Alfred Leslie: Leading New York Beat Painter And Filmmaker Dies Aged 95
The leading New York ‘Beat’ Painter and filmmaker Alfred Leslie has died aged 95. Leslie was born in the Bronx in 1927 and lived and worked in Manhattan.
31 January 2023
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Marilyn Stafford Trailblazing Photographer Dies Aged 97 – Claudia Barbieri
Like many women artists of her generation, the photographer Marilyn Stafford, who died on January 2 aged 97, won public recognition late in life
7 January 2023
Michael Snow Canadian Sculptor And Experimental Filmmaker Dies Aged 94
Michael Snow Canadian artist who worked in various media, including film, installation, sculpture, photography, and music, has died aged 94
6 January 2023
Philip Pearlstein American Realist Figurative Painter Dies Aged 98
Philip Pearlstein (May 24, 1924 – December 17, 2022) an American painter best known for his Realist nude paintings that rivalled Lucian Freud has died aged 98.
18 December 2022
Tom Phillips RA Creator Of A Humument A Continually Evolving Artwork Dies
The British artist Tom Phillips RA has died. Phillips was born in London in 1937. He attended St Catherine’s College, Oxford, in 1957, where he read English
2 December 2022
Ashley Bickerton Leading Neo-Geo Artist Dies Aged 63
The Neo-Geo Artist Ashley Bickerton (May 26, 1959 – November 30, 2022) has died in Bali after a protracted illness.
1 December 2022
Lee Bontecou Pioneer American Sculptor And Printmaker Dies Aged 91
Lee Bontecou, whose mysterious shaped canvas abstractions broke barriers in the 1960s, has died at her home in Florida, aged 91
9 November 2022
Pierre Soulages Master Of Textural Black Abstractions Dies Aged 102
Pierre Soulages French artist internationally known as “the painter of black and light,” has died aged 102.
27 October 2022
Bruce Nauman: Paradoxical By Nature – Pirelli HangarBicocca – Nico Kos Earle
At Bruce Nauman’s first MoMA retrospective in 1995, the art critic Robert Hughes said “no show was ever noisier…” but concluded that Nauman…
21 September 2022
Raymond Briggs Creator Of The Snowman Dies Aged 88 – Issey Miyake Japanese fashion designer Dies Aged 84 – Peter Waldron British Abstract Painter Dies Aged 80
In a town not unfamiliar with colourful personalities, Peter Waldron was for several decades one of the most familiar figures about the streets and pubs of Hastings Old Town
9 August 2022
Claes Oldenburg Proto New York Pop Artist Dies Aged 93
Claes Oldenburg, the first-wave Pop Artist who turned everyday objects into hard and soft sculptures, has died aged 93.
18 July 2022
Margaret Keane Kitsch Painter Of Big Eyed Children Dies Aged 94
The painter Margaret Keane, creator of melancholy portraits of big-eyed children, popular in the late 1950s-1960s, has died aged 94.
30 June 2022
Sam Gilliam Pioneering African American Painter Dies Aged 88
One of the great innovators of postwar American art, Sam Gilliam, has died aged 88.
27 June 2022
Paula Rego: A Generation’s Defining Figurative Painter Dies Aged 87
Dame Paula Rego, one of the finest UK based figurative painters of her generation, has died suddenly in London aged 87.
8 June 2022
Donald Baechler Seminal NY 1980s Painter Dies Age 65
Donald Baechler, who died in April, was one of the most promising artists of the 1980s.
10 May 2022
Hermann Nitsch Austrian Multidisciplinary Artist Dies Age 83
The Nitsch Foundation, has announced the sad news of Hermann Nitsch’s death at age 83 on April 18, 2022. Nitsch… Read More
24 April 2022
Delfina Foundation Founder Delfina Entrecanales Dies Age 94
The Delfina Foundation has announced the death of its founder, Delfina Entrecanales CBE, at the age of 94. Over the… Read More
3 April 2022
Grenville Davey Turner Prize Winning Sculptor Dies
Grenville Davey, the Turner Prize-winning sculptor, has died at age 60. He was born in Launceston, Cornwall
6 March 2022
Dan Graham Groundbreaking Conceptual Artist Dies Age 79
The artist, Dan Graham, has died over the weekend in New York. Graham’s influence over the past half-century as a… Read More
20 February 2022
Carmen Herrera Cuban American Artist Dies Age 106
Carmen Herrera (1915 – 2022) The Cuban-born, American artist has died at the age of 106, only months before her… Read More
14 February 2022
Kohei Yoshiyuki Photographer Who Explored Voyeurism And Surveillance Dies Age 76
Kohei Yoshiyuki (Japan, b. 1946-2022) ignited furious debate about photography’s relationship with voyeurism and surveillance.
2 February 2022
NFTs Sales Set To Match Global Art Trade Total – John Salt Photorealist Painter Dies Aged 84 – Gainsborough Blue Boy Returns
NFTs Sales Set To Match Global Art Trade Total – John Salt Photorealist Painter Dies Aged 84 – Gainsborough Blue Boy Returns
10 January 2022
Wayne Thiebaud American Proto-Pop Painter Dies Age 101
Tributes have been pouring in for the American artist Wayne Thiebaud who died yesterday in Sacramento, California age 101.
26 December 2021
Richard Rogers Iconic Architect Of High Tech Movement Dies Age 88
Richard Rogers, one of the most highly regarded architects of his generation, has died at age 88.
19 December 2021
Lawrence Weiner Conceptual Art Movement Godfather Dies
Lawrence Weiner, one of the leading godfathers of the Conceptual art movement, has died, in New York, age 79
3 December 2021
Dame Elizabeth Blackadder Lyrical Scottish Painter Dies Age 89
Elizabeth Blackadder RA, RSA one of Scotland’s greatest artists, has died, age 89. She was born in Falkirk in 1931.
26 August 2021
Pioneering Photorealist Painter Chuck Close Dead At 81
The pioneering Photorealist painter Chuck Close has died at age 81. The artist was best known for his unforgiving portraits.
20 August 2021
Eric Carle Artist Illustrator Of Very Hungry Caterpillar Dies Age 91
Eric Carle, the much-loved artist, illustrator, and writer has died at his summer studio in Northampton, Massachusetts. He was 91.
27 May 2021
Eli Broad Philanthropist And Art Collector Dies Age 87
The Philanthropist and entrepreneur Eli Broad, who co-founded with his wife Edye the contemporary art museum, The Broad, in LA has died age 87.
1 May 2021
David McCabe Who Documented Warhol’s Factory For A Year Dies
David McCabe, who has died at age 80, was best-know for his photos taken over a year, documenting Andy Warhol’s Factory.
24 March 2021
Duggie Fields British Artist And Fashion Icon Dies Age 75
Duggie Fields, who died yesterday, was one of the new figurative painters that defined Britain in the 1970s and 80s. His work was internationally influential, especially his graphic sensibility.
8 March 2021
Richard L. Feigen High Profile Art Dealer Dead From COVID Age 90
Richard L. Feigen (August 8, 1930-January 29, 2021) one of the world-leaders in Old Master painting as well as German Expressionism to Francis Bacon, Joseph Cornell, Joseph Beuys, and John Baldessari has died of a COVID related illness at age 90.
1 February 2021