John Bezold

Bezold graduated from the University of Cincinnati College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning with a BSc in architecture (2008), and received an MA (2015) and Research MA (2017) from the University of Amsterdam.^[6][7]

Bezold started in journalism at Frame in Amsterdam, contributing articles on architecture and design.^[8][1][9] In 2008, he published one of the first interviews with the designer and researcher Neri Oxman, who at the time established the field of 'materiology'.^[10]

He was a contributing editor for Mark magazine, covering contemporary architecture, from 2009 to 2017. From 2009 to 2021, Bezold collaborated with architect Wiel Arets,^[11][12][13] editing and co-authoring several significant publications on architectural photography and philosophy, designed by Edwin van Gelder, Mevis & Van Deursen, and Irma Boom.^[14][15]

In 2016, Bezold was a research fellow at the Mauritshuis in The Hague, receiving a grant to analyze the museum's painting acquisitions.^[16][17] In the late-2010s, he authored a column on museum curation trends in the journal Museumvisie, published by the Dutch Museum Association.^[18][19]

From 2019 to 2024, he served on the editorial board of Oud Holland, the world's oldest art historical scholarly journal, focusing on Dutch Golden Age painting and Flemish painting, as a review editor. He modernized the journal by establishing its online presence.^[20]

He has published and lectured on Frans Hals.^[21][22][23]

Bezold’s editorial work has been characterized by Rein Wolfs, director of the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, as being, “Strong and sensitive. Rough yet controlled. And completely convincing.”^[24]

Bezold hosts the podcast Dutch Art & Design Today, discussing art and design in the context of its relation to the Netherlands.^[25][26]

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

• "Frans Hals (London, National Gallery, 20 September 2023–21 January 2024 and Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, 16 February–9 June 2024)." Renaissance Studies, April 2025. https://doi.org/10.1111/rest.12983
• Harmonic Consonance: Being Beyond Time. Semicolon-Press, 2025, ISBN 978-9090399508.
• "Frans Hals Connoisseurs and Exhibitions: From Thoré to Today." In Frans Hals: Iconography – Technique – Reputation, edited by Norbert E. Middelkoop and Rudi Ekkart, 221–243. Amsterdam University Press, 2024. https://doi.org/10.2307/jj.22135982.18.
• "Frans Hals: The Male Portrait." Early Modern Low Countries, 6(2) (2022), pp. 278–280, ISSN 2543-1587.
• Un-conscious-City. Actar, 2019, ISBN 978-1945150654^[27]
• Basquiat: The Artist and His New York Scene. Schunck, Heerlen 2019, ISBN 978-9462087071.^[28]
• "Vreemde Wereld: Door tentoonstellingen te populariseren, vergroten musea hun doelgroep. Rijk of arm, homo of hetero, bekend of onbekend: portretten bereiken nieuw publiek." Museumvisie 2 (2018), pp. 62–63, ISSN 0166-2074.
• "Amos Rex Museum in Helsinki." Museumvisie 4 (2018), pp. 62–63, ISSN 0166-2074.
• Ellen Kooi: Above Rotterdam. Actar, New York 2016, ISBN 978-1945150227.^[29]
• "The IJhal in Amsterdam's Central Train Station." Domus (magazine), no. 1007 (Nov. 2016), pp. 60–71, ISSN 0012-5377.
• Wiel Arets—Bas Princen. Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern 2015, ISBN 978-3775735056.^[30]
• "Paper Gallery: Ellen Kooi." Elephant Magazine, no. 20 (2014), ISSN 1879-3835.
• "Herzog & De Meuron in Tenerife." Frame, no. 67 (Mar./Apr. 2009), p. 67, ISSN 1388-4239.
• "Migrating Formations by CAP." Frame, no. 66 (Jan./Feb. 2009), p. 75, ISSN 1388-4239.
• "Abandoned Amusements." Mark Magazine, no. 17 (2008), pp. 156-163, ISSN 1574-6453.
• "No Joints Needed: Neri Oxman Reshapes Architecture." Mark Magazine, no. 16 (2008), ISSN 1574-6453.