Photo: Fredrik Nilsen
A pivotal figure in the field of Conceptual Art, Charles Gaines’ body of work engages formulas and systems that interrogate relationships between the objective and the subjective realms. Using a generative approach to create series of works in a variety of mediums, he has built a bridge between the early conceptual artists of the 1960s and 1970s and subsequent generations of artists pushing the limits of conceptualism today.
Born in 1944 in Charleston, South Carolina, Gaines began his career as a painter, earning his MFA from the School of Art and Design at the Rochester Institute of Technology in 1967. In the 1970s, Gaines’ art shifted dramatically in response to what he would later call ‘the awakening.’ Gaines’ epiphany materialized in a series called Regression (1973 – 1974), in which he explored the use of mathematical and numeric systems to create soft, numbered marks in ink on a grid, with each drawing built upon the calculations of the last. This methodical approach would carry the artist into the subsequent decades of his artistic journey.
Working both within the system and against it, Gaines points to the tensions between the empirical objective and the viewers’ subjective response. The concept of identity politics has played a central role within Gaines’ oeuvre, and the radical approach he employs addresses issues of race in ways that transcend the limits of representation. His recent work continues to use this system with sociopolitical motivations at the forefront. ‘Faces 1: Identity Politics’ (2018) is a triptych of colorful portraits of historical icons and thinkers, from Aristotle to Maria W. Stewart and bell hooks. Gaines reduces the images to pixelated outlines, layered among the faces of the preceding portraits to create a palimpsest of faces, employing this system in a critique of representation and the attachment of meaning to images.
Gaines lives and works in Los Angeles. He recently retired from the CalArts School of Art, where he was on faculty for over 30 years and established a fellowship to provide critical scholarship support for Black students in the M.F.A. Art program. He has been the subject of numerous exhibitions in the United States and internationally, and his work is in prominent public collections including the Museum of Modern Art, New York NY, the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York NY, the Studio Museum in Harlem, New York NY and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles CA. Gaines’ work was presented at the Venice Biennale in 2007 and 2015. In 2022, Gaines’ new public art project with Creative Time, ‘Moving Chains,’ will launch on Governors Island, New York, along with an operatic performance and series of sculptures in Times Square, before travelling to Ohio. An exhibition of his work is currently on long term view at Dia:Beacon in New York.
In addition to his artistic practice, Gaines has published several essays on contemporary art, including ‘Theater of Refusal: Black Art and Mainstream Criticism’ (University of California, Irvine, 1993) and ‘The New Cosmopolitanism’ (California State University, Fullerton, 2008). In 2019, Gaines received the 60th Edward MacDowell Medal. He was inducted into the National Academy of Design’s 2020 class of National Academicians and will be inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters in May 2022.
Charles Gaines
Biography
Print BiographyMFA, Rochester Institute of Technology, School of Art and Design, Rochester NY, 1967
BA, Jersey City State College, Jersey City NJ, 1966
Solo Exhibitions
Dia Beacon, 'Charles Gaines', Beacon NY
Hauser & Wirth, 'Charles Gaines: Multiples of Nature, Trees and Faces', London, UK
Paula Cooper Gallery, ‘Charles Gaines’, New York NY
Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, ‘Numbers and Trees: Central Park Series II’, Culver City CA
Paula Cooper Gallery, ‘Numbers and Trees: Central Park Series I’, New York NY
Hammer Museum, ‘Gridwork 1974–1989’, Los Angeles CA (Travelling Exhibition)
Susanne Vielmetter Berlin Projects, Berlin, Germany
Brigitte March Galerie, ‘Charles Gaines: A Selection of Works’, Stuttgart, Germany
REDCAT Roy and Edna Disney / CalArts Theater, ‘Snake River. Charles Gaines and Edgar Arceneaux’, Los Angeles CA (Travelling Exhibition)
Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, ‘Snake River. Charles Gaines and Edgar Arceneaux’, cur. Clara Kim, Stella Rollig, Linz, Austria (Travelling Exhibition)
Kapinos Gallery, ‘Charles Gaines. Explosions’, Berlin, Germany
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, ‘Airplanecrashclock’, La Jolla CA
Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica CA IRADAC – The Institute for Research on the African Diaspora in the Americas and the Caribbean, City University of New York, ‘Charles Gaines / Kara Walker’, New York NY
Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica CA
Phoebe Conley Art Gallery, California State University, Fresno CA
Armory Center for the Arts, ‘Castles’, Pasadena CA (Travelling Exhibition)
Full Moon Gallery, ‘Castles’, Los Angeles CA (Travelling Exhibition)
John Weber Gallery, ‘Charles Gaines: A Survey Exhibition, 1979–1991’, New York NY (Travelling Exhibition)
Leo Castelli Gallery, ‘Charles Gaines: A Survey Exhibition, 1979–1991’, New York NY (Travelling Exhibition)
Dorothy Goldeen Gallery, ‘Charles Gaines: A Survey Exhibition, 1979–1991’, Santa Monica CA (Travelling Exhibition)
Dorothy Goldeen Gallery, ‘Fresh Visions’, Santa Monica CA
Brigitte March Galerie, Stuttgart, Germany
Leo Castelli Gallery, New York NY
John Weber Gallery, New York NY
Leo Castelli Gallery, New York NY
Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles CA
Daniel Weinberg Gallery, San Francisco CA
Thomas Segal Gallery, Boston MA
Fresno Art Center, Fresno CA
University of Southern California, Los Angeles CA
Group Exhibitions
American Academy of Arts and Letters, 'New Members', New York NY
Southampton Arts Center, 'A Celebration of Trees', Southampton NY
Regen Projects, 'Stars Don't Stand Still in the Sky. A Tribute to Lawrence Weiner', Los Angeles CA
Samuel Dorsky Museum at SUNY New Paltz, 'Benjamin Wigfall & Communications Village', New Paltz NY
Laumeier Sculpture Park, 'Forest Through the Trees', St. Louis MO
Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University, 'Dead Lecturer/distant relative: Notes from the Woodshed c. 1950-1980', New York NY
Hammer Museum, 'Lifes', Los Angeles CA
Moody Center for the Arts, Rice University, 'Soundwaves: Experimental Strategies in Art + Music', Houston TX
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 'Black American Portraits', Los Angeles CA
Vielmetter Los Angeles, '20 Years Anniversary Exhibition Part 2', Los Angeles CA
McEvoy Foundation for the Arts, 'Next to You', San Francisco CA
Getty Center, 'Photo Flux: Unshuttering L.A.', Los Angeles CA
David Kordansky Gallery, 'The Beatitudes of Malibu', Los Angeles CA
New Museum, 'Grief and Grievance: Art and Mourning in America', New York NY
Santa Monica City Hall East, 'Lives that Bind: a restorative justice installation', cur. jill moniz, Santa Monica CA
Hauser & Wirth, 'To Form a More Perfect Union', New York NY
Hauser & Wirth, 'Artists for New York', New York NY
Gladstone Gallery, 'Drawing 2020', New York NY
Para Site, 'Garden of Six Seasons', Hong Kong, China
Marciano Art Foundation, ‘California Artists in the Marciano Collection’, Los Angeles CA
Fondation Cartier, ‘Trees’, Paris, France
Minneapolis Institute of Art, ‘Mapping Black Identities’, Minneapolis MN
Smart Museum of Art, ‘Solidary & Solitary: The Joyner/ Giuffrida Collection’, Chicago IL
SculptureCenter, ‘Searching the Sky for Rain’, New York NY
Museum of Contemporary Art, ‘Direct Message: Art, Language, and Power’, Chicago IL
Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, ‘The World to Come: Art in the Age of the Anthropocene’, Gainesville FL
Praz-Delavallade, ‘As You Like It – C’est Comme Vous Voulez’, Los Angeles CA
Columbus Museum of Art, ‘A Measure of Humanity’, Columbus OH
Villa Medici, ‘Take Me (I’m yours)’, (cur. Christian Boltanski, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Chiara Parisi), L’Accademia di Francia, Rome, Italy
Lyman Allyn Art Museum, ‘On Another Note: The Intersection of Art and Music’, (cur. Alva Greenberg), New London CT
Kurimanzutto, ‘Never Free to Rest’, (cur. Eungie Joo), Mexico City, Mexico
Remai Modern Museum, ‘Field Guide’, (cur. Gregory Burke, Sandra Guimarães), Saskatoon, Canada
Williams College Museum of Art, ‘Active Ingredients: Prompts, Props, Performance’, (cur. Lisa Dorin, Amy Holzapfel, David Levine, Marsha Ginsberg), Williamstown MA
Baltic Center for Contemporary Art, ‘Starless Midnight’, (cur. Edgar Arceneaux), Gateshead, England
Ogden Museum of Southern Art, ‘Solidary & Solitary: The Joyner/ Giuffrida Collection’, (cur. Christopher Bedford, Katy Siegel), New Orleans LA
Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Rollins College, ‘Time As Landscape: Inquiries of Art and Science’, Winter Park FL
