In a formative early experience, he rejected Michel Seuphor 's mis-characterization of Piet Mondrian as a kind of neo-Platonic monk, upon receiving this book as a confirmation present from his grandfather. He received an M.A. from the '' Ecole Pratique Des Hautes Etudes '' in Paris for work on El Lissitzky's typography, and a Ph.D. from the '' Ecole Des Hautes Etudes En Sciences Sociales '' for work on Lissitzky's and Malevich's conceptions of space. His advisor was Roland Barthes .
He is Professor in the School Of Historical Studies at the Institute For Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey , in the chair inaugurated by Erwin Panofsky and formerly held by Millard Meiss , Irving Lavin , and Kirk Varnedoe . Previously, he served on the faculty at Harvard University , Johns Hopkins University , and the '' Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique ''.
He has written books or major articles on canonical artists of European Modernism Including Henri Matisse , Pablo Picasso , Piet Mondrian, El Lissitzky, Kazimir Malevich , Sophie Taeuber-Arp , and of American postwar art including Barnett Newman , Ad Reinhardt , Cy Twombly , Ellsworth Kelly , Richard Serra , and Robert Ryman . He is also an influential interpreter of comparatively more obscure artists including Wladyslaw Strzeminski , Katarzyna Kobro , and Sophie Calle .
- Yve-Alain Bois, "Whose Formalism?" ''Art Bulletin,'' Mar. 1996 (European Graduate School)
- "Whose Formalism?" alternate version, findarticles.com
- Review of Tony Smith retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, ''Artforum'', Nov. 1998
- Review of "Supports/Surfaces" exhibition at the Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, ''Artforum'', Dec. 1998
- Bois and Linda Nochlin discuss the ''Matisse and Picasso'' exhibition, ''Artforum,'' Feb. 1999
- Review of Barnett Newman retrospective, Philadelphia Museum of Art, ''Artforum'', Mar. 2002
- "Back to the Future," review of eight books on Malevich, in ''Bookforum'' winter 2003
- "The Mourning After," panel discussion on painting, ''Artforum'', Mar. 2003
- On Fred Sandback, ''Artforum,'' Oct. 2003
- Letter to the ''New York Times'' protesting the tone of the Jacques Derrida obituary written by "a Jonathan Kandell," Oct. 10, 2004
- Comment by Bois on discussion of ''Art Since 1900'' reviews, ''Iconoduel'' May 8, 2005
- "Tough Love," on Hubert Damisch, in ''Oxford Art Journal'' vol. 28, no. 2 (2005)
- Michael Leja, "Formalism Redivivus?" review of ''Painting As Model'' in ''Art in America'' Mar. 1992, pp. 35-39.
- Arthur Danto, review of ''Painting as Model'', in ''Art Journal,'' vol. 51, pp. 95-97.
- Stephen Melville, "Matter, Model and Modernism," in ''Art History'' vol. 15, no. 3 (Sept. 1992), pp. 387-391.
- Paul Overy, "'Here-I-Am-Again-Piet': A Mondrian for the Nineties" in ''Art History'', vol. 18, no. 4 (Dec. 1995), pp.584-605.
- Jacob Weisberg, on the 'Matisse/Picasso' split in everyday life, in ''Slate,'' Mar. 6, 1999.
- Pepe Karmel, "The October Century," review of ''Art Since 1900,'' in ''Art in America,'' Nov. 2005.
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