Ostrow, Saul, 'Charles Gaines' [review], in: The Brooklyn Rail, Brooklyn, March 2023, pp. 69-70, ill.
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.

___, 'Late Staged Capital', in: Ubikwist, New York, no. 15, December 2022, pp. 74-89, 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.

Lloyd-Smith, Harriet, 'Cold hands, warm art: 10 winter recipes from leading artists', on: wallpaper.com, 22 December 2021, 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.

Wessner, Gregory, ‘Charles Gaines, New National Academician’ [Interview], on: nadnowjournal.org, 10 November 2020, 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

Miranda, Carolina A., ‘Datebook: The Getty Museum digs into its photo collections to
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.

___, in: Artforum, November 2018, ill.
Gaines, Charles, ‘The Double Consciousness of the Lincoln Memorial’, on: www.artforum.com, 1 November 2018

Gaines, Charles, ‘Charles Gaines’, in: The Brooklyn Rail, October 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

Green, Kate, ‘500 Words: Charles Gaines’, on: www.artforum.com, 19 December 2017
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

Cachia, Amanda, ‘Critics’ Pick. Charles Gaines at Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects’, on:
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

Knight, Christopher, ‘Best of 2015. The 10 Best art exhibitions at L.A. museums in 2015’, on: www.latimes.com 12 December 2015
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

Schwabsky, Barry, ‘Charles Gaines. Studio Museum in Harlem’, in: Artforum, November 2014, p. 279
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.

Berman, Aniko, ‘Review. Charles Gaines, Paula Cooper Gallery’, in: Flash Art, November-December 2013
___, ‘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

Michno, Christopher, ‘Featured Review. Charles Gaines’, in: Artillery, vol. 7, iss. 2, November/December, p. 46
Gaines, Malik, ‘”City after Fifty Years” Living. L.A.’s Differences in Relation’, in: Art Journal, vol. 71, no. 1, Spring 2012

Holte, Michael Ned, ‘Charles Gaines. Form and Content’, in: International Review of African American Art, vol. 23, no. 3, 2011
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

Stillman, Nick, ‘Edgar Arceneaux, Charles Gaines, and Rick Lowe’, in: Bomb, num. 111, Spring 2010, pp. 50-57
Merjian, Ara H., ’30 Seconds off an Inch’, in: Frieze, iss. 130, April 2010

Boehm, Mike, ‘MOCA celebrates 30 years and a rebirth’, in: Los Angeles Times, 8 November 2009

Smith, Terry, ‘The World From Europe. Mega-Exhibitions from Spring 2007’, in: X-TRA, 2008
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

Ostendorf, Yasmine, ‘De Schoonheid Van Een Ramp’, in: Mister Motely, December 2007
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

Pagel, David, ‘Connecting beauty, suffering’, in: Los Angeles Times, 22 December 2006
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

Cotter, Holland, ‘Charles Gaines Survey Exhibition. 1991-2004’, in: The New York Times, 30 April 2004, p. B31
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

Iwona Blaswick, ‘Conference Report. Beauty rears its ugly head again’, re Charles Gaines’s ‘The Paradox of Black Pluralism’, in: Art Monthly, no. 265, April 2003, pp. 44-45

Calder, Diane, ‘Charles Gaines’, on: www.artscenecal.com, April 2002

Olson, Marisa S., ‘Lurid Stories. Charles Gaines at the San Francisco Art Museum’, in: Artweek, vol. 32, iss. 9, September 2001, pp. 19-20
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

Myers, Holly, ‘Disasters in the Making’, in: Los Angeles Times, 29 December 2000, p. F32
Sirmans, Franklin, ‘John Weber Gallery’, in: Time Out New York, iss. 238, 13-20 April 2000

Pagel, David, ‘Glimpses of the Drama in LA Settings’, in: Los Angeles Times, 16 July 1999, p. F31
Intra, Giovanni, ‘La struttura mobile’, in: Tema Celeste, no. 72, January/February 1999, pp. 50-55

Klein, Jennie, ‘Circumventing the Center. Identity Politics and Marginalization’, in: Postmodern Perspectives, 1998
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

Intra, Giovanni, ‘Charles Gaines’, in: Art/Text, 1997
Otto, Susan, ‘Airplanecrashclock. Richard Heller Gallery’, in: Art in America, December 1997, p. 99

Knight, Christopher, ‘There’s Evidence of Good Work Found at “Scene of Crime”’, in: Los Angeles Times, 29 July 1996, p. F1
Hale, David, ‘Was victims’ fate merely in the stars?’, in: Fresno Bee, 17 February 1996, p. H4

Gerstler, Amy, ‘Night/Crimes’, in: Artforum, vol. 34, no. 1, September 1995, p. 97
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

Waddington, Chris, ‘Pieces don’t make a whole at CAC show’, in: Lagniappe, 5 November 1993, pp. 23-25
Veneciano, Daniel, ‘No Justice, No Peace’, in: New Art Examiner, February 1993

Pagel, David, ‘Becoming Unraveled, LAX. The Los Angeles Exhibition’, in: Los Angeles Times, 11 December 1992

Ger, Suvan, ‘Group Effort Using Science Pays Off’, in: Los Angeles Times, 19 July 1991
Chattopodhyay, Collette, ‘Charles Gaines’, in: Artweek, 18 July 1991

Hale, David, ‘FSU ties intact as Gaines leaves for Cal Arts’, in: The Fresno Bee, 9 September 1990

___, ‘Fresh Visions’, in: Los Angeles Times, 25 August 1989

Vivien Raynor, ‘Art. The Conceptualists’, in: The New York Times, 12 July 1985

Liebman, Lisa, ‘Charles Gaines’, in: Artforum, vol. 20, no. 6, February 1982, p. 88

___, ‘Systems, Inquiry, Translation’, in: Artforum, November 1980
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

Hale, David, ‘Gaines. All Systems Are Go’, in: The Fresno Bee, 1979
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

___, in: Fresno Bee, 13 December 1978
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

Hoesterey, Ingeborg, ‘Whitney Biennial. New York’, in: Art International, 15 May 1975, p. 54

Wilson, William, ‘Lumber and Beds and USC’, in: The Los Angeles Times, 23 October 1972
___, ‘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