Manetti Shrem Museum, University of California, ‘Dimensions of Black’, Davis CA
Thomas Dane Gallery, ‘Naming Rights’, London, UK
Petzel Gallery, ‘We need to talk…Artists and the public respond to the present conditions in America’, New York NY
Rhona Hoffman Gallery, ‘Rhona Hoffman 40 Years, Part 1’, Chicago IL
Institute of Contemporary Art, ‘The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now’, Philadelphia PA (Travelling Exhibition)
Yale Union, ‘Trees in the Forest’, (cur. Kari Rittenbach), Portland OR
The Drawing Center, ‘Drawing Dialogues: The Sol LeWitt Collection’, (cur. Claire Gilman, Béatrice Gross), New York NY
Haus de Kuluren der Welt, ‘Nervous Systems: Quantified Life and the Social Question’, (cur. Stephanie Hankey, Marek Tuszynski), Berlin, Germany
Art, Design & Architecture Museum, University of California, ‘CALIFORNIA 101: Art from the Collection’, Santa Barbara CA
Ben Maltz Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design, ‘Performing the Grid’, Los Angeles CA
The Kitchen, ‘From Minimalism to Algorithm’, New York NY
Catherine Bastide, ‘Afterword Via Fantasia’, Brussels, Belgium
Museum of Contemporary Art, ‘The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music,1965 to Now’, (cur. Naomi Beckwith, Dieter Roelstraete), Chicago IL (Travelling Exhibition)
Galleri Opdahl, ‘Charles Gaines, Franka Hörnschemeyer & Carla Guagliardi’, Stravanger, Norway
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, ‘Drawing in L.A.: The 1960s and 70s’, Los Angeles CA
56th Venice Biennale, ‘All The World’s Futures’, (cur. Okwui Enwezor), Venice, Italy
Whitney Museum of American Art, ‘America is Hard to See’, (cur. Donna De Salvo, Carter E. Foster, Dana Miller, Scott Rothkipf, Jane Panetta, Catherine Taft, Mia Curran), New York NY
White Columns, ‘Looking Back / The 9th White Columns Annual’, New York NY
University Art Gallery, University of California, ‘Paradox in Language: What I look at is never what I wish to see’, (cur. Allyson Unzicker), Irvine CA
Museum of Modern Art, ‘Sites of Reason. A Selection of Recent Acquisitions’, cur. David Platzker, Erica Papernik, New York NY
Paula Cooper Gallery, ‘Group Exhibition’, New York NY
Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago, ‘State of Mind New California Art circa 1970’, Chicago IL (Travelling Exhibition)
Wexner Center for the Arts, ‘Blues for Smoke’, (cur. Bennett Simpson), Columbus OH (Travelling Exhibition)
Bronx Museum of the Arts, ‘State of Mind: New California Art Circa 1970’, (cur. Constance M. Lewallen, Karen Moss), Bronx NY (Travelling Exhibition)
Fresno Art Museum, ‘Addicott Collection’, (cur. Rodney Harder and Mark Rodriguez), Fresno CA
SITE, ‘State of Mind: New California Art Circa 1970’, (cur. Constance M. Lewallen, Karen Moss), Santa Fe NM (Travelling Exhibition)
Hammer Museum, ‘Selections from the Grunwald Center and the Hammer Contemporary Collection’, (cur. Cynthia Burlingham, Anne Ellegood), Los Angeles CA
Williams College Museum of Art, ‘Now Dig This! Art and Black Los Angeles 1960–1980’, (cur. Kellie Jones), Williamstown MA (Travelling Exhibition)
Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, ‘State of Mind: New California Art Circa 1970’, (cur. Constance M. Lewallen, Karen Moss), Vancouver, Canada (Travelling Exhibition)
University Art Gallery, University of California San Diego, ‘ANOMALIA’, (cur. Lucía Sanromán), La Jolla CA
Whitney Museum of American Art, ‘Blues for Smoke’, (cur. Bennett Simpson), New York NY (Travelling Exhibition)
Kent Fine Art, ‘Mind the Gap’, New York, NY
The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Skidmore College, ‘Dance/Draw’, (cur. Helen Molesworth), Sarasota Springs NY (Travelling Exhibition)
MoMa PS1, ‘Now Dig This! Art and Black Los Angeles 1960–1980’, (cur. Kellie Jones), Long Island City NY (Travelling Exhibition)
Mattatuck Museum, ‘Shared Sensibilities: The Art of Sol LeWitt and His Friends’, Waterbury CT
MOCA – Museum of Contemporary Art, ‘Under the Big Black Sun: California Art 1974–1981’, (cur. Paul Schimmel), Los Angeles CA
Orange County Museum of Art, ‘State of Mind: New California Art Circa 1970’, (cur. Constance M. Lewallen, Karen Moss), Newport Beach CA (Travelling Exhibition)
Institute of Contemporary Art, ‘Dance/Draw’, (cur. Helen Molesworth), Boston MA (Travelling Exhibition)
Hammer Museum, ‘Now Dig This! Art and Black Los Angeles 1960–1980’, (cur. Kellie Jones), Los Angeles CA (Travelling Exhibition)
Paula Cooper Gallery, ‘Locations’, New York NY
LACMA – Los Angeles County Museum of Art, ‘Human Nature: Contemporary Art from the Collection’, Los Angeles CA
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, University of California ‘State of Mind: New California Art circa 1970’, (cur. Constance M. Lewallen, Karen Moss), Berkeley CA (Travelling Exhibition)
Hammer Museum, ‘All of This and Nothing’, (cur. Douglas Fogle, Anne Ellegood), Los Angeles CA
University Art Museum, University of California, ‘Conceptual Works from the Collection’, Santa Barbara, CA
Brandenburgischer Kunstverein, ‘Noir Complex – City, Story, Destruction & Death’, (cur. Maik Schlüter), Potsdam, Germany (Travelling Exhibition)
MOCA – Museum of Contemporary Art, ‘The Artist’s Museum: Los Angeles Artists 1980–2010’, Los Angeles CA
Project Row Houses, ‘The Seventh House’, (cur. Edgar Arceneaux, Nery Gabriel Lemus), Houston TX
Project Row Houses, ‘Edgar Arceneaux, Andrea Bowers, Olga Koumoundouros, Rodney McMillan, Charles Gaines, Nery Gabriel Lemus’, Houston TX
Las Cienegas Projects, ‘The Road to Hell is Paved…’, (cur. Biddy Tran), Los Angeles CA
Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, ‘Summer Group Show’, Los Angeles CA
Magazin 4, Bregenzer Kunstverein, ‘Noir Complex – City, Story, Destruction & Death’, (cur. Maik Schlüter), Bregenz, Austria (Travelling Exhibition)
Museo Regional de Guadalajara, ‘Oz: New Offerings from Angel City’, Guadalajara, Mexico
The Geffen Contemporary, MOCA – Museum of Contemporary Art, ‘Collection: MOCA’s First Thirty Years, 1980–Now’, (cur. Paul Schimmel), Los Angeles CA
The Studio Museum in Harlem, ‘30 Seconds off an Inch’, New York NY
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, ‘Attempt to Raise Hell, Downtown’, San Diego CA
Eighth Veil, ‘Wrong: A Program of Text and Image’, (cur. Jibade-Khalil Huffman), Los Angeles CA
New Museum, ‘Charles Gaines / Terry Adkins Collaborative: Part of Get Weird’, New York NY
MOCA – Museum of Contemorary Art, ‘Collection MOCA’s First Thirty Yearts, 1980–Now’, Los Angeles CA
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, ‘Weighing and Wanting: Selections from the Collection’, La Jolla CA
Wuerttembergischer Kunsverein, ‘Wild Signals – Artistic Postions between Symptom and Analysis’, Stuttgart, Germany
Kent Gallery, ‘Entre Chien et Loup’, New York NY
The Geffen Contemporary, MOCA – Museum of Contemporary Art, ‘Index: Conceptualism in California from the Permanent Collection’, (cur. Philipp Kaiser, Corrina Peipon), Los Angeles CA
Schneider Museum of Art, Southern Oregon University, ‘Idea, Text & Image’, Ashland OR
Armory Center for the Arts, ‘Read Me. Text in Art’, cur. Malik Gaines, Pasadena CA
Kunsthalle Göppingen, ‘Im Wort’, Göppingen, Germany
MOCA Museum of Contemporary Art, ‘From Close to Home. Recent Acquisitions of Los Angeles Art’, Los Angeles CA
Galerie Kamm, ‘Kamm Gallery Anniversary Exhibition’, Berlin, Germany
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, ‘Double Consciousness: Black Conceptual Art since 1970’, (cur. Valerie Cassel Oliver), Houston TX
Fire Patrol No. 5 Gallery, ‘Rhythm of Structure: The Mathematical Aesthetic’, New York NY
Sixth Esslingen International Photo Triennial, Galerie de Stadt, ‘Recherche-entdeckt! Bilderarchive der Unsichtbarkeiten (Research-discovered! Picture Archive of the Invisibilities)’, Esslingen am Neckar, Germany
Luckman Gallery and Fine Arts Gallery, California State University; ‘Fade (1990–Present): African American Artists in Los Angeles, A Survey Exhibition’, (cur. Malik Gaines), Los Angeles CA
Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles CA
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, ‘Structure of Difference: Painting, Sculpture, and Photography of the Past Fifty Years’, Hartford CT
New Britain Museum of American Art, ‘Selections from the LeWitt Collection’, New Britain CT
California African American Museum, ‘Urban Aesthetics, California Artists 2003’, (cur. Sandra E. Rowe), Los Angeles CA
Fire Patrol No. 5 Gallery, ‘Rhythm of Structure: MathArt in Harlem’, New York NY
Brigitte March Galerie, ‘The Night of the Hunter’, Stuttgart, Germany
Brigitte March Galerie, ‘What About Hegel’, Stuttgart, Germany
Arizona State University Art Museum, ‘Rhapsody: Selections from Valley Collections’, (cur. Jean Makin, Stephen Marc, Kim Curry-Evans), Tucson AZ
John Weber Gallery, ‘A Selective Survey of Political Art’, New York NY
Richard Heller Gallery, ‘Pictures of Other People’s Bodies’, Santa Monica CA
Triennale der Photographie, Deichtorhallen, ‘More than Meets the Eye’, (cur. Wilhelm Schümann), Hamburg, Germany
