-95," Artforum, Summer
Wilkerson, Emily, "Biennials on the International Stage," Pelican Bomb (web), May 26
Franke, Anselm, "Shifting Backgrounds," Mousse Magazine, July
Loos, Ted, "Righting Wrongs and Generating Attention for Art of the African Diaspora," New York Times (web), October 16
Cachia, Amanda, "Critic’s Pick: Charles Gaines at Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects," Artforum (web), November 11
Korman, Sam, "Live: From Minimalism into Algorithm," frieze, May
Tain, John, "Lives of Others: John Tain on ‘The Theater of Refusal’ (1993)," Artforum, Summer
Gaines, Charles and Kerry Tribe, "Double Dutey: Practicing Art and Teaching in Greater Los Angeles," X-TRA, Summer
2015
Herold, Ann, The Harlem Show for Conceptual Artist Charles Gaines Hits the Hammer, Los Angeles Magazine, February 2
Miranda, Carolina, Datebook: Conceptual grids, earthy caves and lots of Italian masters, Los Angeles Times, February 5
Sirmans, Franklin, Contemporary Friends Acquire Seven New Works by Artists from Around the World, Un Framed, February 12
Williams, Maxwell, Charles Gaines Beautiful Systems, KCET, February 13
Berardini, Andrew, Critics Pick: Charles Gaines at the Hammer Museum, Artforum, February
Knight, Christopher, Review: Hammer Gridwork plots Charles Gaines captivating process, Los Angeles Times, March 3
Kulick, Maryrose, Art Exhibit Review: Charles Gaines: Gridwork 1974 1989, Daily Bruin, March 4
Stromberg, Matt, Charles Gaines on Reputation, the Black Art Establishment, and His Two L.A. Shows, Artsy, March 11
Valentine, Victoria L., 2015 Venice Biennale to Include More than 25 Black Artists, Culture Type, March 5
Stromberg, Matt, New LA Art Space with a Mission Opens in Leimert Park, Hyperallergic, March 10
Dudley, Elyssa, LA Artist Charles Gaines Makes Meaning with Grids and Numbers, 89.3 KPCC, March 6
Melrod, George, Charles Gaines, art ltd, March / April
Sutton, Kate, Practice Makes Perfect, Artforum, March 14
Zellen, Jody, Charles Gaines, ArtScene, April
Muoz-Alonso, Lorena, 12 Must-Read Tips for a Successful Career in the Art World, Artnet News, April 6
Muoz-Alonso, Lorena, 12 Must-Read Tips for a Successful Career in the Art World, Artnet News, April 6
Valentine, Victoria L., How Artist Charles Gaines is Influencing the Creative Economy in Los Angeles, Culture Type, April 13
Russeth, Andrew, The 2015 Venice Biennales Central Show, Focused on Strife, is Uneasy, Uneven, ArtNews, May 6
Syms, Martine, Problems of Representation, Flash Art, May June
Smith, Roberta, Review: Art for the Planets Sake at the Venice Biennale, New York Times, May 15
Diehl, Travis, A/The//Grid/Work, X-TRA, Summer
Pitts, Greg Angaza, Charles Gaines: Art + Practice, Los Angeles, Artillery, July
Daurizio, Michele, All the Worlds Futures: 56th Venice Biennale, Flash Art, July - August
Goodman, Amy, Freed But Not Free: Artists at the Venice Biennale Respond to the #BlackLivesMatter Movement, Democracy Now! (web), August 11
Brown, A Will, Charles Gaines: I am dealing in the are of how meaning is formed, Studio International, August 9
Wagley, Catherine, Layers of Leimert Park, Carla, Fall
Nelson, Solveig, The Freedom Prinicple: Experiemnts in Art and Music, 196 to Now, Artforum, November
Capps, Kriston, Scene & Herd: A Tale of Two Cities, Artforum (web), November 11
Golden, Thelma, Best of 2015, Artforum, December
Knight, Christopher, Best of 2015: The 10 best art exhibitions at LA museums in 2015, Los Angeles Times (web), December 12
Drohojowska-Philp, Hunter, Art Talk: Charles Gaines, KCRW, February 16
Miranda, Carolina, How the Dense Grids of Artist Charles Gaines took the Ego out of Art, Los Angeles Times, March 3
2014
Estefan, Kareem, "Review: Charles Gaines at Paula Cooper Gallery," Art in America, January
"Sites of Reason: A Selection of Recent Acquisitions," Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Johnson, Ken, "Words That Do More Than Signify: 'Sites of Reason' Underway at Museum of Modern Art," New York Times, July 3
Schwabsky, Barry, "Charles Gaines: Studio Museum in Harlem," ArtForum, November
2013
Berman, Aniko, Review: Charles Gaines, Paula Cooper Gallery, Flash Art, November December
