As a writer, David Rhodes has contributed to Artforum (New York), Art Critical (New York), The Brooklyn Rail (New York), where he is an Editor at Large, Von Bartha Quarterly (Basel) and The Journal of Contemporary Painting (London). He has written catalogue essays for Museum Ludwig (Cologne), Michael Werner (Berlin/New York) and Karma (New York).



The Brooklyn Rail, New York (selected writing) Editor at large


Claude Viallat: Made in Nîmes,

Galerie Templon, New York, April 2024


Simon Hantaï: Unfolding, Timothy Taylor Gallery,

New York, February 2024


Joanna Poussette-Dart: Line Moving Through Light, 

Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, December 2023/January 2024


Ad Reinhardt: Ad Reinhardt, David Zwirner, New York, 

December/January 2023


Denzil Hurley: To be pained is to have lived through feeling, 

Canada Gallery, New York, July - August 2023


Ernst Caramelle: actual size, Peter Freeman Inc., 

New York, May 2023


Pierre Bonnard: The Experience of Seeing, 

Aquavella Galeries, New York, May 2023


Paul Mogensen: Paintings 1965 - 2022, Karma, 

New York, April 2023


Roma/New York: 1953 - 1964, David Zwirner Gallery, 

New York, February 2023


David Novros: Paintings, Judd Foundation, New York, 

November 2022


Pat Steir: Paintings Part II, Gagosian Gallery, Rome, August 2022


Bernard Piffaretti: Pick Up, Lisson Gallery, New York, June 2022


Bernard Frize: Come to me Again, Perrotin, New York February 2022


Pablo Picasso: Drawings from Seven Decades, Acquavella Galleries, 

New York, November 2021


Peter Bradley, Karma, New York, November 2021


Philip Guston: 1969 - 1979, Hauser & Wirth, New York, October 2021


Paul Cezanne: Drawings, MoMA, New York September 2021


McArthur Binion: Interviewed, September 2021


Guy Goodwin: Mattress World,  Milton Resnick and Pat Passlof Foundation, 

New York, July 2021


Terry Winters: Table of Contents, Matthew Marks, New York, June 2021


Agnes Martin, The Distillation of Color, Pace, New York June 2021


Frank Bowling, Hauser & Wirth, New York May 2021


Julie Mehretu, The Whitney, New York, May 2021


Cordy Ryman, Freight and Volume, New York, April 2021


Marilyn Lerner, Kate Werble, New York, April 2021


Helmut Federle: Basics on Composition, Peter Blum Gallery, New York, February 2021


Jack Tworkov: Toward Nivarna / Works from the 70s, Van Doren Waxter,

New York, February 2021


Luigi Ghirri: The Idea of Building, Matthew Marks Gallery, New York, December 2020/

January 2021


David Rhodes: An Artist writing, June 2020


Arlene Shechet: Skirts, Pace Gallery, New York, April 2020


Dan Walsh, Dan Walsh: Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, February 2020


Philip Taaffe, Luhring Augustine, New York, December/January 2019/20


Larry Poons: First Thought Best Thought: The Particle Paintings (1996-2001) Yares Art, New York, December/January 2019/20


Albert Ohlen, Serpentine Gallery, London, November 2019


John Armleder: Sh/Ash/Lash/Splash, David Kordansky, Los Angeles, September 2019


Monique Mouton: Scene, Kayne Griffin Corcoran, Los Angeles, September 2019


David Novros, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, June 2019


Moira Dryer: Paintings and Works on Paper, Van Doren Waxter, New York, May 2019


Adolf Gottlieb, Classic Paintings, Pace, New York, April 2019


Robert Duran: 1968-1970, Karma, New York, March 2019


Robert Janitz: Uptown Campus, Anton Kern Gallery and 

Robert Janitz: College, CANADA, 

New York, February 2019


Mark Grotjahn: Capri, Gagosian, New York, December/January 2018/19


Vivian Springfield, Almine Rech, New York, October 2018


Ann Craven: Sunset Moon, Karma, New York August 2018


Keltie Ferris: (F(U(T( )U)R)E), Mitchell, Innes & Nash, New York, May 2018


Richard Aldrich: Enter the Mirror, Bortolami, New York, May 2018


Gerwald Rockenschaub: Geometric Playground (Flamboyant Edit)
Pressenhuber, New York, April 2018


