Interviews
2011
Joost, Henry, and Ariel Schulman, directors. A Brief History of John Baldessari, 2011. Film made for the November 2011 Art + Film Gala, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, at which JB was honored.
“L.A. Stories: A Roundtable Discussion.” Artforum International (New York), October 2011, pp. 240-249, 339-340.
Tylevich, Katya. “One Guy’s Laughing.” Elephant (Amsterdam) no. 8, Autumn 2011, pp. 110-123.
Fierst, Max. “John Baldessari: The Art of the Millenium: A Coversation with John Baldessari.” Virgine (New York), no. 1, 2011.
Wachtel on the Arts, CBC Radio (Toronto, Canada). June 21, 2011. Interview with Eleanor Wachtel, produced as a podcast.http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/episodes/features/2010/09/21/wachtel-on-the-arts-4/editor-content.html?cs=utf-8#
Frenzel, Sebatian. “Darauf einen Baldessari.” Monopol (Berlin) no. 6, June 2011, pp. 62-72. Includes portrait photograph of JB by Alex Prager.
Gavin, Francesca. “Towering Genius.” Dazed & Confused (London) vol. 2, no. 93, January 2011, pp. 112-113.
2010
Fitzgerald, Michael. “John Baldessari: Your Name in Lights.” Art & Australia (Sydney) vol. 48, no. 2, Summer 2010 (December, January, Februrary), pp. 284-291, illus. 284-285, 289, 290.
“John Baldessari Speaks with Tim Griffin.” www.artforum.com, November 23, 2010. Video interview produced for the internet.
http://www.artforum.com/words/id=26834
“John Baldessari [Conceptual Artist].” The Believer (San Francisco, CA) vol. 8, no. 9, November-December 2010, pp. 45-52. Interviewed by Eleanor Morgan.
“Artist Feature: John Baldessari,” Supreme Book Vol. 6 (Tokyo), pp. 35-38, 83-85, [ca. Fall 2010]. Interviewed by West One.
Porrero, Ricardo. “Prometo Conceptual.” Código 06140 (Mexico City) vol. 10, October – November 2010, pp. 24-31.
Baldessari, John and Analia Saban. Conversations with Photographers: John Baldessari Speaks with Analia Sabon. Madrid: La Fábrica Editorial and Fundación Telefónica, 2010. Published as part of a boxed series with similar conversations with Hannah Collins, Axel Hütte, Gonzalo Puch, Wolfgang Tillmans, and Jeff Wall.
“John Baldessari: In Conversation.” In The Studio Reader: On the Space of Artists. Michelle Grabner and Mary Jane Jacob, editors. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 2010, pp. 30-36. Interview conducted by Mary Jane Jacob.
Obrist, Hans Ulrich. “John Baldessari: ‘Al principio no quería ser artista, me parecía una forme de masturbación que no ayudaba a nadie.’” El Mundo, El Cultural (Madrid), February 5-11, 2010.
Momin, Shamin M. “John Baldessari.” Flaunt (Los Angeles) no. 107, [January 2010], pp. 122-131.
2009
Patterson, Simon. “Seeing the World Askance.” Art Monthly (London) no. 331, November 2009, pp. 1-4.
Baldessari, John, and Jens Hoffmann. “Woman and Man with Arrow Piercing Chest: John Baldessari and Jens Hoffmann.” In Matrix/Berkeley: A Changing Exhibition of Contemporary Art. Elizabeth Thomas with Project Projects. Berkeley, CA: University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, 2009, pp. 183-185. Interview conducted July 18, 2008.
Sollins, Susan, executive producer. Art:21: Art in the Twenty-First Century: Season Five. New York: Art21; [Alexandria, VA]: PBS Home Video, 2009. DVD of Season five. Interview with JB featured in “Systems” episode.
Baldessari, John, and James Welling. “What Do You Plan to Do Next? A Conversation.” Parkett (Zurich) no. 86, Auturmn 2009, pp. 30-44. Includes German translation.
Wright, Karen. “John Baldessari: An Interview by Karen Wright.” Art in America (New York) no. 9, October 2009, pp. 152-161.
Weissman, Benjamin. “Men Swallowing Swords, Men Blowing Out Candles.” Frieze: Contemporary Art and Culture (London) no. 126, October 2009, pp.164-169. Includes excerpts from a conversation with JB.
Baldessari, John and Jessica Morgan. “Somebody to Talk to.” Tate Etc. (London) no. 17, Autumn 2009, pp. 74-85.
Mendelsohn, Adam E. “Artists Talk: John Baldessari / Matt Mullican: Ping Pong.” Spike Art Quarterly (Vienna) no. 20, Summer 2009, pp. 40-55.
Baldessari, John and Hans Ulrich Obrist. Conversation Series 18: John Baldessari, Hans Ulrich Obrist. Cologne:Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, 2009. Other conversants include Alejandro Cesarco, Meg Cranston, and Rebecca Irvin.