Plagens, Peter, "Charles Gaines, 'Notes on Social Justice,'" The Wall Street Journal, September 28
Cotter, Holland, "Review: Charles Gaines, 'Notes on Social Justice,' " New York Times, September 27
Ricardo Phillips, Rowan, "Critics' Picks: Charles Gaines at Paula Cooper Gallery," Artforum, September 23
Yoshi Tani, Ellen, Charles Gaines and Sol Lewitt at Paula Cooper NYC, Daily Serving, September 17
Schwabsky, Barry, Post-White? On Blues for Smoke: The Whiteys adventurous, awkard attempt to explore abstract art through the blues, The Nation, May 20
2012
Gaines, Malik, City after Fifty Years Living: L.A.s Differences in Relation, Art Journal, Vol. 71, No. 1, Spring
Michno, Christopher, Featured Review: Charles Gaines, Artillery, Vol. 7, Issue 2, November/December, p. 46
2011
Wood, Eve, Charles Gaines at Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, art ltd, November
Hotle, Michael Ned, Differential Equations, Artforum, October
Soto, Paul, Infinite Re-Combination: Q & A with Charles Gaines, Art in America, September 12
Auf dem Freeway zur Kunst, ART Magazine, September
Knight, Christopher, Charles Gaines Manifestos at UCLA Hammer Museum, The Los Angeles Times, February 7
Simonson, Lily, Looking at Los Angeles, Ephermerality and Eternity in All of This and Nothing, Art:21Blog, February 24
Mizota, Sharon, All of This and Nothing at the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles Times, March 2
Finkel, Jori, Galleries join Pacific Standard Time, The Los Angeles Times, January 20
Poundstone, William, All of This and Nothing at the Hammer, ARTINFO, January 30
Ta, Jennifer, Hammer Museums All of This and Nothing adds the extra to the ordinary, Daily Bruin, Jan 31
Holte, Michael Ned, Charles Gaines: Form and Content, International Review of African American Art, Vol. 23, No. 3
2010
Merjian, Ara H., 30 Seconds off an Inch, Frieze, Issue 130, April
Stillman, Nick, Edgar Arceneaux, Charles Gaines & Rick Lowe, Bomb, Number 111, p.50-57, Spring Issue
2009
Boehm, Mike, MOCA celebrates 30 years and a rebirth, Los Angeles Times, November 8
2008
Johnson, Ken, Art In Review: Charles Gaines, New York Times, November 6
Chang, Richard, A Broader Biennial, Orange County Register, October 26
Buitron, Michael, 2008 California Biennial at the OCMA and Beyond, Leap Into the Void (blog), October 25
Chang, Richard, California Biennial reaches beyond the Golden State, The Arts Blog, ocregister.com, October 24
Mizota, Sharon, Eureka moments, Los Angeles Times, October 19
Kilston, Lyra, Los Angeles: Field Guide, Modern Painters, October
Melrod, George, California Biennial: Lauri Firstenberg Interview, art ltd., October
Whats Up, Collection in Context: Four Decades, The Studio Museum in Harlem Magazine, Summer
Seyfarth, Ludwig, Explosions Im Hirn, (Explosions in the Brain), Artnet, June 25
Explosions by Charles Gaines, (video), Vitascope, June
Chang, R, O.C. Museum of Art hires guest curator for biennial, The Arts Blog, ocregister.com, February 11 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZTu51BbG18&eurl=http://www.vitascope.de/kinosaal/c06.html)
Globalization of the Biennial Wave, Art in Asia Magazine, No. 4, March - April
Smith, Terry, The World From Europe: Mega-Exhibitions from Spring 2007, X-TRA Contemporary Art
Quarterly, Volume 10, Number 3, Spring
2007
Ostendorf, Yasmine, De Schoonheid Van Een Ramp, Mister Motley, December
JS, United States Artists winners, Flash Art Online, November 20
Fragoza, Carribean, LAXART Benefit Art Auction Draws Energetic Crowds and Funds, Flash Art Online, November 16
Boehm, Mike, USA Fellows puts artists in a flattering light, Los Angeles Times, November 15
Ann Hamilton and Edgar Arceneaux Among Winners of Fifty USA Fellowships, Artforum.com, November 15
Siegal, Katy, The Buck Stops Here, Artforum, September
Ollman, Leah, Smoggy side of L.A. Greenhouse, Los Angeles Times, August 10
Mizota, Sharon, Clarity in every crisis, Los Angeles Times, July 29
Brooks, Amra, Must See Art: Charles Gaines Greenhouse, LA Weekly, July 25
Bedford, Christopher, Charles Gaines at LAXART, Artforum, July 19
Wrigley, Paul, The 52nd International Art Exhibition, Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts, Australia, July