Milton Resnick: Boards 1981-1984, Cheim & Read, New York, April 2018


Hans Hartung: A Constant Storm, Perottin, New York, March 2018


Mark di Suvero, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, February 2018


Spieltrieb: Polly Apfelbaum, Beverly Fishman, Ryan Mrozowski, Kathleen Ryan,
Jack Hanley Gallery, New York, February 2018


Arshile Gorky: Ardent Nature: Landscapes 1943-47, Hauser & Wirth, New York,
December/January 2017/18


Hassel Smith: The Ferus Years, Washburn Gallery, New York, December/
January 2017/18


Deadeye Dick: Richard Bellamy and His Circle, Peter Freeman Inc.,
New York, November 2017


Sam Falls, Presenhuber, New York, November 2017


Mira Schendel, Sarrafos and Black and White Works, Hauser & Wirth,
New York, October 2017


Larry Poons, Interview, New York, October 2017


Mary Heilmann, RYB, Craig F. Starr Gallery, New York, September 2017


Maureen Gallace, Clear Day, MoMA PS1, New York, September 2017


Robert Mangold: Paintings and Works on Paper 2013-2017, Pace Gallery, New York,
July/August 2017


Robert Bordo, Back Flip The National Exemplar, New York, June 2017


Jack Whitten, Jack Whitten, Hauser & Wirth, New York, March 2017


David Reed, Painting Paintings (1975) Gagosian Gallery, New York, February 2017


Parc Natural, Galeria Trama, Barcelona, November 2016


Lynda Benglis, New Work, Cheim & Read Gallery, New York, October 2016


Straub & Huillet, Films and Sites, Miguel Abrue Gallery, New York, September 2016


Alex Katz, Drawings, Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York, July/August 2016


Carmen Herrera, Lisson Gallery, New York, June 2016


Per Kirkeby, Serial Images, Niels Borch Jensen Gallery, Berlin, May 2016


Jun Hyong-Kuen, Blum & Poe, New York, February 2016


Robert Ryman, DIA, New York, January 2016


Giotto, Palazzo Real, Milan, December-January 2016


Roland Flexner and Japanese Bronzes of the Edo Period,
Sargent’s Daughters, New York, November 2015


Graham Collins, Stadiums, Journal Gallery, New York, October 2015


Evan Nesbit, Porosity, Eleven Rivington, New York, September 2015


Tamara Zahaykevich, Zahaykevich, Kansas, New York, July-August 2015


Pierre Obando, Like New, Thierry Goldberg Gallery, New York, June 2015


Thomas Nozkowski, Pace Gallery, New York, May 2015


Günther Förg, Skarstedt Gallery, New York, April 2015


Dan Walsh, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, March 1015


Joe Fyfe, make me one with everything, Longhouse Projects, New York,
February 2015


Amy Feldman, High Five, Blackston, New York, October 2014


Adrian Schiess, Peinture, FRAC Provence Alpes Cote d’Azure, Marseille,
July/August 2014


TEXTURA Y TRAMA Y ABSTRACCIÓN, Galeria Estrany de la Mota,
Barcelona, May 2014


Moira Dryer Project, Eleven Rivington, New York, March 2014


Franz Erhard Walther, Peter Freeman Inc., New York, December 2014


Jane Freilicher, Painter Among Poets, Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York,
July/August 2013


Jo Baer, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, July/August 2013


Gordon Matta-Clark, Above and Below, David Zwirner Gallery, New York, May 2013


Al Held, Alphabet Paintings, Cheim and Read, New York, April 2013


Frank Stella, Retrospective, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, November 2012


Carol Rama, Spazio anche piú che tempo, Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi, Berlin,
September 2012


Frank Stella, Black, Aluminum, Copper Paintings, L&M Arts, New York, July/August 2012


Raoul De Keyser, To Walk, Galerie Barbara Weiss, Berlin, July/August 2012


Varda Caivano/Yael Davids, Varda Caivano/Yael Davids, Circus, Berlin, June 2012


Jackie Saccoccio, Portraits, Eleven Rivington, New York, May 2012


Moira Dryer/Philip Guston, Letters, Two short texts, New York, April 2012


Josef Albers, Paintings, Drawings, Prints, Galerie Berinson, Berlin, March 2012


Ellsworth Kelly, Schwarz-Weiss, Haus der Kunst, Munich, March 2012


Matti Braun, Ava Vala, BQ, Berlin, February 2012


Amy Sillman, Thumb Cinema, Capitain Petzel, Berlin, December 2012


Hokusai, Retrospective, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, November 2011