2008
Taft, Catherine. “Ik ben bang voor sculpture: Een interview met John Baldessari.” Metropolis M (Amsterdam), October-November 2008, pp. 36-43, 107-109.
Fairclough, Sarah. “John Baldessari in Conversation with Sarah Fairclough,” in Yours Mine Ours. Colchester, Essex (United Kingdom): University of Essex, 2008, pp. 7-8, illus. p. 6. Interview published in a group exhibition catalog for an exhibition that did not include JB.
“The Leonard Lopate Show,” WNYC, New York Public Radio. New York, NY, March 14, 2008. Host Leonard Lopate interviewed JB and Ann Temkin regarding “Color Chart: Reinventing Color, 1950 to Today,” at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY.
Sischy, Ingrid. “John Baldessari.” Interview (New York), March 2008, pp. 120-136.
Canonica, Finn. “Ein Tag im Leben.” Tages-Anzeiger, Das Magazin (Zurich), February 16, 2008.
Álvarez, Luis Alberto. “La función del artista es hacer notar el mundo.” El Mundo (Madrid), February 5, 2008.
Neil, Jonathan T.D. “John Baldessari.” Art Review (London) no. 18, January 2008, pp. 52-57.
2007
Gurewitsch, Matthew. "The Artists’ Artists: Un dialogue de stratèges." The Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative (Geneva, Switzerland), November 2007, pp. 30-45. Includes interviews with JB and Alejandro Cesarco. Published in conjunction with Rolex Arts Weekend, November 10-13, 2007.
"John Baldessari: 20 Questions." In John Baldessari at Gemini: Noses & Ears, Etc.: The Gemini Series. Los Angeles, CA: Gemini G.E.L. Matthew Higgs and JB discussing questions submitted from twenty people who have a professional or personal relationship with JB.
Madoff, Steven Henry. "School is Out: Rethinking Art Education Today." Modern Painters (London), September 2007. Conversation between Michael Craig-Martin and JB, with introduction by Steven Henry Madoff.
"Hunter’s Gatherings: An Interview with John Baldessari." www.artscenevisualradio.com, May 2007. Podcast interview of JB by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp.
Zeitz, Lisa. "Play It Again, John." Monopol (Berlin) no. 5, May 2007, pp. 88-94. Includes photographs of JB by Karin Appollonia Müller and artwork by JB on cover.
Neville, Morgan, director. The Cool School. Film produced by Tremolo Productions/Independent Television Service, in association with Oregon Public Broadcasting, the American Arts Documentary Foundation and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, 2007.
Zenovich, Marina, director. Art in Progress: Baldessari. Voom HD Networks/Gallery HD, 2007. Documentary created as part of a series for "Gallery HD" high-definition channel.
Rosenau, Mirja. "King Kong im Paradies." Frankfurter Rundschau (Frankfurt am Main, Germany),February 10, 2007.
Cesarco, Alejandro. "Between Us: John Baldessari in Conversation with Alejandro Cesarco, January 8, 2006." Whitewall (New York), Spring 2007.
"Studio Visit: John Baldessari." Connect (Los Angeles County Museum of Art members magazine), January - February 2007. Interview with Howard N. Fox, LACMA curator of contemporary art.
2006
Stefan Römer, producer/director. Conceptual Paradise: There is a Place for Sophistication. 2006. Film featuring interview with JB.
"AirTalk," KPCC 89.3 FM, Southern California Public Radio. Los Angeles, CA, December 6, 2006. Host Larry Mantle interviewed Michael Govan, Stephanie Barron, and JB regarding "Magritte and Contemporary Art: The Treachery of Images" at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Jones, Timothy Emlyn. "Art Comes Out of Art." The Visual Artists News Sheet (Dublin, Ireland), July - August 2006. Interview conducted on the occasion of JB’s honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts awarded by the Burren College of Art in Dublin.
Cesteleyn, Ann. "John Baldessari: Visionary / Diabolic." In John Baldessari: The Prima Facie Series, Deurle (Belgium): Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, 2006 (exhibition catalog). Interview with JB conducted on April 27, 2006, at Sprüth Magers Lee London, London, United Kingdom.
Muchnic, Suzanne. "L.A.’s so aujourd’hui." Los Angeles Times, February 26, 2006.
Ayers, Robert. "The AI Interview: John Baldessari." www.artinfo.com, August 7, 2006. http://www.artinfo.com/News/Article.aspx?a=19202&c=253
Kampianne, Harry. "John Baldessari Dialogue." Art Actuel (Geneva, Switzerland), January - February 2005.