Brigitte March Galerie, ‘Landschaft—Stadtlandschaft (Landscape–Cityscape)’, Stuttgart, Germany
Rosamund Felsen Gallery, ‘Landscape Memories’, (cur. Steven Hull), Santa Monica CA
Rosamund Felsen Gallery, ‘Touring the Frame’, (cur. Charles Gaines), Santa Monica CA
John Weber Gallery, ‘Paper Work’, New York NY
Newport Harbor Art Museum, ‘Group show (works from the collection)’, Newport CA
Side Street Projects, ‘Artists Writing Reading Room’, Santa Monica CA
Contemporary Art Center, ‘L.A. Next: Six Los Angeles Artists’, New Orleans LA
Drawing Center, ‘The Return of the Cadavre Exquis’, New York NY
International Kunst der Gegenwart, Schloss Presteneck, (Stein am Kocher), ‘Force/Sight’, (cur. Brigitte March), Wurzburg, Germany
California African American Museum, ‘No Justice, No Peace’, Los Angeles CA
Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, ‘Counterweight’, Santa Barbara CA
Otis Art Institute Gallery, ‘LAX: The Los Angeles Exhibition’, Los Angeles CA
Ackland Art Museum, University of North Carolina, ‘Works from the Collection of Sol LeWitt’, Chapel Hill NC (Travelling Exhibition)
Everhart Museum of Natural History, Science, and Art, ‘Works from the Collection of Sol LeWitt’, Auckland Art Museum’, Scranton PA (Travelling Exhibition)
The Grey Art Gallery, New York University, ‘Works from the Collection of Sol LeWitt’, Scranton PA (Travelling Exhibition)
Brigitte March Galerie, ‘Process and Construction’, Munich, Germany (Travelling Exhibition)
Kunstlerwerkstatt and Lenbachaus Museum, ‘Process and Construction’, Munich, Germany (Travelling Exhibition)
Fine Arts Gallery, California State University, ‘Black and White Drawings from the David Nellis Collection’, Los Angeles CA
California State University, Los Angeles, ‘Artists Forum: Selected Faculty Artists from California State University’, Los Angeles CA
University Art Museum, Calfiornia State University, ‘Works From the Collection of Sol LeWitt’, Long Beach CA (Travelling Exhibition)
David Winton Bell Gallery, Brown University, ‘Selections from the Chase Manhattan Bank Art Collection’, Providence RI (Travelling Exhibition)
Wesleyan University Art Museum, Wesleyan University, ‘Works from the Collection of Sol LeWitt’, Middletown CT (Travelling Exhibition)
Alternative Museum, ‘Post Modernist Metaphors’, (cur. Horace Brockington), New York NY
The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, ‘New Dimensions in Drawing: 1950–1980’, Ridgefield CT
University of Massachusetts, ‘Selections from the Chase Manhattan Bank Art Collection’, Amherst MA (Travelling Exhibition)
Touchstone Gallery, ‘Systems, Inquiry, Translation’, New York NY
California State College, ‘An Exhibition of Drawings from the Margo Leavin Gallery’, Bakersfield CA
Leo Castelli Gallery, ‘Benefit Show for the Center for the Performing Arts’, New York NY
University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum, ‘Artists from the John Weber Gallery’, Tampa FL (Travelling Exhibition)
Melinda Wyatt Gallery, ‘Prints from the Landfall Press’, Los Angeles CA
Evanston Art Center, ‘The Grid’, Evanston IL
Center for the Visual Arts, ‘Portraits’, Aspen CO
John Weber Gallery, ‘Gallery Artists Show’, New York NY
Young Hoffman Gallery, ‘Gallery Artists Summer Show’, Chicago IL
Texas Gallery, Houston TX
Margo Leavin Gallery, ‘Works on Paper’, Los Angeles CA
Leo Castelli Gallery, ‘Numerals: Mathematical Concepts in Contemporary Art’, (cur. Rainer Crone), New York NY (Travelling Exhibition)
Yale University Art Gallery, Yale University, ‘Numerals: Mathematical Concepts in Contemporary Art’, New Haven CT
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, ‘Numerals: Mathematical Concepts in Contemporary Art’, Hanover NH (Travelling Exhibition)
University of North Dakota, ‘Numerals: Mathematical Concepts in Contemporary Art’, Grand Forks, ND (Travelling Exhibition)
University Art Gallery, University of California, ‘Numerals: Mathematical Concepts in Contemporary Art’, Irvine CA (Travelling Exhibition)
Art Museum of South Texas, ‘Numerals: Mathematical Concepts in Contemporary Art’, Corpus Christi TX (Travelling Exhibition)
Center for the Arts, Muhlenberg College, ‘Numerals: Mathematical Concepts in Contemporary Art’, Allentown PA (Travelling Exhibition)
The New Gallery, ‘Numerals: Mathematical Concepts in Contemporary Art’, Cleveland OH (Travelling Exhibition)
Minneapolis College of Arts and Design, ‘Numerals: Mathematical Concepts in Contemporary Art’, Minneapolis MN (Travelling Exhibition)
Landfall Press, ‘Recent Publications’, Chicago IL
Whitney Museum of American Art, ‘1975 Biennial Exhibition’, New York NY
Oakland Museum, Oakland CA
Awards & Grants
USA Fellowship, United States Artists, Chicago IL
Dean’s Grant, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia CA
Performances
ICA — Institute of Contemporary Art, ‘A Visionary Recital (after Terry Adkins)’, Miami FL
Museum of Modern Art, ‘Lone Wolf Recital Corps’, New York NY
Kurimanzutto Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico
La Biennale Di Venezia, ‘Sound Text’, Venice, Italy
Third Streaming, ‘Atum (Honey From A Flower Named Blue)’, New York NY
MoMa PS1, ‘Assassination’, Long Island City NY
Public & Special Projects
Creative Time, ‘Roots', Times Square, New York NY
Curatorial Projects
University of Maryland Art Gallery, University of Maryland, ‘The Theater of Refusal: Black Art and Mainstream Criticism’, (cur. Charles Gaines), College Park MD (Travelling Exhibition)
University of California, ‘The Theater of Refusal: Black Art and Mainstream Criticism’, (cur. Charles Gaines), Riverside CA (Travelling Exhibition)
University Art Gallery, University of California, ‘The Theater of Refusal: Black Art and Mainstream Criticism’, (cur. Charles Gaines), Irvine CA
Bibliography
Monographs
Jacobson, Karen (ed.) ‘Snake River: Charles Gaines & Edgar Arceneaux, Volume 2’, Linz: Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, Los Angeles: California Institute of the Arts/REDCAT, 2006, ill (exh. cat.)
Artist’s Books & Writings
Gaines, Charles, ‘Diversifying the Academy’, in: ARTnews, February/March
2021, pp. 17-19, ill.
Gaines, Charles, ‘Los Angeles, November 2020’, on: flash---art.com, 28 January 2021
Gaines, Charles, ‘Charles Gaines’, in: The Brooklyn Rail, October 2018
Gaines, Charles, ‘Surviving Alaska: Michael Joo’s Sublime Transformations’, in: Joo, Michael, Farver, Jane, Birnbaum, Daniel (et al.), ‘Michael Joo’, Cambrige: MIT List Visual Arts Center, 2003, ill. (exh. cat)
Gaines, Charles, ‘Art and the Search for Origin Amidst the Scent of Flowers’, in: ‘Origins: An Exhibition of the Work of Sunhee Kim, William Raines, Anne Scheid and Manuel Vasaure’, Fresno: Fresno Art Museum, 1999, ill (exh. cat)
Gaines, Charles, ‘Avant L.A. Letter’, in: Artforum, New York, February 1999
Gaines, Charles, ‘Black Male’, in: World Art, January 1995
Gaines, Charles, ‘Manifesto’, New York: Mimi Somerby, S.O.S. International, and B.R.A.T., 1993, p. 33
Gaines, Charles, ‘The Devil and Mona Lisa. Confessions of an Art Heckler’, in: New Art Examiner, Chicago, December 1993, p. 24
Gaines, Charles, ‘Sandra Rowe. Androgyny and the Janusian Split’, in: Journal of Social Theory in Art Education, no. 10, April 1990, pp. 158-163
Publications
Anderson, Sean, Wilson, Mabel O., ‘Reconstructions: Architecture and Blackness in America’, New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2021 (exh. cat.)
Martin, Courtney J. (ed.), ‘Four Generations. The Joyner/Giuffrida Collection of Abstract Art’, New York: Gregory R. Miller & Co, 2016 (exh. cat.)
Beckwith, Naomi, Roelstraete, Dieter (eds.), ‘The Freedom Principle. Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now’, Chicago: Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago/University of Chicago Press, 2015, pp. 132, 135-136 (exh. cat.)
Léger, Marc James (ed.), ‘The Idea of the Avant Garde’, England: Manchester University Press, 2014
Molesworth, Helen Anne (ed.), ‘Dance/Draw’,Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz, Boston: The Institute of Contemporary Art, 2011, ill. (exh. cat.)
Constance M. Lewallen, Karen Moss, Bryan-Wilson, Julia (et al.), ‘State of Mind: New California Art circa 1970’, Berkeley: University of California Press, 2011 (exh. cat.)
Bur, Andreas, Seyfarth, Ludwig (eds.), ‘Recherche-entdeckt! Bilderarchive der Unsichtbarkeiten (Research-discovered! Picture Archive of the Invisibilities)’, Esslingen am Neckar: Galerie de Stadt, 2004 (exh. cat.)
Schürmann, Wilhelm, ‘Wohin kein Auge reicht: von der Entdeckung des Unsichtbaren. More than meets the eye - Triennale der Photographie’, Hamburg: Arbeitskreis Photographie/Deichtorhallen, 1999 (exh. cat.)
Von Maur, Karin, ‘Magie der Zahl. In der Kunst des 20 Jahrhunderts’, Stuttgart: Staatsgalerie, 1999
Hull, Steven, ‘I’m Still In Love With You’, Los Angeles: Twentieth Century Women’s Club, 1999 (exh. cat.)
Gamblin, Noriko, ‘Night/Crimes’, Santa Monica: Santa Monica Museum of Art, 1995 (exh. bro.)
Gookin, Kirby, Arning, Bill, ‘The Naming of the Colors’, New York: White Columns, 1993, ill. (exh. cat.)
