The job at Brooklyn is interesting because Brooklyn reflects what happened to university art departments everywhere. It might be the worst department now, and yet at one point it was the best in the country.

The Josef Albers Museum Quadrat in Bottrop (Germany) shows Rheinhardts Last Paintings and earlier works along with works from Josef Albers (Hommage to the Square and other) from 26 September 2010 to 09 January 2011. Reinhardt also illustrated the highly influential and controversial pamphlet Races of Mankind (1943) originally intended for distribution to the U. S.

Most famous for his "black" or "ultimate" paintings he claimed to be painting the "last paintings" that anyone can paint. He was also a founding member of the Artist's Club. He wrote and lectured extensively on art and was a major influence on conceptual minimal art and monochrome painting.