2005
A Film by John Carlin, Jonathan Fineburg, and Hart Perry, ”Imagining America: Icons of 20th Century American Art” Produced by Funny Garbage and University of Illinnois, 2005
Roth, Moira ”An Interview with John Baldessari (1973)” with a forward by Micol Hebron, Original interview held on January 6, 1973 at the University of California, Santa Cruz
X-tra Contemporary Art Quarterly, Los Angeles, Volume 8, Number 2, Winter 2005, Pp. 14 — 35, illus. back cover
Hatcher, David, John Baldessari, Neue Review, Issue 9 (April 2005), Interview conducted at Deutsche Guggenheim, P. 2 — 3.
“It’s Alive,” in conversation with John Welchman on May 18, 2005, Venice, California, published in the catalgue for the retrospective at Musee d'art Contemporain de Nimes, France.
Hatcher, David, Neue Review, Issue 9 (March 2005), Berlin, Germany, Interview conducted on February 16, 2005, Venice, California.
2004
Davis, Nicole, "Interview with John Baldessari," Artnet December 9, 2004, Interview conducted on April 12, 2004, Santa Monica, California.
"Marketplace Morning Report October 26, 2004," interview conducted by Jeff Tyler on Artist Pension Trust, PRI, American Public Media.
Politi, Gea. "John Baldessari: Undangerous Minds." Flash Art, Italy, No. 246, June-July 2004, pp100-103, illus.
Daniel, Noel ed., The Broken Screen, Conversations with Doug Aitken, Interview with John Baldessari conducted May 2004, Santa Monica, California, published by D.A.P., New York, New York, 2005.
Politi, Gea. "John Baldessari: Before Day Falls." Flash Art International, July — September 2004, Vol. XXXVII No. 237, pp 80 — 84, illus. This article followed by John Baldessari’s "My Files of Movie Stills: A Sort of Reality," on pp 85.
Obrist, Hans Ulrich. Domus #867 (February, 2004) pp.68-71With 31 page Insert Interview.
Torres, Mario Garcia. Celeste #13 (Trimestral / Primavera 2004) pp.76-80.
Griffin, Tim "John Baldessari and Jeremy Blake in Conversation," Artforum, March, 2004 pp.160-165
2003
Sanders, Mark. Another Magazine #5 (Bi-Annual Autumn/Winter, 2003) pp.378-391.
"Paul Pfeiffer and John Baldessari in Conversation," Paul Pfeiffer. Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, 2003.
2002
Hoffman, Jens. "Cityscape Los Angeles," Flash Art International, July — September 2002.
"Contacts John Baldessari," interviewed and directed by Jean-Pierre Krief, KS Visions, Paris, 2002.
Gopnik, Blake. "L.A. Consequential," The Washington Post. January 20, 2002. Section G. pp. 1(Photo of "Looking East on 4th and C." (1967-68).
Salvaterra, Gianni. "Interview with John Baldessari," Pulcherrimae Strade, Edizioni Charta, Milan, Italy, 2002. Catalogue for group show.
Felde, Kitty. "Talk of the City on Jasper Johns to Jeff Koons," KPCC 89.3 FM, Southern California Public Radio. November 27, 2001, 2pm.
2001
Simon, Joan. "Interview: John Baldessari," Landmarks: Sculpture Commissions for the Stuart Collection at the University of California San Diego, Stuart Collection, University of California, San Diego and Rizzoli International Publications, New York, New York. Additional texts by Mary Livingstone Beebe, James Stuart DeSilva and Robert Storr.
Cranston, Meg. "John Baldessari: Many Worthwhile Aspects," Baldessari: While Something is Happening here, something else is happening there: works 1965-2000, catalogue, Reykjavik Art Museum, Iceland, 2001.
Lazari, Margaret, "Interview: John Baldessari," Practical Handbook for the Emerging Artist, 2001.
"John Baldessari," during "Johns to Koons" at LACMA, June 5, 2001.
Icelandic television and radio in regards to John’s show in Reykjavik Museum of Art.
2000
Grosselli, di Renzo M. "E Partito L’Emigrant Torna il Grande Artista: Al Mart, John Baldessari, Figlio di Antonio", l’Adige (Trento, Italy), December 14, 2000, p 13.
1999
German television and radio in regards to John’s show in Koln
1998
Lawrence, Dianne. "John Baldessari, the Coagula interview," Coagula, #32, (March-April), pp. 26-30.
Tilroe, Anna. "Lachjes van verontschuldiging, Tv kijken in het museum met John Baldessari," NCR Handelsblad, January 30, 1998, p. CS7.
Tatay, Helena. "Romper u unir el mundo, entrevista con John Baldessari" Lapiz Revista Internacional de Arte # 146, (October, 1998), pp.51-59.
Simmons, Gary. Flash Art #202, October 1998.
Interviews by television, radio and press in regards to John’s museum and gallery shows in Zurich Switzerland.
1997
McKenna, Kristine. "Turning Gray to Black and White," Los Angeles Times, April 20, 1997, (Calendar) pp. 54-55.
1996
Fricke, Marion & Roswitha. "John Baldessari," Art Press, special edition 69/96 (Hors-serie Numero 17 1996), pp. 23-26.