Hugo, Joan, ‘Counterweight’, Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, 1992
___, ‘No Justice, No Peace’, Los Angeles: California Afro-American Museum, 1992 (exh. cat.)
March, Brigitte (ed.), 'Force Sight’, Böblingen: Art Publishing, 1992 (exh. cat.)
Daneshvari, Abbas (ed.), ‘Black and White Drawings from the David Nellis Collection’, Los Angeles: University Fine Arts Gallery, 1985
Neff, Terry Ann R. (ed.), ‘Selections from the William Hokin Collection’, Chicago: Museum of Contemporary Art, 1985
___, ‘Process Und Konstruktion: 1985 in Munich', Munich: Cultural department of the state capital Munich, Stuttgart: Galerie Brigitte March, Lodz, Archives of Contemporary Thought, 1985, ill.
Paoletti, John, ‘No Title. The Collection of Sol LeWitt’, Middletown: Wesleyan University in association with the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, 1981
Brockington, Horace, ‘Post modernist Metaphors’, New York: The Alternative Museum, 1981
Anderson, Richard E., ‘New Dimensions in Drawing, 1950–1980’, Ridgefield: Aldrich Museum, 1981
Posner, Helane, ‘Selections from the Chase Manhattan Bank Art Collection’, New York: Chase Manhattan Bank, 1981
___, 'Recent Publications', Chicago: Landfall Press Inc., 1978, ill.
Press
Ostrow, Saul, 'Charles Gaines: Southern Trees' [review], on: brooklynrail.org, March 2023, ill.
___, 'Charles Gaines: Southern Trees', on: airmail.news, 27 February 2023, ill.
Behringer, David, 'Charles Gaines' Colorful Pixelation of Southern Trees', on: design-milk.com, 21 February 2023 ill.
Ebgi, Anat, 'Gallerist Anat Ebgi Reflects on Why Los Angeles Is a Place "Where People are Willing to be More Provocative"', on: news.artnet.com, 16 February 2023, ill.
O’Neill-Butler, Lauren, '"Benjamin Wigfall and Communications Village"', on: artforum.com, February 2023, ill.
Mulgrew, Sophie, 'Exhibition Review: Charles Gaines: Southern Trees', on: museemagazine.com, 31 January 2023, ill.
___, 'Charles Gaines: Southern Trees. Hauser & Wirth New York 22nd Street', on: martincid.com, 18 January 2023, ill.
___, 'Charles Gaines: Southern Trees', on: artplugged.co.uk, 17 January 2023, ill.
___, 'Hauser & Wirth presents "Charles Gaines.Southern Trees"', on: gothamtogo.com, 17 January 2023, ill.
Keh, Pei-Ru, McAlister-Smith, Tilly, Llyod-Smith, Harriet, 'New York art exhibitions: what to see this winter', on: wallpaper.com, 16 January 2023, ill.
___, 'The Defining Artworks of 2022', on: artnews.com, 15 December 2022, ill.
___, 'The Best Public Artworks of 2022', on: artsy.com, 13 December 2022, ill.
___, 'In Brooklyn, Loewe and Creative Time Celebrated Artist Charles Gaines', on: vogue.com, 8 December 2022, ill.
Collinge, Miranda, '12 Arty Reasons to Visit New York This Autumn', on: esquire.com, 2 November 2022, ill.
Waddoups, Ryan, 'A Colossal Ship-Like Artwork Evoking America’s Slave Trade', on: surfacemag.com, 27 October 2022, ill.
Westall, Mark, 'Charles Gaines’s Moving Chains Addresses the Reality of Systemic Racism in the United States of America Through Embodied & Visual Experience.', on: fadmagazine.com, 27 October 2022, ill.
Stewart, Jessica, 'Massive Sculpture With 1,600-Pound Moving Chains Examines the Long History of American Slavery', on: mymodernmet.com, 27 October 2022, ill.
Ebert, Grace, 'Through a Monumental Sculpture of Moving Chains, Artist Charles Gaines Confronts the Enduring Legacy of American Slavery', on: thisiscolossal.com, 25 October 2022, ill.
Cascone, Sarah, 'It Took Eight Years, an Army of Engineers, and 1,600 Pounds of Chains to Bring Artist Charles Gaines’s Profound Meditation on America to Life. Now, It’s Here', on: news.artnet.com, 25 October 2022, ill.
Lynch, Scott, 'Sculptor Charles Gaines’ Monumental "Moving Chains" Now Open on Governor’s Island', on: bkmag.com, 17 October 2022, ill.
Rahmanan, Anna, 'This giant monument made of steel and chains is heading to Governors Island', on: timeout.com, 13 October 2022, ill.
Black, Hannah, 'Exploring the Arbitrary, Conceptual Artist Charles Gaines Reveals First Public Artwork in NYC', on: culturedmag.com, 12 October 2022, ill.
Wally, Maxine, 'Charles Gaines Reframes American History', on: wmagazine.com, 10 October 2022, ill.
Vargas, Steven, 'Art and activism power a starry Hammer Museum gala', on: latimes.com, 9 October 2022, ill.
Mitter, Siddhartha, 'Evoking Our Past for the Public to See', in: New York Times, New York, 9 October 2022, p. 14, ill.
Mitter, Siddhartha, 'On Governor’s Island, a Machine That Jolts History', on: nytimes.com, 7 October 2022, ill.
Nash, David, 'Inside a Dreamy Home Perched Above the San Francisco Bay Area', on: architecturaldigest.com, 8 August 2022, ill.
___, 'Charles Gaines’ first public art project, The American Manifest debuts in New York', on: artdaily.com, 26 July 2022, ill.
Billard, Jillian, 'Charles Gaines unearths America’s deep colonial roots in an expansive serial public art project', on: theartnewspaper.com, 20 July 2022, ill.
___, 'Art contemporain : Arithmétique, palmiers et quête du Beau selon Charles Gaines', on: connaissancedesarts.com, 19 July 2022, ill.
Bowling, Suzanna, 'In Times Square the American Manifest', on: tconline.com, 16 July 2022, ill.
Velie, Elaine, 'Charles Gaines Brings Trees Back to Times Square', on: hyperallergic.com, 15 July 2022, ill.
___, '5 Free Events: "The American Manifest" and Les Ballets Afrik', on: allarts.org, 14 July 2022, ill.
___, 'Charles Gaines pianta un bosco di alberi a testa in giù a Times Square', on: artuu.it, 14 July 2022, ill.
Dong, Mingyuan, 'CHARLES GAINES Interview – Grids and Systems Art', on: picturethispost.com, 12 July 2022, ill.
Valentine, Victoria L., 'Latest News in Black Art: New Name for DuSable Museum, Public Art Works by Basil Watson, Thomas J. Price and Charles Gaines, Plus Plans for African American Dictionary', on: culturetype.org, 22 June 2022, ill.
Dafoe, Taylor, 'Charles Gaines Will Plant a Grove of Sweetgum Trees Upside Down in Times Square as Part of an Ambitious Public Art Project', on: news.artnet.com, 21 June 2022, ill.
Stoilas, Helen, 'At Frieze New York, Charles Gaines puts gains toward ambitious public art project', on: theartnewspaper.com, 20 May 2022, ill.
Valentine, Victoria L., 'Charmaine Jefferson Elected Board Chair at California Institute of the Arts, Where Charles Gaines Taught Mark Bradford, Henry Taylor, and Lauren Halsey Earned Degrees', on culturetype.org, 18 May 2022, ill.
Durón, Maximilíano, 'The Best Booths at Frieze New York, From Stabbed Footballs to Twisted Steel Creations', on: artnews.com, 18 May 2022, ill.
M.H. Schuster, Angela, 'Everything to Know About Frieze New York', on: avenuemagazine.com, 17 May 2022, ill.
___, 'Return of Frieze New York proves that small is beautiful', on: ft.com, 13 May 2022, ill.
___, 'Art Industry News: Police Arrested a Seventh Suspect in Green Vault Heist—While He Was Already in Court + Other Stories', on: news.artnet.com, 10 May 2022, ill.
Vankin, Deborah, 'Hammer Museum to honor Charles Gaines and Chase Strangio at 2022 Gala in the Garden', on: latimes.com, 9 May 2022, ill.
___, 'Solo Shows at Frieze New York 2022', on: frieze.com, 4 May 2022, ill.
Kitnick, Alex, 'Group Think. Alex Kitnick on "Lifes"', in: Artforum, New York, vol. 60, no. 9, May 2022, pp. 53-54, ill.
Holiday, Harmony, '"I’m not saying that there’s no such thing as imagination or intuition or subjectivity, but I think they’re all constructs."' [interview], in: Frieze, London, no. 227, May 2022, pp. 98-107, ill.
Holiday, Harmony, 'Charles Gaines on the Paradoxes of Seeing' [interview], on: frieze.com, 28 April 2022, ill.
Knight, Christopher, 'Review: Spanish conquistadors and plastic vomit: That’s "Lifes" at UCLA Hammer Museum', on: latimes.com, 29 March 2022, ill.
Battaglia, Andy, '"Disciplinary Promiscuity": Hammer Museum’s Ambitious New Group Show Finds Common Ground Between Aubrey Plaza, Pauline Oliveros, and Senyawa', on: artnews.com, 15 February 2022, ill.
Gassman, Gay, 'Open Studio', in: Architectural Digest, New York, December 2021, pp. 86-89, ill.
___, 'Need More Holiday Food Inspiration? Try These Recipes for Charles Gaines’s Candied Yams and Ragnar Kjartansson’s Lambchops', on: news.artnet.com, 27 November 2021, ill.
Gassmann, Gay, 'Tour the L.A. Studio of Renowned Artist Charles Gaines', on: architecturaldigest.com, 5 November 2021, ill.