Serge Jensen, Master of Colour, Galerie Neu, Berlin, October 2011


Dorit Margreiter, Dorit Margreiter, Galerie Krobath, Berlin, July/August 2011


Østein Asaan, Østein Asaan, PSM, Berlin, June 2011


Deborah Ligorio, Escursione Meridionale, Sommer & Kohl, Berlin, May 2011


DAG, Inclusion, Laura Mars Grp., Berlin, March 2011


Manfred Kuttner, A-Z, Galerie Johanne König, Berlin, February 2011


Art of the Eighties, Nymphius Projekte, Berlin, December/January 2011


My Lonely Days Are Gone, Arratia Beer, Berlin, December/January 2011


The Desire for Form – O Deseoda Forma, Neoconcretismo and Contemporary Art from Brazil, Akademie der Kunst, Berlin, November 2010


Hans Hartung, The Esprit of Gestures, Kuperstichkabinett, Berlin, October 2010


Frank Badur, Why Patterns, Fruesorge, Berlin, December/January 2010


Adrian Schiess, Adrian Schiess, Galerie Wilma Tolksdorf, Berlin, November 2009


Helmut Dorner, Spargel ohne Tisch, Galerie Konrad Fischer, Berlin, November 2009


Le Corbusier, Kunst und Architektur, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, September 2009


Imi Knoebel, Ich Nicht (Not Me): Nue Werke, Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin, and
Imi Knoebel, Zu Hilfe, Zu Hilfe, Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, July/August 2009



 
Art Critical, New York


 
The Review Panel with David Rhodes and Melissa Stern. Exhibitions discussed: Brian Cirmo at Gallery Thomas Jaeckel, Yin Xiuzhen at Pace Gallery and Jason Stopa at Morgan Lehman Gallery.  New York, June 2021


Marilyn Lerner, Walking Backward Running Forward, Kate Werble Gallery, New York, October 2018


Brian Rochefort, Hot Spots, Van Doren Waxter, New York, January 2018


Cordy Ryman, Interview, New York, November 2017

 

David Novros, Paintings from The 1970s, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, May 2017

 

Sean Scully, The Eighties, Mnuchin Gallery, New York, October 2016


Shapeshifters, Luring and Augustine Gallery, New York, September 2016


Stephen Westfall, Crispy Fugue State, Lennon and Weinberg Gallery, New York, August 2016


Juan Uslé, Membrane Tenabre, Cheim & Read Gallery, New York, June 2016


Regina Bogart, Interview, New York, March 2016


Ann Pibal, Lucien Terras Gallery, New York, January 2016


Ellsworth Kelly, An Appreciation, January 2016


Susan Frecon, David Zwirner Catalog review, New York, September 2015


Bobbie Oliver, Paintings, Valentine, New York, September 2015


Stanley Whitney, Karma and Dance the Orange, Studio Museum Harlem,
New York, August 2015


John Zurier, West of the Future, Peter Blum Gallery, New York, April 2015


Tom Feher/Tom Fairs, Kerry Schuss Gallery, New York, April 2015


Jo Baer, Anne Neukamp, Diane Simpson, Mitchelle-Innes & Nash, New York,
February 2015


Bettina Blohm, Marc Strauss gallery, New York, November 2014


Kate Shepherd, Gallery Lelong, New York, October 2014


Tomma Abts, Tomma Abts, David Zwirner, New York, October 2014


Cézanne, Site/Non Site, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, June 2014


Melissa Meyer, Melissa Meyer,  Lennon and Weinberg, New York, February 2014


Alex Katz, Small Paintings, Peter Blum Gallery, New York, January 2014


Anne Truitt, Anne Truitt, Matthew Marks, New York, December 2013


Cora Cohen, The Responsibility of Forms,  Guided by Invoices, New York, March 2013