Knight, Christopher. "Filling a Canvas With Ideas," Los Angeles Times, December 30, 1996, pp. F1 (photo), F8.
Gabler, Neal. "The Reel America, the Films That Show Us Who We Are," Los Angeles Times, June 30, 1996, p. M1.
Cross, Guy. "An interview with John Baldessari," THE Magazine, October, pp. 41-45.
1995
Gillick, Liam. "I Will Not Make Any More Boring Art," Art Monthly Magazine, June 1995, pp. 3-7.
Billen, Andrew. "Aiming to Reorder the Universe,"' The Observer, (Review), July 9, 1995, pp. 4-5.
Rifkin, Adrian. "How Do You Feel You Have Survived the Post-Modern?" Versus, Number 4, 1995.
1994
Gerstler, Amy. "John Baldessari," Vernacular, Vol. 1, No. 1 (Winter), pp. 14 - 21, 38.
Varnedoe, Kirk. "An Interview with John Baldessari," MoMA Magazine, winter/spring, p.10.
"John Baldessari," Owen Electric Pictures (Z-Co), New York, NY, March 9, 1994.
"John Baldessari, Christian Boltanski: What Is Erased" (A conversation between John Baldessari and Christian Boltanski), Blind Spot Photography, Issue Three, 1994.
1992
Lewallen, Constance. "View: John Baldessari," Crown Point Press, San Francisco, CA, July 1992.
1990
Wei, Lilly and Cecile N. McCann. "Making Art, Making Money," Art in America, July 1990, pp. 133-134.
Kirby, Peter. "John Baldessari: Some Stories," 1990 (video) Produced by Media Art Services. Run time 29min.
1989
Jarrell, Joe, "Crossing the Teachers Dotting the Eyes," Village View (Los Angeles), Vol 4 No.36 (April 13 — 19), pp. 18-19.
Cranston, Meg. "John Baldessari: Part One," Journal of Contemporary Art (New York) volume 2, no. 1 (Spring/Summer 1989), pp. 41—49.
Cranston, Meg. "John Baldessari: Part Two," Journal of Contemporary Art (New York) volume 2, no. 2 (Fall/Winter 1989), pp. 51—58.
Cranston, Meg. "Seeds: Baldessari," Interview, March 1989.
1988
Bakargiev, Carolyn Christov. "La foto non / soltanto foto," Il Sole——24 Ore (Rome), June 12, 1988.
Berkson, Bill. "Conversations: John Baldessari," Shift (San Francisco) volume 2, no. 3, pp. 36-39.
Braet, Jan. "Surrogaten voor woorden," Knack Magazine (Brussels), no. 39 (Sept 28, 1988), pp. 187—194.
Davis, Susan A. "For the Record," C Magazine (Toronto, Canada), no. 17 (Spring 1988), pp. 34-37.
Siegel, Jeanne. "John Baldessari: Recalling Ideas," Arts Magazine (New York) 62, no. 8 (Apr 1988), pp. 86-89. Also published in Artwords 2: Discourse on the Early 80s. Ann Arbor, Michigan: UMI Research Press, 1988. (Revised from Arts Magazine)
1987
Selwyn, Marc. "John Baldessari," Flash Art (Milan), no. 135 (Summer 1987), pp. 62-64.
1984
"Talking Back to the Media." Stichting de Appel (Amsterdam) no. 3/4 (November 1985), text published on microfiche.
1984
Guenther, Joan and Sheila Skjeie. "Art For People to Live With." State of the Arts (California Arts Council, Sacramento, California), no. 50 (Nov/Dec 1984), pp. 4-5.
Kraft, Barbara. "An Interview With John Baldessari," Articles (California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California) volume 1, no. 2 (Dec/Jan 1984/1985), pp. 11-13.
1983
Poling, Clark. "New Boundaries & Black Dice: An Interview With John Baldessari," Art Papers (Atlanta) 7, no. 6 (Nov/Dec 1983), pp. 2-3.
1980
McMullin, Daniel. "Interview: John Baldessari," Artists' News (Topanga, California) volume 3, no. 5 (Oct/Nov 1980), pp. 6-10.
1978
Rubinfien, Leo. "Through Western Eyes," Art in America (New York) 66, no. 5 (September/October 1978), pp. 75-83.
1977
Spodarek, Diane. "Feature Interview: John Baldessari," Detroit Artists' Monthly (Detroit) volume 2, no. 6 (June 1977), pp. 1-6.
1976
Hugunin, James. "A Talk With John Baldessari," The Dumb Ox (Northridge, California) volume 1, no. 2 (fall 1976), pp. 11-12.
1974
"John Baldessari: An Interview," ST/ISSUE, June-July 1974, pp 33-39.
1973
Roth, Moira. "A conversation with John Baldessari," January 6, 1973 — University of California, Santa Cruz, unpublished.