___, ‘“Intricate and Timely”: Troy Carter’s Top Picks on Frieze Viewing Room Los Angeles’, on: frieze.com, 27 July 2021, ill.
Forgo, Gabriela, ‘“In Focus: LA Artists,” An Exhibition at Hauser & Wirth, Los Angeles’, on: purple.fr, 21 July 2021, ill.
Donoghue, Katy, ‘Charles Gaines Shows Culture as the Lens Through Which We Make and Experience Art’ [Interview], on: whitewall.art, 6 July 2021, ill.
Westall, Mark, ‘In Focus: LA Artists’, on: fadmagazine.com, 30 June 2021, ill.
Fusco, Coco, 'On the Condition of Black Life and Black Death' [Review], in: Texte Zer Kunst, Berlin, no. 122, June 2021, p. 212, ill.
LaBarge, Emily, ‘Charles Gaines. Hauser & Wirth London | Savile Row’ [Review], in: Artforum, New York, vol. 59, no. 10, Summer 2021, ill.
___, ‘5 International Nature-Inspired Exhibitions That Make Us Very Excited for the Arrival of Summer’, on: news.artnet.com, 19 May 2021, ill.
Harris, Gareth, Jhala, Kabir, ‘Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend’, on: theartnewspaper.com, 14 May 2021, ill.
Wu, Simon, ‘“Grief and Grievance” Shows Us Profound Visions of Black Suffering’ [Review], on: frieze.com, 29 April 2021, ill.
Donoghue, Katy, ‘Charles Gaines’ [interview], in: Whitewall, New York, pp. 98-105, Spring 2021, ill.
Luke, Ben, ‘Be still my beating art! Our critic’s first week back in the galleries after lockdown’ [review], on: standard.co.uk, 16 April 2021, ill.
Waywell, Chris, ‘These London art galleries are open to visitors right now’, on: timeout.com, 15 April 2021, ill.
Rea, Naomi, ‘9 Gallery Shows to See Now in London, From a Spotlight on Young French Painters to Rachel Whiteread at Gagosian’, on: news.artnet.com,
14 April 2021, ill.
Ghosh, Ravi, ‘Charles Gaines: ‘My System is a Firewall Between My Subjectivity and the Work’’, on: elephant.art, 14 April 2021, ill.
Lloyd-Smith, Harriet, ‘Physical art exhibitions to see in London and beyond, from April 2021’, on: wallpaper.com, 12 April 2021, ill.
___, ‘10 unmissable exhibitions as London's galleries reopen’, on: culturewhisper.com, 8 April 2021, ill.
Durrant, Nancy, ‘Art lovers, get set! The exhibitions to see when London galleries open’, on: standard.co.uk, 1 April 2021, ill.
Ugelvig, Jeppe, 'Into the Grief' [Review], on: kunstkritikk.com, 23 March 2021, ill.
Bentall, Henrietta, Luke, Ben, ‘Studio jams: we made a Spotify playlist of artists’ top tunes, from Ragnar Kjartansson to
Rachel Whiteread', on: theartnewspaper.com, 12 March 2021, ill.
Morillo, Rachell, ‘‘Grief and Grievance’ Honors the Weight and Wake of Racial Violence’ [review], on: hyperallergic.com, 9 March 2021, ill.
___, ‘Home Events’, in: Waitrose Weekend, London, no. 543, 4 March 2021, p. 36, ill.
Parker, Rianna Jade, ‘Behind These Differences’ [Review], in: Frieze,
no. 217, March 2021, pp. 16-17, ill.
Carrier, David, 'Grief and Grievance: Art and Mourning in America', on: brooklynrail.org, March 2021, ill.
Lloyd-Smith, Harriet, ‘Artist’s palate:
Charles Gaines’ Southern-style candied yams’, on: wallpaper.com, 20 February 2021, ill.
Cotter, Holland, ‘Black Grief, White Grievance: Artists Search for Racial Justice’ [review], on: nytimes.com, 18 February 2021, ill.
Smee, Sebastian, ‘A searing, all-star art show explores Black grief from the civil rights era to now’, on: washingtonpost.com, 17 February 2021, ill.
Pobric, Pac, ‘Some People See the 1970s as a Golden Age of Contemporary Art. Charles Gaines Thinks Today’s Art Is Actually Much Better’, on: artnet.com, 16 February 2021, ill.
O’Grady, Megan, ‘Once Overlooked, Black Abstract Painters Are Finally Given Their Due’, on: nytimes.com, 12 February 2021, ill.
Dodson, Jewels, ‘These Black Collectors Are Shaping the Future of the Art World’, on: artsy.com, 9 February 2021, ill.
Cumming, Laura, ‘Charles Gaines: Multiples of Nature, Trees and Faces; Hardeep Sahota: Bhangra Lexicon – review’, on: theguardian.com, 7 February 2021, ill.
Cumming, Laura, ‘Let me count the ways’, in: the new review. Special section of the newspaper ‘The Observer’, London, 7 February 2021, pp. 24-25, ill.
Lloyd-Smith, Harriet, ‘At Home with American Artist Charles Gaines’ [Interview], on: wallpaper.com, 29 January 2021, ill.
___, ‘A brush with...’ [Interview], in: The Art Newspaper, London, no. 331, February
2021, p. 42, ill.
Griffin, Jonathan, ‘Layers of complexity’, in: The Financial Times, London, 23 January 2021, ill.
Griffin, Jonathan, ‘Charles Gaines: Peeling back the layers’, on: ft.com, 21 January 2021, ill.
Saunders, Daniella, ‘The Best Virtual Art Exhibitions 2021’, on: countryandtownhouse.co.uk, 20 January 2021, ill.
Lewis, Annie, ‘Enjoy virtual Hauser & Wirth exhibitions at home’, on: townandcountrymag.com, 19 January 2021, ill.
Schwabsky, Barry, ‘Don’t Hide the Art of Philip Guston’, on: thenation.com, 30 October 2020, ill.
Valentine, Victoria L., ‘Online: 5 Gallery Exhibitions Focus on Artists Amy Sherald, Charles Gaines, Genevieve Gaignard, Edgar Arceneaux, and The Racial Imaginary Institute’, on: culturetype.com, 30 October 2020, ill.
___, ‘Artists Envision a New Kind of Political Poster’, on: wmagazine.com, 22 October 2020, ill.
McGlone, Peggy, Smee, Sebastian, ‘Coronavirus shutdowns and charges of white supremacy: American art museums are in crisis’, on: washingtonpost.com, 12 October 2020, ill.
Pogrebin, Robin, ‘The Artist Charles Gaines Creates a Fellowship for Black Students’, on: nytimes.com, 7 October 2020, ill.
Mills, Aaron, ‘Charles Gaines wants to challenge how you see the world’, on: sohohouse.com, 27 September 2020, ill.
Di Mento, Maria, ‘Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan Donate $300 Million for Voting Security (Gifts Roundup)’, on: philanthropy.com, 8 September 2020, ill.
Keener, Katherine, ‘Three southern California institutes seek to better support underrepresented students and faculty’, on: art-critique.com, 2 September 2020, ill.
Dodson, Jewels, ‘Activist collectors don't Just want to accumulate artworks. They want to change the world’, in: ARTnews, New York, September 2020, pp. 84-91, ill.
Kinsella, Eileen, ‘Art Schools Have Historically Been Inhospitable to Black Students. Two California Philanthropists Are Trying to Change That’, on: artnet.com, 31 August 2020, ill.
Stromberg, Matt, ‘CalArts and Otis College Receive Million-Dollar Donations to Support Black Faculty and Students’, on: hyperallergic.com, 28 August 2020, ill.
Pickford, James, ‘Black artists matter: The winds of change are blowing through the art world’, on: ft.com, 24 August 2020