Levin, Kim, Death in Venice, The Brooklyn Rail, July
Schjeldahl, Peter, Big Ideas, New Yorker, June 25
OKeeffe, Alice, The art of a good time, New Statesman, June 21
Mustroph, Tom, Fragezeichen ber Venedig, Neues Deutschland, June 19
Czppan, Gabi, Augenschmaus statt Angstschweiβ, Focus, June 13
Kač, Maja, Policentrična umetnost tega trenutka, Triera (Slovenia), June 12
Kač, Maja, Policentrična umetnost tega trenutka, RTV Slovenija, June 12
Haun, Anne, Das grosse Kunst-Ragout, artnet, June 11
Venice Art Biennale 2007, designboom.com, continuously updated June-November
Finkel, Jori, A Reluctant Fraternity, Thinking Post-Black, New York Times, June 10
Schirrmeister, Benno, Isa Genzkens l fr Kunst-Programm, taz.de, June 9
Mathonnet, Philippe, A Venise, lart shumanise, Le Temps, June 9
Lacayo, Richard, And A Bit More On Storr, Time Magazine, June 8
Huber-Lang, Wolfgang, Zwischen Museum und Katastrophengebiet, Wiener Zeitung, June 8
De Sanctis Mangelli, Flavia, Paesaggi di Guerra, lUnit, June 7
Moshayedi, Aram, Charles Gains + Edgar Arceneaux, Art Papers, January/February
2006
Pagel, David, Connecting beauty, suffering, Los Angeles Times, December 22
Blumenstein, Ellen, L.A. Confidential, Monopol, November/December
Ollman, Leah, Forks abound in Snake River, Los Angeles Times, October 4
Muchnic, Suzanne, The Art Explosion, Los Angeles Times, October 1
Snake River, Photography Now, July/August/September
Rume und Kulturen verflochten, Krone O, May 19
Ausstellung, O Nachrichten, May 2
Kunst: Snake River im Lentos, Obersterreichblicke, May
Das sterreich-Kalendarium, Reisemagazin, May
Aktuelle Ausstellungen, Neues aus Linz, May
Thek, Franz, Sprache von Fluss und Musik, O Nachrichten, April 29
Hofleitner, Johanna, Der Lauf der Dinge, Schaufenster, April 28
Hutter, Andreas, Das Linzer Lentos als Kino und als Filmproduzent, Neues Volksblatt, April 28
Haderer, Gerhard, Snake River, sterreichisches Pressebro (oepb.at/linz), April 28
CB, Watchlist, Der Standard, April 27
Snake River im Lentos, Tips, April 25
Snake River, Schaufenster, April 21
Edgar Arceneaux und Charles Gaines: Snake River, freikarte.at, April 3
Snake River: Charles Gaines and Edgar Arceneaux, Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz and the Roy and Edna
Disney/CalArts Theater (REDCAT show catalogue), Ed. Karen Jacobson
2005
Cotter, Holland, (mention in a review of Rodney McMillian exhibition), New York Times, January 21
2004 Haithman, Diane, Crossing Generations, Los Angeles Times, Calendar Section, January 19, p. 2.
Harvey, Doug, Color Theory, Fade to Black, LA Weekly, February 13-19, 2004, p. 55.
Cotter, Holland, Charles Gaines Survey Exhibition: 1991-2004, New York Times, p. B31, April 30
2003
Iwona Blaswick, Conference Report: Beauty rears its ugly head again, re Charles Gainess The Paradox of Black
Pluralism, Art Monthly, No. 265, pp. 44-45, April
2002
Calder, Diane, Charles Gaines, artscenecal.com, April
2001
Miles, Christopher, Charles Gaines, Artforum, February, p. 158.
Bonetti, David, "Gaines probes darkness in 'Lurid Stories' show," review, San Francisco Chronicle, July 7, p. C1
Helfand, Glen, "Lurid Stories: Charles Gaines," The San Francisco Bay Guardian, July 4-10, Vol. 35, No. 40, p. 73.
Olson, Marisa S., "Lurid Stories: Charles Gaines at the San Francisco Art Museum", Artweek, September, Vol. 32, Issue 9, pp. 19-20
Gaines, Malik, Remember the Grid, Untitled, Summer 2001, No. 25
2000
Sirmans, Franklin, review of Weber show, John Weber Gallery, Time Out/New York, issue #238, April 13-20
Myers, Holly, "Disasters in the Making," Los Angeles Times, December 29, p. F32
1999
Intra, Giovanni, La struttura mobile, article, Tema Celeste, No. 72, January/February, pp. 50-55
Pagel, David, Glimpses of the Drama in LA Settings, Los Angeles Times, July 16, p. F31
1998
Klein, Jennie, "Circumventing the Center: Identity Politics and Marginalization," Postmodern Perspectives, Howard
Risatti, ed., (Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall), 1998, pp 273, 297-99, 300-301
Intra, Giiovanni, review of "Airplanecrashclock", Richard Heller Gallery, Art/Text, #59, p. 89, November, 1997-January, 1998, p. 89.