Joost, Henry, and Ariel Schulman, directors. A Brief History of John Baldessari, 2011. Film made for the November 2011 Art + Film Gala, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, at which JB was honored.
“L.A. Stories: A Roundtable Discussion.” Artforum International (New York), October 2011, pp. 240-249, 339-340.
Tylevich, Katya. “One Guy’s Laughing.” Elephant (Amsterdam) no. 8, Autumn 2011, pp. 110-123.
Fierst, Max. “John Baldessari: The Art of the Millenium: A Coversation with John Baldessari.” Virgine (New York), no. 1, 2011.
Wachtel on the Arts, CBC Radio (Toronto, Canada). June 21, 2011. Interview with Eleanor Wachtel, produced as a podcast.http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/episodes/features/2010/09/21/wachtel-on-the-arts-4/editor-content.html?cs=utf-8#
Frenzel, Sebatian. “Darauf einen Baldessari.” Monopol (Berlin) no. 6, June 2011, pp. 62-72. Includes portrait photograph of JB by Alex Prager.
Gavin, Francesca. “Towering Genius.” Dazed & Confused (London) vol. 2, no. 93, January 2011, pp. 112-113.
2010
Fitzgerald, Michael. “John Baldessari: Your Name in Lights.” Art & Australia (Sydney) vol. 48, no. 2, Summer 2010 (December, January, Februrary), pp. 284-291, illus. 284-285, 289, 290.
“John Baldessari Speaks with Tim Griffin.” www.artforum.com, November 23, 2010. Video interview produced for the internet.
http://www.artforum.com/words/id=26834
“John Baldessari [Conceptual Artist].” The Believer (San Francisco, CA) vol. 8, no. 9, November-December 2010, pp. 45-52. Interviewed by Eleanor Morgan.
“Artist Feature: John Baldessari,” Supreme Book Vol. 6 (Tokyo), pp. 35-38, 83-85, [ca. Fall 2010]. Interviewed by West One.
Porrero, Ricardo. “Prometo Conceptual.” Código 06140 (Mexico City) vol. 10, October – November 2010, pp. 24-31.
Baldessari, John and Analia Saban. Conversations with Photographers: John Baldessari Speaks with Analia Sabon. Madrid: La Fábrica Editorial and Fundación Telefónica, 2010. Published as part of a boxed series with similar conversations with Hannah Collins, Axel Hütte, Gonzalo Puch, Wolfgang Tillmans, and Jeff Wall.
“John Baldessari: In Conversation.” In The Studio Reader: On the Space of Artists. Michelle Grabner and Mary Jane Jacob, editors. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 2010, pp. 30-36. Interview conducted by Mary Jane Jacob.
Obrist, Hans Ulrich. “John Baldessari: ‘Al principio no quería ser artista, me parecía una forme de masturbación que no ayudaba a nadie.’” El Mundo, El Cultural (Madrid), February 5-11, 2010.
Momin, Shamin M. “John Baldessari.” Flaunt (Los Angeles) no. 107, [January 2010], pp. 122-131.
2009
Patterson, Simon. “Seeing the World Askance.” Art Monthly (London) no. 331, November 2009, pp. 1-4.
Baldessari, John, and Jens Hoffmann. “Woman and Man with Arrow Piercing Chest: John Baldessari and Jens Hoffmann.” In Matrix/Berkeley: A Changing Exhibition of Contemporary Art. Elizabeth Thomas with Project Projects. Berkeley, CA: University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, 2009, pp. 183-185. Interview conducted July 18, 2008.
Sollins, Susan, executive producer. Art:21: Art in the Twenty-First Century: Season Five. New York: Art21; [Alexandria, VA]: PBS Home Video, 2009. DVD of Season five. Interview with JB featured in “Systems” episode.
Baldessari, John, and James Welling. “What Do You Plan to Do Next? A Conversation.” Parkett (Zurich) no. 86, Auturmn 2009, pp. 30-44. Includes German translation.
Wright, Karen. “John Baldessari: An Interview by Karen Wright.” Art in America (New York) no. 9, October 2009, pp. 152-161.
Weissman, Benjamin. “Men Swallowing Swords, Men Blowing Out Candles.” Frieze: Contemporary Art and Culture (London) no. 126, October 2009, pp.164-169. Includes excerpts from a conversation with JB.
Baldessari, John and Jessica Morgan. “Somebody to Talk to.” Tate Etc. (London) no. 17, Autumn 2009, pp. 74-85.
Mendelsohn, Adam E. “Artists Talk: John Baldessari / Matt Mullican: Ping Pong.” Spike Art Quarterly (Vienna) no. 20, Summer 2009, pp. 40-55.
Baldessari, John and Hans Ulrich Obrist. Conversation Series 18: John Baldessari, Hans Ulrich Obrist. Cologne:Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, 2009. Other conversants include Alejandro Cesarco, Meg Cranston, and Rebecca Irvin.