___, ‘Visual Language. 13 Artists Inspiring Us Right Now’, on: goop.com, 20 July 2020, ill.
___, ‘[Virtual Panel Discussion] Charles Gaines x Printed Matter. The Theater of Refusal in the Age of Liberalism’, on: curate.la, 6 July 2020
Belcove, Julie, ‘From Leonardo at the Louvre to the Rise of Jordan Casteel: The Best of the Art World’, on: robbreport.com, 16 June 2020
Valentine, Victoria L., ‘Terry Adkins Conceived His Exhibitions as a Conversational Interplay Among Objects, Installations, and Musical Performances’, on: www.culturetype.com, 1 May 2020
Schildknecht, Julieta, ‘Art as a Discipline: Charles Gaines’ [interview], on: moussemagazine.it, 30 April 2020
LALA, ‘LALA Dispatch: The Importance of Charles Gaines Legacy According to Artists’, on: www.culturedmag.com, 13 April 2020
Hamersly, Mark, ‘Culture Shock Miami: Experience performances, museum tours and art exhibits online’, on: www.miamiherald.com, 30 March 2020
Anania, Katie, ‘How to Draw a Dog’, on: brooklynrail.org, 5 March 2020
___, ‘Charles Gaines: 16 Feb — 29 Mar 2020 at Hauser & Wirth in Saint Moritz, Switzerland', on: wsimag.com, 17 February 2020
Kenney, Nancy, ‘Championing African American abstraction: inside the collection of Pamela Joyner’, on: www.theartnewspaper.com, London, 12 February 2020
Koeberle, Susanna, ‘Sound of Silence’, on: www.swiss-architects.com, Zurich, 6 February 2020
Berg, Allison, ‘Head of the Class’, in: LALA Magazine, Los Angeles, January 2020, pp. 128-135
showcase the unseen’, in: Los Angeles Times, 19 December 2019
___, ‘The Don’t Miss List’, on: www.ladowntownnews.com, 16 December 2019
Miranda, Carolina A., ‘Datebook: Christopher Myers meditates on escape in textile works at Fort Gansevoort’, in: Los Angeles Times, 12 December 2019
Panero, James, ‘Generations: A History of Black Abstract Art’ and ‘Afrocosmologies: American Reflections’ Reviews: Finding a Legacy or Losing the Thread?’, on: www.wsj.com, 3 December 2019
___, ‘ICA Miami Adds More than One Hundred Works to its Collection’, on: www.artforum.com, 29 November 2019
Selvin, Claire, ‘Baltimore Museum of Art Will Only Collect Works by Women in 2020’, on: www.artnews.com, 28 November 2019
Cascone, Susan, ‘Editors’ Picks: 19 Things Not to Miss in New York’s Art World This Week’, on: news.artnet.com, 11 November 2019
Sulcas, Roslyn, ‘For a Los Angeles Dance Festival, Reviving a Homegrown Modernist’, on: www.nytimes.com, New York, 7 November 2019
Schreffler, Laura, ‘Gucci Presents the 2019 LACMA Art + Film Gala with Billie Eilish, Brie Larson, Salma Hayek & More’, on: www.hauteliving.com, 5 November 2019
Capelle, Laura, ‘LA Dance Project revives a neglected work at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris’, on: www.ft.com, London, 4 November 2019
___, ‘Library of Ideas: A Course by Charles Gaines, Part Two’, on: www.curate.la, Los Angeles, November 2019
Perry, Barlo, ‘Charles Gaines in Conversation’, on: www.paris-la.com, Los Angeles, 30 October 2019
Miranda, Carolina A., ‘Datebook: MOCA explores an art movement inspired by feminine and domestic traditions’, in: Los Angeles TImes, 24 October 2019
Dambrot, Shana Nys, ‘Paint by Numbers: Charles Gaines Has a System’, in: LA Weekly, Los Angeles, 24 October 2019, pp. 18
Fontaine, Pearl, ‘Theaster Gates, Kenny Scharf, Tala Madani, and More Must See Los Angeles,’ on: www.whitewall.art, 11 October 2019
Zara, Janelle, ‘Even If You Don’t Get All the Details, You Can Still Follow Along’: How Charles Gaines Taught a Generation of Artists’, on: www.news.artnet.com, 7 October 2019
Miranda, Carolina A., ‘Datebook: A cross-border show inspired by a mythical California of woman warriors’, in: Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, 3 October 2019
Zellen, Jody, ‘Picks of the Week: Charles Gaines ‘Palm Trees and Other Works’’, on: www.whatsonlosangeles.com, Los Angeles, 3 October 2019
Benliyan, Anush J., Look, Marie, ‘9 Art Shows to See at Your Favorite California Venues this Fall’, in: C Magazine, Los Angeles, October 2019, pp. 40
Berg, Allison, ‘The LALA List’, in: LALA Magazine, Los Angeles, Fall 2019, pp. 43
Young, Nate, ‘Nate Young and Charles Gaines in Conversation’, in: The Third Rail, no. 13, Fall 2019, pp. 8-16
Saden, Alexandre, ‘Visionary Systems: Charles Gaines’ Palm Trees and Other Works at Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles’, on: www.blog.lareviewofbooks.com, 28 September 2019
Stromberg, Matt, ‘Charles Gaines Designs an Art Lecture Series That’s Open to the Public’, on: www.hyperallergic.com, 25 September 2019
___, ‘Charles Gaines: ‘Palm Trees and Other Works’ @ Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles’, on: www.autre.love, 23 September 2019
Dambrot, Shana Nys, ‘Charles Gaines: Library of Ideas Lecture Series at HWLA’, on: www.laweekly.com, 23 September 2019
Finkel, Jori, ‘Three Exhibitions to See in Los Angeles this Weekend’, on: www.theartnewspaper.com, London, 19 September 2019
Nonnenberg, Sheryl, ‘Anderson Collection at Stanford marks fifth anniversary’, on: www.paloaltoonline.com, Palo Alto, 19 September 2019
Miranda, Carolina A., ‘Datebook: Stark domestic scenes by German painter Lenz Geerk’, in: Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, 16 September 2019
Dambrot, Shana Nys, ‘Gallery Openings: Saturday, September 14: Eastbound and North’, on: www.laweekly.com, Los Angeles, 13 September 2019
___, ‘Your Concise Los Angeles Art Guide for Fall 2019’, on: www.hyperallergic.com, 10 September 2019
___, ‘Charles Gaines. Palm Trees and Other Works’, in: Hyperallergic Los Angeles Art Guide, Los Angeles, September 2019
___, ‘A Numbers Game’, in: Cultured Magazine, September-November 2019
Valentine, Victoria L., ‘Truth Teller: Next Month, Henry Taylor is Presenting a Series of New Portraits at Blum & Poe in New York’, on: www.culturetype.com, 21 August 2019
Morón, Rachel, ‘A Picturesque Voyage through Trees’, on: www.tlmagazine.com, 12 August 2019
___, ‘Charles Gaines on Philosophy and Politics in Conceptual Art’, on: www.freshartinternational.com, 29 July 2019
Locher, Anne Stark, ‘A 2019 Medal Day Reflection’, on: www.macdowellcolony.org, 24 July 2019
Selvin, Claire, ‘Baltimore Museum of Art Acquires Works by Charles Gaines, Ana Mendieta, and Others’, on: www. www.ARTnews.com, 14 June 2019
Brara, Noor, ‘The Family Business: 3 Famous Art-World Fathers and Sons Reflect on how Art Has Strengthened Their Relationships’, on: www.artnet.com, 12 June 2019
Chabon, Michael, ‘Michael Chabon on the Power of Art in Troubling Times’, in: The MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, Summer/Fall 2019, pp. 5-7
Gaines, Charles, ‘Charles Gaines Accepts the 60th Edward MacDowell Medal’, in: The MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, Summer/Fall 2019, pp. 7-8
Adam, Georgina, ‘Komal Shah’s mission to redress the art world’s balance’, in: The Financial Times, 24 April 2019.
Waxman, Lori, ‘Art by black artists forces a new look at art history in a must-see show at the Smart Museum’, on: www.chicagotribune.com 22 April 2019.
Valentine, Victoria L., ‘Charles Gaines is Latest in Long Line of Great Artists to Receive MacDowell Medal’, on: www.culturetype.com, 14 April 2019.
__, ‘Conceptual artist Charles Gaines to receive 60th Edward MacDowell Medal’, on: www.ledgertranscript.com, 9 April 2019.
__, ‘Conceptual artist Charles Gaines wins Edward MacDowell Medal’, on: www.ABCnews.com, 9 April 2019.
__, ‘Conceptual Artist Charles Gaines Wins Edward MacDowell Medal’, in: The New York Times, 9 April 2019.
__, ‘Charles Gaines Receives 2019 MacDowell Medal’ on: www.artforum.com, 8 April 2019.
Zoormandan, Taya, ‘Charles Gaines Named Recipient of MacDowell Medal,’ on blog.calarts.edu, 8 April 2019.
__, ‘Conceptual artist Charles Gaines wins Edward MacDowell Medal’, on: www.washingtonpost.com 7 April 2019.
Cohn, Gabe, ‘Charles Gaines to Receive MacDowell Colony Honors’, in: The New York Times, 7 April 2019.
Harris, Gareth, ‘LAXART’s Hamza Walker: ‘Music is a great way to get to know an artist,’ in: Financial Times, 8 February 2019.
Nash, David, ‘Pamela Joyner on African-American Art and Its Representation in the History Books’, on: www.architecturaldigest.com, 22 January 2019.
Cheng, Scarlet, ‘Q&A With Stacen Berg. Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles’ Senior Director’, in: Artillery Magazine, 2 January 2019.
Reynolds, Michael and Johnson, Stephen Kent, ‘Art As Life’, in: LALA Magazine, Winter 2019.
