John Bezold (1985) is an American-Dutch editor and researcher. Within academia, his work centers on connoisseurship, curation, art markets, and collecting practices—especially by museums in the twentieth century. John holds a BSc in architecture from the University of Cincinnati, alongside an MA and ResMA in art history, from the University of Amsterdam. A digital publishing expert, and the review editor of Oud Holland from 2019-2024; in 2022 he launched the world's first podcast dedicated entirely to the paintings of Frans Hals.

Articles & Reviews
'The Frans Hals Exhibitions at London and Amsterdam', Renaissance Studies, 2025 (forthcoming).
'Frans Hals Connoisseurs and Exhibitions: From Thoré to Today', in Frans Hals: Iconography, Technique and Reputation, eds. Rudi Ekkart and Norbert Middelkoop (Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2024), 221-243.
'Frans Hals in America: Collectors, Scholars, and Connoisseurs', Oud Holland Reviews (Aug. 2023).
'Frans Hals: The Male Portrait', Early Modern Low Countries 6, no. 2 (Dec. 2022): 278-280.
'Gerard, Lina, & Jan Gratama als schilders en tekenaars', Eigenbouwer, no. 16 (Nov. 2022): 22-33.
'Van de Velde and Sons: Marine Painters', Oud Holland Reviews (Nov. 2022).
'The Frans Hals Family Portrait Exhibition', Oud Holland Reviews (Dec. 2020). 

Edited Books
Bezold, John (ed.). Basquiat: The Artist and His New York Scene (Heerlen: Schunck, 2019).
–––. Un-Conscious-City (New York City: Actar, 2019). 
–––. Ellen Kooi Above Rotterdam (New York City: Actar, 2016). 
–––. Wiel Arets—Bas Princen (Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz, 2015).

Edited Journals
Review Editor & Editorial Board Member, Oud Holland, 2019–2024. 
Published 60+ reviews over a five year period as the review editor.

• Established editorial guidelines, style guide, and publishing process for the journal.
• Managed commissioning, editing, and publishing of new exhibition and book reviews.
• Wrote announcement articles and other digital media messaging to promote new editions.
• Sourced and secured supporting imagery, along with the necessary copyright permissions.
• Supported the editor-in-chief and the managing editor, including at editorial board meetings.
• Within two years of launching the review section of the website, its online readership doubled.

Podcasts
Dutch Art & Design Today, 2022–
Frans Hals Paintings—The Podcast, 2022-

Conference Papers
'The Many Frans Hals Connoisseurs and Exhibitions: From Thoré to Today.' Frans Hals: A Survey of Current Research, Organized by the Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, 8 January 2023.

Awards
Frits Duparc Thesis Award 2017, Honorable Mention: Contrasting Connoisseurs: Attributing the Family Portraiture of Frans Hals (MA 2015).

Fellowship
American Friends of the Mauritshuis Researcher, Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis, 2016.