"Transfiction I," Wienlexicon Kunstkalender, #34, review, Charim Klocker Gallery, April
Curtis, Cathy, "When Seeing Isn't Believing, Orange County Calendar, Los Angeles Times, Oct. 12, p. F 2
Schoenkopf, Rebecca, "Cool World: Alternative environments are neat!" review of "other related areas," U. C. Irvine Art Gallery, Orange County Weekly, October 23-29, p. 29
Walsh, Daniella, "A visit to 'Other Related Areas,' " review of "other related areas, U. C. Irvine Art Gallery, Fine Arts, review, Orange County Register, October 25, p. 26
1997
Intra, Giovanni, Charles Gaines, Art/Text, 1997
Otto, Susan, review of "Airplanecrashclock", review, Richard Heller Gallery, Art in America, December, p. 99
1996
Knight, Christopher, "There's Evidence of Good Work Found at 'Scene of Crime.' "Los Angeles Times, July 29,sec. F, p. 1.
Hale, David, Was victims fate merely in the stars? Fresno Bee, February 17, p. H4
1995
Gerstler, Amy, "Night/Crimes", Artforum, Vo. 34, No. 1, September, p. 97.
Zellen, Jody, "Night/Crimes", Art Press, September, p. 11
Frank, Peter, "Art Picks of the Week," L. A. Weekly, Vol. 17, No. 28, June 9-15
Brooks, Rosetta, "The Metaphysics of Murder: Charles Gaines Work Explores the Human and the Cosmic", L. A. Village View, p. 39, June 2-8
Nolan, Timothy, review of Night/Crimes, Lewis Baltz at Gallery Ram and Charles Gaines at the Santa Monica Museum, Santa Monica Museum show, Artweek, p. 26, June
Green, David, "Net Gaines: Making a Case for "Night/Crimes.", Los Angeles Reader, May 26
Kandel, Susan, review of "Night/Crimes," Santa Monica Museum, Los Angeles Times, April 20
1993
Waddington, Chris, "Pieces don't make a whole at CAC show." Lagniappe, November 5, pgs. 23-25
Veneciano, Daniel, review of "No Justice, No Peace," New Art Examiner, February
1992
Pagel, David, "Becoming Unraveled, LAX: The Los Angeles Exhibition", Los Angeles Times, December 11
1991
Chattopodhyay, Collette, Charles Gaines, Artweek, July 18
Ger, Suvan, Group Effort Using Science Pays Off, The Los Angeles Times, July 19
1990
Hale, David, article, FSU ties intact as Gaines leaves for Cal Arts, The Fresno Bee, September 9
1989
Fresh Visions," Los Angeles Times, Aug. 25
1985
Vivien Raynor, Art: The Conceptualists, New York Times, July 12
1982
Liebman, Lisa, Charles Gaines, Art Forum, Vol. 20, No. 6, pg. 88, February
1980
Review of "Systems, Inquiry, Translation," Art Forum, Nov
1979
Muchnic, Susanne, review of Margo Leavin Gallery exh., Los Angeles Times, July 7
Review of Fresno Exhibition., West Art
Review of "The Grid," The New Art Examiner, May
Article, Print Collectors Newsletter, Chicago, July
"Exchanges," Soho News, NYC, May 30
Hale, David, Gaines: All Systems Are Go, The Fresno Bee
Frank, Peter, "Exchanges, "Village Voice, June 18
Alloway, Lawrence, review of "Exchanges," New York Times, June 8
Artner, Alan, Chicago Tribune, April 2
San Francisco Chronicle, Feb. 7
1978
Article, Fresno Bee, December 13
Hale, David, All Systems Go, Fresno Bee, August 13
Brengelman, Paula, The Big Raisin, Aug 1978, vol. 2, Issue 8, Titled "New Gaines Book, book
Marjorie Del Parker, "Bolomey and Gaines at Fresno Art Center," West Art, July 13, p. 3
1975
Hoesterey, Ingeborg, review of Whitney Biennial, New York, Art International, May 15, pg 54
1972
Cinque Gallery exhibit, Art News, May
"Recent Paintings of Charles Gaines at Cinque Gallery", New York Amsterdam News, Vol. 1 No. 7, April
Wilson, William, "Lumber and Beds and USC", The Los Angeles Times, October 23