David Reed, Heart of Glass, Kunstmusem Bonn, Bonn, August 2012




Artforum, New York



Gary Stephan, T-Space, Rhinebeck, New York, August 2013


Alice Mackler, Sculpture, Painting, Drawing, Kerry Schuss, New York July 2013


Laurence Weiner, Written on the Wind, MACBA, Barcelona, June 2013


Anne Hardy, Maurine Paley, London, May 2013


Stanley Whitney, Other Colors I Forgot, Team Gallery, New York, April 2013


Allan Uglow, David Zwirner Gallery, New York, March 2013


Cordy Ryman, Shuffle/Scrape/Echo, New Jersey Arts Center, Summit, NJ, February 2013


Lisa Oppenheim, Galerie Klosterfeld, Berlin, December 2012


Rudolf Stingel, Gagosian Gallery, Paris, December 2012


Juan Uslé, Galerie Lelong, Paris, December 2012


Helmut Federle, Kunstmuseum, Lucerne, December 2012


Peter Doig, Michael Werner Gallery, London, November 2012


Vincent Fecteau, Galerie Buchholz, Berlin, October 2012


Miyoko Ito, VW (Veneklasen/Werner), Berlin, October 2012


Eran Schaerf, Zwinger Galerie, Berlin, October 2012


Joanne Greenbaum, Galerie Nicolas Krupp, Basel, September 2012




Tussle Magazine, New York



Piero Dorazio and Mary Obering,

Bortolami, New York, May 2024


Georgio Griffa, OCÉANIE, Casey Kaplan, New York, December 2023


Editions Transatlantique, Paris, July 2023


Hans Hartung, Revenge, Perriton, New York, February 2023

 



Journal of Contemporary Painting, London



Moira Dryer, 11R, New York, 2017, May 2017


The Forever Now, MoMA, New York, December 2015

 



Von Bartha Quarterly, Basel



Imi Knoebel, Imi Knoebel, Galerie Von Bartha, March 2017


Hans Arp, Hans Arp, A Critical Survey, Hatje Cantz, November 2012




Catalog Text and Exhibition Essays



Gary Stephan: Tape on Paper,

exhibition essay, Anders Wahlstedt Gallery, New York, March 2024


Peter Bradley, Peter Bradley, Karma, New York 2022


Patrick Michael Fitzgerald, Nomadic Forms, Palacio Horcasitas Jauregia, Spain 2021


Per Kirkeby, Over Paintings, Michael Werner Gallery, New York 2021


Bernard Frize, Contemporary Painters, series editor Barry Schwabsky, Lund-Humphries, 

London, July 2019

 

Agnieszka Kalinowska, Museum of Modern Art, Gdansk, September 2017

 

Paul Behnke, The Thing I Came For, Boecker Contemporary, Heidelberg, Germany, July 2016


Maria Magdalena Z’Graggen, New Directions, Verlag für Moderne Kunst, Zürich, October 2016

 

Erin Lawlor, London Fields, George Lawson Gallery, San Francisco, February 2015


Andrew Seto, Andrew Seto, Galerie Vidal-Saint Phalle, Paris, January 2015


Guillermo Pfaff, Inside-out, Hionas Gallery, New York, September 2014


Joanne Greenbaum, Jackie Saccoccio, exhibition essay, Polychrome Fiction, also used as title for exhibition, Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas, July 2013


Per Kirkeby, Give-and-Take, Galerie Michael Werner, Berlin August 2013


E.W. Nay, Keep on Moving, Michael Werner Gallery/Mary Boone Gallery,
New York, September 2012


Nathan Peter, PSM Berlin, gallery catalogue page, Art Basel Miami, November 2012


Henri Matisse, Graphic Meditations, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, 2012


Mary Heilmann, Weather Report, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, 2010


 
Selected Museum Talks/Lectures


Blinky Palermo, Serpentine Gallery, London, 2003

                                

Bernard Frize, Hands On, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, 2003


Mary Heilmann, Camden Arts Center, London, 2001


Carl Andre, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, 1997


Fischili/Weiss, Serpentine Gallery, London, 1996


The Romantic Spirit in German Art, Hayward Gallery, London, 1995


Yves Klein, Hayward Gallery, London, 1995


Sigmar Polke, Join the Dots, Tate Liverpool, 1995


Painting Now, University of Kingston, London, 1995


Donald Judd, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, 1995


On Works in the Collection, Blinky Palermo, Gerhard Richter,
Robert Ryman, Jackson Pollock, Bruce Nauman, Brice Marden and
Agnes Martin, Tate London, 1993-98


Susana Solano, Whitechapel Gallery, London, 1993