
Jonas Mekas Avant-Garde Filmmaker/Influencer Dies Age 96
Jonas Mekas, avant-garde filmmaker, curator and visual art influencer has died at his home in Brooklyn age 96.
23 January 2019
Jonas Mekas, avant-garde filmmaker, curator and visual art influencer has died at his home in Brooklyn age 96.
23 January 2019
I first encountered Sister Wendy Beckett in the pages of ‘Modern Painters’, the art magazine founded by the art critic Peter Fuller which ‘celebrated the critical imagination; stood up for aesthetic values and had a particular focus on British art.’
26 December 2018
The celebrated art historian and nun Sister Wendy Beckett has died at the age of 88, it has been announced. In the 1990s she became one of the most unlikely television stars, the BBC said on their website.
26 December 2018
Robert Morris, who died this week was a highly influential American sculptor, conceptual artist and writer. He was regarded as… Read More
30 November 2018
The West Coast Pop Artist Mel Ramos (born July 24, 1935) has died in California, age 83. He was best known as an American figurative painter
17 October 2018
The first Turner Prize winner, the painter Malcolm Morley, has died at age 86.
5 June 2018
The American Pop Artist Robert Indiana has died at his home in Vinalhaven, Maine he was 89.
22 May 2018
Yesterday the art world not only lost one of its finest and most loved abstract painters, but I lost a great friend.
12 April 2018
Gillian Ayres was one of the leading British abstract painters of her generation has died age 88.
11 April 2018
Judy Blame the artist, designer and style icon credited with changing the face of London culture in the 1980s and 90s has died age 58. Blame had a retrospective at the ICA covering both his work as an artist and stylist in 2016.
21 February 2018
Hugh Mendes has created his most controversial image to date, for his latest exhibition, a group show at CHARLIE SMITH LONDON.
17 February 2018
Jef Geys (born Leopoldsburg, Belgium,1934) known for his installations, photography and conceptual work has died age 83.
13 February 2018
The African American painter Jack Whitten has died age 78. His gallery Hauser & Wirth put out the following statement on Sunday.
23 January 2018
ED MOSES the pioneering West Coast artist has died age 91.
19 January 2018
Betty Woodman (b. 1930, Norwalk, Connecticut, USA) has died age 87, on 2 January. Woodman was a highly respected Feminist painter and ceramicist.
3 January 2018
Dearly Departed: 2017 has been a momentous year with a first-rate Documenta and Venice Biennale. The year introduced us to a number of new emerging artists as well as the sad reality of losing some of the great talents of our generation both young and old. Here are some of the Artists and Art World Figures we have lost in the past year.
29 December 2017
The artist Tim Rollins has died at age 62. He co-founded the Manhattan group Art Material in 1979 with Julie Ault and Félix González-Torres.
27 December 2017
Pierre Bergé, a leading figure of France’s cultural elite has died age 86. The partner of Yves Saint Laurent for many years and a powerhouse figure in Fashion Berge was also a first rate Art collector.
8 September 2017
Dr. Martin Roth the former director of the Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A) has died age 62. He recently stepped down after five years at the helm.
7 August 2017
Monika Pon-Su-San the stunning model/sitter behind the1950s kitsch classic the Green Lady or The Chinese Girl as it was officially titled has died in South Africa aged 86.
28 June 2017
Khadija Saye was amazingly talented, and her determination to study photography at university overcame challenging social conditions and an environment that could easily have held her back. I was lucky enough to have taught Khadija during her undergraduate studies 2010 – 13.
26 June 2017
The British Photographer Khadija Saye has died aged 24.She has officially been confirmed as a Victim of the Grenfell Tower Block Fire which has so far claimed nearly 50 lives.
17 June 2017
A. R. Penck, the German painter, printmaker, sculptor, and jazz drummer has died age 77.
4 May 2017
The New York-born Brooklyn-based conceptual and performance artist Vito Acconci has died age 77. He is best known for his seminal performances art.
28 April 2017
Barkley Hendricks the well known African American painter and photographer who evoked the spirit of everyday Black people, in his life-size portraits has died age 72.
23 April 2017
Glenn O’Brien, the NY art writer and style guru has died age 70.
7 April 2017
James Rosenquist, a first wave pioneer of Pop Art has died in New York. He was 83. He began his career as a sign-painter
2 April 2017
I met Howard Hodgkin in New York at the opening of his first US solo show at the Jill Kornblee… Read More
13 March 2017
The English painter Sir Howard Hodgkin has died in London aged 84. Howard was born 6 August in 1932 in Hammersmith, London.
9 March 2017
Gustav Metzger, (1926–2017) creator of “auto-destructive art,” has died in London aged ninety. Metzger made a number of works
2 March 2017
The artist Jannis Kounellis, who was best known for his association with the Arte Povera movement has died in Rome, aged 80.
17 February 2017
Lord Snowdon the Royal photographer who was married to Princess Margaret, sister of Queen Elizabeth II, from 1960 to 1978
13 January 2017