Gaines, Charles, ‘The Double Consciousness of the Lincoln Memorial’, on: www.artforum.com, 1 November 2018
___, ‘Artist Activists Light Up the High Line with “Agora”’, on: www.newyorker.com, 20 August 2018
Valentine, Victoria L., ‘Los Angeles-based Conceptual Artist Charles Gaines Has Joined Hauser & Wirth Gallery’, on: www.culturetype.com, 13 August 2018
Battaglia, Andy, ‘Charles Gaines Is Now Represented by Hauser & Wirth’, on: www.ARTnews.com, 11 August 2018
Taplin, Katy, ‘Workable Identity. Charles Gaines at Paula Cooper’, on: www.artcritical.com, 9 June 2018
Takac, Balasz, ‘On Identity Politics And Other Issues. An Interview with Charles Gaines’, on: www.widewalls.ch, 29 May 2018
___, ‘Galleries–Chelsea. Charles Gaines’, in: The New Yorker, 28 May 2018, p. 8
Messina, Rab, ‘Charles Gaines Puts a Face to the Politics’, on: www.tlmagazine.com, 24 May 2018
Dambrot, Shana Nys, ‘What We Learned From Charles Gaines and Njideka Akunyili Crosby at the Broad Stage’, on: www.laweekly.com, 22 May 2018
Martinique, Elena, ‘8 Gallery Shows to See in New York During Frieze Week’, on: www.widewalls.com, 2 May 2018
___, in: Cultured Magazine, April/May 2018
Boucher, Brian, ‘9 Art Shows to See This Week On and Off Frieze Island’, on: www.vulture.com, 30 April 2018
Greenberger, Alex, ‘10 Art Events to See in New York City This Week’, on: www.ARTnews.com, 30 April 2018
Sheets, Hilarie M., ‘A Husband’s Legacy Provides Comfort’, in: The New York Times, 16 February 2018, p. C20
Hultkrans, Andrew, ‘Terry Adkins at Lévy-Gorvy, New York’, on: www.frieze.com, 31 January 2018
Te Paske, Joelle, ‘An Interview with 2018 Keynote Speaker Charles Gaines’, on: www.collegeart.org, 13 December 2017
Maldonado, Devon Van Houten, ‘Never Free to Rest at kurimanzutto, Mexico City’, on: www.art-agenda.com, 27 November 2017
Geer, Katie Kerns, ‘Creating Order’, in: Charleston Magazine, May 2017
Laird, Nick and Charles Gaines, ‘An Artist and a Poet Consider Commitment’, on: www.nytimes.com, 18 May 2017
Enholm, Molly, ‘2016 Top Tens. Los Angeles’, in: Art Ltd., January / February 2017
Kennedy, Randy, ‘A Permanent Plinth for New Art Coming to the High Line’, in: The New York Times, 10 January 2017
www.artforum.com, 11 November 2016
Loos, Ted, ‘Righting Wrongs and Generating Attention for Art of the African Diaspora’, in: The New
York Times, 16 October 2016
Franke, Anselm, ‘Shifting Backgrounds’, in: Mousse Magazine, July 2016
Golden, Thelma, ‘Before and After. Thelma Golden on Black Male (1994-95)’, in: Artforum, Summer 2016
Tain, Joh, ‘Lives of Others. John Tain on “The Theater of Refusal” (1993)’, in: Artforum, Summer 2016
Gaines, Charles and Kerry Tribe, ‘Double Dutey. Practicing Art and Teaching in Greater Los Angeles’, in: X-TRA, Summer 2016
Korman, Sam, ‘Live. From Minimalism into Algorithm’, in: Frieze, May 2016
Wilkerson, Emily, ‘Biennials on the International Stage’, on: www.pelicanbomb.com, 29 May 2016
Gaines, Charles ‘Don’t Do Anything Illegal. Charles Gaines on How to Stay in the Game as an Artist’, on: www.artspace.com, 5 May 2016
Kaplan, Isaac, ‘If You Don’t Understand Conceptual Art, It’s Not Your Fault’, on: www.artsy.net, 31 March 2016
Davis, Samara, ‘Critics’ Pick. Performing the Grid’, on: www.artforum.com, 29 January 2016
Nelson, Solveig, ‘The Freedom Principle. Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now’, in: Artforum: November 2015, pp. 298-299
Wagley, Catherine, ‘Layers of Leimert Park’, in: Carla, Fall 2015
Morgan, Jessica, ‘Too Much Too Soon’, in: Artforum, September 2015, pp. 318-323
Goodman, Amy, ‘Freed But Not Free. Artists at the Venice Biennale Respond to the #BlackLivesMatter Movement’, on: www.democracynow.org, 11 August 2015
Brown, A. Will and Charles Gaines, ‘Charles Gaines. I am dealing in the area of how meaning is formed’, www.studiointernational.com, 9 August 2015
Daurizio, Michele, ‘All the Worlds Futures. 56th Venice Biennale’, in: Flash Art, July – August 2015, pp. 106-107
Angaza Pitts, Greg, ‘Charles Gaines. Art + Practice. Los Angeles’, in: Artillery, July 2015, p. 49
Diehl, Travis, ‘A/The/Grid/Work’, in: X-TRA, Summer 2015, pp. 30-47
Syms, Martine and Charles Gaines, ‘Problems of Representation’, in: Flash Art, May / June 2015, pp. 65-71
Smith, Roberta, ‘Review. Art for the Planets Sake at the Venice Biennale’, in: The New York Times, 15 May 2015
Russeth, Andrew, ‘The 2015 Venice Biennale Central Show, Focused on Strife, is Uneasy, Uneven’, on: www.ARTnews.com, 6 May 2015
Zellen, Jody, ‘Charles Gaines’, in: ArtScene, April 2015
Valentine, Victoria L., ‘How Artist Charles Gaines is Influencing the Creative Economy in Los Angeles’, on: www.culturetype.com, 13 April 2015
Melrod, George, ‘Charles Gaines’, in: art ltd., March / April 2015, pp. 50-53
Sutton, Kate, ‘Practice Makes Perfect’, in: Artforum, 14 March 2015
Stromberg, Matt, ‘Charles Gaines on Reputation, the Black Art Establishment, and His Two L.A. Shows’, on: www.artsy.net, 11 March 2015
Stromberg, Matt, ‘New LA Art Space with a Mission Opens in Leimert Park’, on: www.hyperallergic.com, 10 March 2015
Dudley, Elyssa, ‘LA Artist Charles Gaines Makes Meaning with Grids and Numbers’, on: www.scpr.org, 6 March 2015
Valentine, Victoria L., ‘2015 Venice Biennale to Include More than 25 Black Artists’, on: www.culturetype.com, 5 March 2015
Kulick, Maryrose, ‘Art Exhibit Review. Charles Gaines. Gridwork 1874-1989’, in: Daily Bruin, 4 March 2015
Knight, Christopher, ‘Review. Hammer’s “Gridwork” plots Charles Gaines’ captivating process’, in: Los Angeles Times, 3 March 2015
Miranda, Carolina, ‘How the dense grids of artist Charles Gaines took the ego out of art’, in: Los Angeles Times, 3 March 2015
Berardini, Andrew, ‘Critics’ Pick. Charles Gaines at the Hammer Museum’, on: www.artforum.com, February 2015
Williams, Maxwell, ‘Charles Gaines’ Beautiful Systems’, on: www.kcet.org , 12 February 2015
Sirmans, Franklin, Contemporary Friends Acquire Seven New Works by Artists from Around the World’, on: unframed.lacma.org, 12 February 2015
Miranda, Carolina, ‘Datebook. Conceptual grids, earthy caves and lots of Italian masters’, in: Los Angeles Times, 5 February 2015
Herold, Ann, ‘The Harlem Show for Conceptual Artist Charles Gaines Hits the Hammer’, in: Los Angeles Magazine, 2 February 2015
Maliszewski, Lynn, ‘Time is of the Essence. Charles Gaines. Gridwork 1974-1989’, in: The Brooklyn Rail, September 2014
___, ‘Must See’, on: www.artforum.com, Summer – Fall 2014
Gaines, Malik, ‘The Passion of St. Charles’, in: Studio, Summer / Fall 2014, p. 45, ill.
Haines, Chelsea, ‘Critics’ Pick. Charles Gaines’, in: Artforum, August 2014
Budick, Arielle, ‘Charles Gaines. Gridwork 1974-1989, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York’, on: www.ft.com, 31 August 2014
Pollack, Maika, ‘Charles Gaines. Gridwork (1974-1989) at the Studio Museum’, on: www.observer.com, 13 August 2014
___, ‘Of Note. Studio Museum in Harlem. Charles Gaines. Gridwork, 1974-1989’, in: The New Yorker, 4 August 2014, p. 14
O’Connell, Ainsley, ‘How One Artist’s Work tackled Big Data (40 Years Before It Existed)’, on: www.fastcompany.com, 29 July 2014
Slenske, Michael, ‘Uncovering Charles Gaines’s Lost Line Drawings’, on: www.architecturaldigest.com, 23 July 2014
Dawson, Jessica, ‘Getting Charles Gaines on the Grid’, in: The Wall Street Journal, 15 July 2014
Rosenberg, Karen, ‘The Calculus Behind Imagery’, in: The New York Times, 10 July 2014
Johnson, Ken, ‘Words That Do More Than Signify. “Sites of Reason” Underway at Museum of Modern Art’, in: The New York Times, 3 July 2014
Estefan, Kareem, ‘Review. Charles Gaines at Paula Cooper Gallery’, in: Art in America, January 2014, pp. 99-100, ill.
___, ‘Art. Last Chance. Charles Gaines. “Notes on Social Injustice”’, in: The New York Times, 4 October 2013, p. C22
Philips, Rowan Ricardo, ‘Critics’ Pick. Charles Gaines’, on: www.artforum.com, September 2013, ill.
Plagens, Peter, ‘Persuasion in Pieces and Disarray. Charles Gaines. Notes on Social Justice’, in: The Wall Street Journal, 28-29 September 2013, p. A20, ill.
Cotter, Holland, ‘Art in Review. Charles Gaines, “Notes on Social Justice”’, in: The New York Times, 27 September 2013, p. C32, ill.
___, ‘Charles Gaines, “Notes on Social Justice” at Paula Cooper Gallery’, in: Time Out New York, 19-25 September 2013, p. 41
Ricardo Phillips, Rowan, ‘Critics’ Pick. Charles at Paula Cooper Gallery’, in: Artforum, 23 September 2013
___, ‘Galleries. Charles Gaines, “Notes on Social Injustice”’, in: Time Out New York, 12-18 September 2013, p. 40
Tani, Ellen Yoshi, ‘Charles Gaines and Sol Lewitt at Paula Cooper NYC’, on: www.dailyserving.com, 17 September 2013, ill.