2008
Taft, Catherine. “Ik ben bang voor sculpture: Een interview met John Baldessari.” Metropolis M (Amsterdam), October-November 2008, pp. 36-43, 107-109.
Fairclough, Sarah. “John Baldessari in Conversation with Sarah Fairclough,” in Yours Mine Ours. Colchester, Essex (United Kingdom): University of Essex, 2008, pp. 7-8, illus. p. 6. Interview published in a group exhibition catalog for an exhibition that did not include JB.
“The Leonard Lopate Show,” WNYC, New York Public Radio. New York, NY, March 14, 2008. Host Leonard Lopate interviewed JB and Ann Temkin regarding “Color Chart: Reinventing Color, 1950 to Today,” at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY.
Sischy, Ingrid. “John Baldessari.” Interview (New York), March 2008, pp. 120-136.
Canonica, Finn. “Ein Tag im Leben.” Tages-Anzeiger, Das Magazin (Zurich), February 16, 2008.
Álvarez, Luis Alberto. “La función del artista es hacer notar el mundo.” El Mundo (Madrid), February 5, 2008.
Neil, Jonathan T.D. “John Baldessari.” Art Review (London) no. 18, January 2008, pp. 52-57.
2007
Gurewitsch, Matthew. "The Artists’ Artists: Un dialogue de stratèges." The Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative (Geneva, Switzerland), November 2007, pp. 30-45. Includes interviews with JB and Alejandro Cesarco. Published in conjunction with Rolex Arts Weekend, November 10-13, 2007.
"John Baldessari: 20 Questions." In John Baldessari at Gemini: Noses & Ears, Etc.: The Gemini Series. Los Angeles, CA: Gemini G.E.L. Matthew Higgs and JB discussing questions submitted from twenty people who have a professional or personal relationship with JB.
Madoff, Steven Henry. "School is Out: Rethinking Art Education Today." Modern Painters (London), September 2007. Conversation between Michael Craig-Martin and JB, with introduction by Steven Henry Madoff.
"Hunter’s Gatherings: An Interview with John Baldessari." www.artscenevisualradio.com, May 2007. Podcast interview of JB by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp.
Zeitz, Lisa. "Play It Again, John." Monopol (Berlin) no. 5, May 2007, pp. 88-94. Includes photographs of JB by Karin Appollonia Müller and artwork by JB on cover.
Neville, Morgan, director. The Cool School. Film produced by Tremolo Productions/Independent Television Service, in association with Oregon Public Broadcasting, the American Arts Documentary Foundation and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, 2007.
Zenovich, Marina, director. Art in Progress: Baldessari. Voom HD Networks/Gallery HD, 2007. Documentary created as part of a series for "Gallery HD" high-definition channel.
Rosenau, Mirja. "King Kong im Paradies." Frankfurter Rundschau (Frankfurt am Main, Germany),February 10, 2007.
Cesarco, Alejandro. "Between Us: John Baldessari in Conversation with Alejandro Cesarco, January 8, 2006." Whitewall (New York), Spring 2007.
"Studio Visit: John Baldessari." Connect (Los Angeles County Museum of Art members magazine), January - February 2007. Interview with Howard N. Fox, LACMA curator of contemporary art.
2006
Stefan Römer, producer/director. Conceptual Paradise: There is a Place for Sophistication. 2006. Film featuring interview with JB.
"AirTalk," KPCC 89.3 FM, Southern California Public Radio. Los Angeles, CA, December 6, 2006. Host Larry Mantle interviewed Michael Govan, Stephanie Barron, and JB regarding "Magritte and Contemporary Art: The Treachery of Images" at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Jones, Timothy Emlyn. "Art Comes Out of Art." The Visual Artists News Sheet (Dublin, Ireland), July - August 2006. Interview conducted on the occasion of JB’s honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts awarded by the Burren College of Art in Dublin.
Cesteleyn, Ann. "John Baldessari: Visionary / Diabolic." In John Baldessari: The Prima Facie Series, Deurle (Belgium): Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, 2006 (exhibition catalog). Interview with JB conducted on April 27, 2006, at Sprüth Magers Lee London, London, United Kingdom.
Muchnic, Suzanne. "L.A.’s so aujourd’hui." Los Angeles Times, February 26, 2006.
Ayers, Robert. "The AI Interview: John Baldessari." www.artinfo.com, August 7, 2006. http://www.artinfo.com/News/Article.aspx?a=19202&c=253
Kampianne, Harry. "John Baldessari Dialogue." Art Actuel (Geneva, Switzerland), January - February 2005.
