Gives an account of the life and work of American artist Ad Reinhardt. This work re-examines Reinhardt's artistic and critical output in the light of American and European abstract art and various forms of graphic art. It also evaluates his role in the art world as younger artists created avant-garde movements, such as Minimal and Conceptual art.

"Ad Reinhardt" also evaluates Reinhardt's role in the art world as younger artists created successive avant-garde movements, such as Minimal and Conceptual art, and the impact his political beliefs ultimately had on his reputation and reception in the art world. This long-awaited book is a major contribution not only to Reinhardt scholarship, but also to the history of contemporary art in America.