Schwabsy, Barry, ‘Post-White? On Blues for Smoke. The Whitney’s adventurous, awkward attempt to explore abstract art through the blues’, in: The Nation, 20 May 2013
Gaines, Malik, ‘”City after Fifty Years” Living. L.A.’s Differences in Relation’, in: Art Journal, vol. 71, no. 1, Spring 2012
Wood, Eve, ‘Charles Gaines at Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects’, in: art ltd., November 2011
Holte, Michael Ned, ‘Differential Equations’, in: Artforum, October 2011
___, ‘Auf dem Freeway zur Kunst’, in: ART Magazine, September 2011
Soto, Paul, ‘Infinite Re-Combination. Q&A with Charles Gaines’, in: Art in America, 12 September 2011
Mizota, Sharon, ‘All of This and Nothing at the Hammer Museum’, in: Los Angeles Times, 2 March 2011
Simonson, Lily, ‘Looking at Los Angeles. Ephermerality and Eternity in “All of This and Nothing”’, on: magazine.art21.org, 24 February 2011
Knight, Christopher, ‘Charles Gaines “Manifestos” at UCLA Hammer Museum’, in: Los Angeles Times, 7 February 2011
Ta, Jennifer, ‘Hammer Museum’s “All of This and Nothing” adds the extra to the ordinary’ in: Daily Bruin, 31 January 2011
Poundstone, William, ‘”All of This and Nothing” at the Hammer’, on: www.blouinartinfo.com, 30 January 2011
Finkel, Jori, ‘Galleries join Pacific Standard Time’, in: Los Angeles Times, 20 January 2011
Merjian, Ara H., ’30 Seconds off an Inch’, in: Frieze, iss. 130, April 2010
Johnson, Ken, ‘Art in Review. Charles Gaines’, in: The New York Times, 6 November 2008
Kilston, Lyra, ‘Los Angeles. Field Guide’, in: Modern Painters, October 2008
Melrod, George, ‘California Biennial. Lauri Firstenberg Interview’, in: art ltd., October 2008
Chang, Richard, ‘A Broader Biennial’, in: Orange County Register, 26 October 2008
Chang, Richard, ‘California Biennial reaches beyond the Golden State’, on: www.ocregister.com, 24 October 2008
Mizota, Sharon, ‘Eureka moments’, in: Los Angeles Times, 19 October 2008
___, ‘What’s Up. Collection in Context. Four Decades’, in: The Studio Museum in Harlem Magazine, Summer 2008
Seyfarth, Ludwig, ‘Explosions Im Hirn, (Explosions in the Brain)’, on: www.artnet.com, 25 June 2008
___, in: Contemporary Art Quarterly, vol. 10, num. 3, Spring 2008
___, ‘”Globalization” of the Biennial Wave’, in: Art in Asia Magazine, no. 4, March – April 2008
Chang, R., ‘O.C. Museum of Art hires guest curator for biennial’, on: www.ocregister.com, 11 February 2008
JS, ‘United States Artists winners’, on: www.flashart.com, 20 November 2007
Boehm, Mike, ‘USA Fellows puts artists in a flattering lights’, on: www.latimes.com, 15 November 2007
Siegel, Katy, ‘The Buck Stops Here’, in: Artforum, September 2007
Ollman, Leah, ‘Smoggy side of L.A. “Greenhouse”’, in: Los Angeles Times, 10 August 2007
Levin, Kim, ‘Death in Venice’, in: The Brooklyn Rail, July 2007
Mizota, Sharon, ‘Clarity in every crisis’, in: Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2007
___, ‘Venice Art Biennale 2007’, on: www.designboom.com, June-November 2007
Schjeldahl, Peter, ‘Big Ideas’, in: The New Yorker, 25 June 2007
Brooks, Amra, ‘Must See Art. Charles Gaines’ Greenhouse’, 25 July 2007
O’Keeffe, Alice, ‘The art of a good time’, in: New Statesman, 21 June 2007
Bedford, Christopher, ‘Charles Gaines at LAXART’, on: www.artforum.com, 19 July 2007
Mustroph, Tom, ‘Fragezeichen über Venedig’, in: Neues Deutschland, 19 June 2007
Czöppan, Gabi, ‘Augenschmaus statt Angstschweiβ’, in: Focus, 13 June 2007
Kač, Maja, ‘Policentrična umetnost tega trenutka’, in: Triera (Slovenia), 12 June 2007
Kač, Maja, ‘Policentrična umetnost tega trenutka’, in: RTV Slovenija, 12 June 2007
Haun, Anne, ‘Das grosse Kunst-Ragout’, on: www.artnet.com, 11 June 2007
Finkel, Jori, ‘A Reluctant Fraternity, Thinking Post-Black’, in: The New York Times, 10 June 2007
Schirrmeister, Benno, ‘Isa Genzkens ‘Öl für Kunst’-Programm’, on: www.taz.de, 9 June 2007
Mathonnet, Philippe, ‘A Venise, l’art s’humanise’, in: Le Temps, 9 June 2007
Lacayo, Richard, ‘And A Bit More On Storr’, in: Time, 8 June 2007
Huber-Lang, Wolfgang, ‘Zwischen Museum und Katastrophengebiet’, in: Wiener Zeitung, 8 June 2007
De Sanctis Mangelli, Flavia, ‘Paesaggi di Guerra’, in: l’Unità, 7 June 2007
Moshayedi, Aram, ‘Charles Gaines + Edgar Arceneaux’, in: Art Papers, January/February 2007
Blumenstein, Ellen, ‘L.A. Confidential’, in: Monopol, November/December 2006
Ollman, Leah, ‘Forks abound in “Snake River”’, in: Los Angeles Times, 4 October 2006
Muchnic, Suzanne, ‘The Art Explosion’, in: Los Angeles Times, 1 October 2006
___, ‘Snake River’, in: Photography Now, July/August/September 2006
___, ‘Kunst: Snake River im Lentos’, in: Oberösterreichblicke, May 2006
___, ‘Das Österreich-Kalendarium’, in: Reisemagazin, May 2006
___, ‘Aktuelle Ausstellungen’, in: Neues aus Linz, May 2006
___, ‘Räume und Kulturen verflochten’, in: Krone OÖ, 19 May 2006
___, ‘Ausstellung’, in: OÖ Nachrichten, 2 May 2006
Thek, Franz, ‘Sprache von Fluss und Musik’, in: OÖ Nachrichten, 29 April 2006
Hofleitner, Johanna, ‘Der Lauf der Dinge’, Schaufenster, 28 April 2006
Hutter, Andreas, ‘Das Linzer Lentos als Kino und als “Filmproduzent”’, in: Neues Volksblatt, 28 April 2006
Haderer, Gerhard, ‘Snake River’, in: Österreichisches Pressebüro, 28 April 2006
CB, ‘Watchlist’, in: Der Standard, 27 April 2006
___, ‘”Snake River” im Lentos’, in: Tips, 25 April 2006
___, ‘Snake River’, in: Schaufenster, 21 April 2006
___, ‘Edgar Arceneaux und Charles Gaines. Snake River’, on: www.freikarte.at, 3 April 2006
Harvey, Doug, ‘Color Theory, Fade to Black’, in: LA Weekly, 13-19 February 2004, p. 55
Haithman, Diane, ‘Crossing Generations’, in: Los Angeles Times, 19 January 2004, p. 2
Gaines, Malik, ‘Remember the Grid’, in: Untitled, no. 25, Summer 2001
Bonetti, David, ‘Gaines probes darkness in “Lurid Stories” show’, in: San Francisco Chronicle, 7 July 2001, p. C1
Helfand, Glen, ‘Lurid Stories. Charles Gaines’, in: The San Francisco Bay Guardian, vol. 35, no. 40, 4-10 July 2001, p. 73.
Miles, Christopher, ‘Charles Gaines’, in: Artforum, February 2001, p. 158
Sirmans, Franklin, ‘John Weber Gallery’, in: Time Out New York, iss. 238, 13-20 April 2000
Intra, Giovanni, ‘La struttura mobile’, in: Tema Celeste, no. 72, January/February 1999, pp. 50-55
Schoenkopf, Rebecca, ‘Cool World. Alternative environments are neat!’ in: Orange County Weekly, 23-29 October 1998, p. 29
Walsh, Daniella, ‘A visit to “Other Related Areas”’, in: Orange County Register, 25 October 1998, p. 26
Curtis, Cathy, ‘When Seeing Isn’t Believing’, in: Los Angeles Times, 12 October 1998, p. F2
___, ‘Transfiction I’, in: Wienlexicon Kunstkalender, num. 34, April 1998
Intra, Giiovanni, ‘Airplanecrashclock. Richard Heller Gallery’, in: Art/Text, num. 59, November 1997 - January 1998, p. 89
Otto, Susan, ‘Airplanecrashclock. Richard Heller Gallery’, in: Art in America, December 1997, p. 99
Hale, David, ‘Was victims’ fate merely in the stars?’, in: Fresno Bee, 17 February 1996, p. H4
Zellen, Jody, ‘Night/Crimes’, in: Art Press, September 1995, p. 11
Nolan, Timothy, ‘Lewis Baltz at Gallery Ram and Charles Gaines at the Santa Monica Museum’, in: Artweek, June 1995, p. 26
Frank, Peter, ‘Art Picks of the Week’, in: LA Weekly, vol. 17, no. 28, 9-15 June 1995
Brooks, Rosetta, ‘”The Metaphysics of Murder. Charles Gaines” Work Explores the Human and the Cosmic’, in: L. A. Village View, 2-8 June 1995, p. 39
Green, David, ‘Net Gaines. Making a Case for Night/Crimes’, in: Los Angeles Reader, 26 May 1995
Kandel, Susan, ‘Night/Crimes’, in: Los Angeles Times, 20 April 1995
Veneciano, Daniel, ‘No Justice, No Peace’, in: New Art Examiner, February 1993
Chattopodhyay, Collette, ‘Charles Gaines’, in: Artweek, 18 July 1991
Alloway, Lawrence, ‘Exchanges’, in: The New York Times, 8 June 1980
___, in: New Art Examiner, April 1980
Artner, Alan, in: Chicago Tribune, 2 April 1980
___, in: San Francisco Chronicle, 7 February 1980
Muchnic, Susanne, ‘Margo Leavin Gallery’, in: Los Angeles Times, 7 July 1979
Frank, Peter, ‘Exchanges’, in: Village Voice, 18 June 1979
___, ‘The Grid’, in: The New Art Examiner, May 1979
___, ‘Fresno Exhibition’, in: West Art, May 1979
___, ‘Exchanges’, in: Soho News, 30 May 1979
Del Parker, Marjorie, ‘Bolomey and Gaines at Fresno Art Center’, in: West Art, 13 July 1978
Brengelman, Paula, ‘The Big Raisin’, vol. 2, iss. 8, August 1978
Hale, David, ‘All Systems Go’, in: Fresno Bee, 13 August 1978
___, ‘Cinque Gallery exhibit’, in: Art News, May 1972
___, ‘Recent Paintings of Charles Gaines at Cinque Gallery’, in: New York Amsterdam News, vol. 1, no. 7, April 1972
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