2005
A Film by John Carlin, Jonathan Fineburg, and Hart Perry, ”Imagining America: Icons of 20th Century American Art” Produced by Funny Garbage and University of Illinnois, 2005
Roth, Moira ”An Interview with John Baldessari (1973)” with a forward by Micol Hebron, Original interview held on January 6, 1973 at the University of California, Santa Cruz
X-tra Contemporary Art Quarterly, Los Angeles, Volume 8, Number 2, Winter 2005, Pp. 14 — 35, illus. back cover
Hatcher, David, John Baldessari, Neue Review, Issue 9 (April 2005), Interview conducted at Deutsche Guggenheim, P. 2 — 3.
“It’s Alive,” in conversation with John Welchman on May 18, 2005, Venice, California, published in the catalgue for the retrospective at Musee d'art Contemporain de Nimes, France.
Hatcher, David, Neue Review, Issue 9 (March 2005), Berlin, Germany, Interview conducted on February 16, 2005, Venice, California.
2004
Davis, Nicole, "Interview with John Baldessari," Artnet December 9, 2004, Interview conducted on April 12, 2004, Santa Monica, California.
"Marketplace Morning Report October 26, 2004," interview conducted by Jeff Tyler on Artist Pension Trust, PRI, American Public Media.
Politi, Gea. "John Baldessari: Undangerous Minds." Flash Art, Italy, No. 246, June-July 2004, pp100-103, illus.
Daniel, Noel ed., The Broken Screen, Conversations with Doug Aitken, Interview with John Baldessari conducted May 2004, Santa Monica, California, published by D.A.P., New York, New York, 2005.
Politi, Gea. "John Baldessari: Before Day Falls." Flash Art International, July — September 2004, Vol. XXXVII No. 237, pp 80 — 84, illus. This article followed by John Baldessari’s "My Files of Movie Stills: A Sort of Reality," on pp 85.
Obrist, Hans Ulrich. Domus #867 (February, 2004) pp.68-71With 31 page Insert Interview.
Torres, Mario Garcia. Celeste #13 (Trimestral / Primavera 2004) pp.76-80.
Griffin, Tim "John Baldessari and Jeremy Blake in Conversation," Artforum, March, 2004 pp.160-165
2003
Sanders, Mark. Another Magazine #5 (Bi-Annual Autumn/Winter, 2003) pp.378-391.
"Paul Pfeiffer and John Baldessari in Conversation," Paul Pfeiffer. Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, 2003.
2002
Hoffman, Jens. "Cityscape Los Angeles," Flash Art International, July — September 2002.
"Contacts John Baldessari," interviewed and directed by Jean-Pierre Krief, KS Visions, Paris, 2002.
Gopnik, Blake. "L.A. Consequential," The Washington Post. January 20, 2002. Section G. pp. 1(Photo of "Looking East on 4th and C." (1967-68).
Salvaterra, Gianni. "Interview with John Baldessari," Pulcherrimae Strade, Edizioni Charta, Milan, Italy, 2002. Catalogue for group show.
Felde, Kitty. "Talk of the City on Jasper Johns to Jeff Koons," KPCC 89.3 FM, Southern California Public Radio. November 27, 2001, 2pm.
2001
Simon, Joan. "Interview: John Baldessari," Landmarks: Sculpture Commissions for the Stuart Collection at the University of California San Diego, Stuart Collection, University of California, San Diego and Rizzoli International Publications, New York, New York. Additional texts by Mary Livingstone Beebe, James Stuart DeSilva and Robert Storr.
Cranston, Meg. "John Baldessari: Many Worthwhile Aspects," Baldessari: While Something is Happening here, something else is happening there: works 1965-2000, catalogue, Reykjavik Art Museum, Iceland, 2001.
Lazari, Margaret, "Interview: John Baldessari," Practical Handbook for the Emerging Artist, 2001.
"John Baldessari," during "Johns to Koons" at LACMA, June 5, 2001.
Icelandic television and radio in regards to John’s show in Reykjavik Museum of Art.
2000
Grosselli, di Renzo M. "E Partito L’Emigrant Torna il Grande Artista: Al Mart, John Baldessari, Figlio di Antonio", l’Adige (Trento, Italy), December 14, 2000, p 13.
1999
German television and radio in regards to John’s show in Koln
1998
Lawrence, Dianne. "John Baldessari, the Coagula interview," Coagula, #32, (March-April), pp. 26-30.
Tilroe, Anna. "Lachjes van verontschuldiging, Tv kijken in het museum met John Baldessari," NCR Handelsblad, January 30, 1998, p. CS7.
Tatay, Helena. "Romper u unir el mundo, entrevista con John Baldessari" Lapiz Revista Internacional de Arte # 146, (October, 1998), pp.51-59.
Simmons, Gary. Flash Art #202, October 1998.
Interviews by television, radio and press in regards to John’s museum and gallery shows in Zurich Switzerland.
1997
McKenna, Kristine. "Turning Gray to Black and White," Los Angeles Times, April 20, 1997, (Calendar) pp. 54-55.
1996
Fricke, Marion & Roswitha. "John Baldessari," Art Press, special edition 69/96 (Hors-serie Numero 17 1996), pp. 23-26.
Knight, Christopher. "Filling a Canvas With Ideas," Los Angeles Times, December 30, 1996, pp. F1 (photo), F8.
Gabler, Neal. "The Reel America, the Films That Show Us Who We Are," Los Angeles Times, June 30, 1996, p. M1.
Cross, Guy. "An interview with John Baldessari," THE Magazine, October, pp. 41-45.
1995
Gillick, Liam. "I Will Not Make Any More Boring Art," Art Monthly Magazine, June 1995, pp. 3-7.
Billen, Andrew. "Aiming to Reorder the Universe,"' The Observer, (Review), July 9, 1995, pp. 4-5.
Rifkin, Adrian. "How Do You Feel You Have Survived the Post-Modern?" Versus, Number 4, 1995.
1994
Gerstler, Amy. "John Baldessari," Vernacular, Vol. 1, No. 1 (Winter), pp. 14 - 21, 38.
Varnedoe, Kirk. "An Interview with John Baldessari," MoMA Magazine, winter/spring, p.10.
"John Baldessari," Owen Electric Pictures (Z-Co), New York, NY, March 9, 1994.
"John Baldessari, Christian Boltanski: What Is Erased" (A conversation between John Baldessari and Christian Boltanski), Blind Spot Photography, Issue Three, 1994.
1992
Lewallen, Constance. "View: John Baldessari," Crown Point Press, San Francisco, CA, July 1992.
1990
Wei, Lilly and Cecile N. McCann. "Making Art, Making Money," Art in America, July 1990, pp. 133-134.
Kirby, Peter. "John Baldessari: Some Stories," 1990 (video) Produced by Media Art Services. Run time 29min.
1989
Jarrell, Joe, "Crossing the Teachers Dotting the Eyes," Village View (Los Angeles), Vol 4 No.36 (April 13 — 19), pp. 18-19.
Cranston, Meg. "John Baldessari: Part One," Journal of Contemporary Art (New York) volume 2, no. 1 (Spring/Summer 1989), pp. 41—49.
Cranston, Meg. "John Baldessari: Part Two," Journal of Contemporary Art (New York) volume 2, no. 2 (Fall/Winter 1989), pp. 51—58.
Cranston, Meg. "Seeds: Baldessari," Interview, March 1989.
1988
Bakargiev, Carolyn Christov. "La foto non / soltanto foto," Il Sole——24 Ore (Rome), June 12, 1988.
Berkson, Bill. "Conversations: John Baldessari," Shift (San Francisco) volume 2, no. 3, pp. 36-39.
Braet, Jan. "Surrogaten voor woorden," Knack Magazine (Brussels), no. 39 (Sept 28, 1988), pp. 187—194.
Davis, Susan A. "For the Record," C Magazine (Toronto, Canada), no. 17 (Spring 1988), pp. 34-37.
Siegel, Jeanne. "John Baldessari: Recalling Ideas," Arts Magazine (New York) 62, no. 8 (Apr 1988), pp. 86-89. Also published in Artwords 2: Discourse on the Early 80s. Ann Arbor, Michigan: UMI Research Press, 1988. (Revised from Arts Magazine)
1987
Selwyn, Marc. "John Baldessari," Flash Art (Milan), no. 135 (Summer 1987), pp. 62-64.
1984
"Talking Back to the Media." Stichting de Appel (Amsterdam) no. 3/4 (November 1985), text published on microfiche.
1984
Guenther, Joan and Sheila Skjeie. "Art For People to Live With." State of the Arts (California Arts Council, Sacramento, California), no. 50 (Nov/Dec 1984), pp. 4-5.
Kraft, Barbara. "An Interview With John Baldessari," Articles (California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California) volume 1, no. 2 (Dec/Jan 1984/1985), pp. 11-13.
1983
Poling, Clark. "New Boundaries & Black Dice: An Interview With John Baldessari," Art Papers (Atlanta) 7, no. 6 (Nov/Dec 1983), pp. 2-3.
1980
McMullin, Daniel. "Interview: John Baldessari," Artists' News (Topanga, California) volume 3, no. 5 (Oct/Nov 1980), pp. 6-10.
1978
Rubinfien, Leo. "Through Western Eyes," Art in America (New York) 66, no. 5 (September/October 1978), pp. 75-83.
1977
Spodarek, Diane. "Feature Interview: John Baldessari," Detroit Artists' Monthly (Detroit) volume 2, no. 6 (June 1977), pp. 1-6.
1976
Hugunin, James. "A Talk With John Baldessari," The Dumb Ox (Northridge, California) volume 1, no. 2 (fall 1976), pp. 11-12.
1974
"John Baldessari: An Interview," ST/ISSUE, June-July 1974, pp 33-39.
1973
Roth, Moira. "A conversation with John Baldessari," January 6, 1973 — University of California, Santa Cruz, unpublished.