
Jo Baer Best Known For Her Hard-Edge Minimalist Paintings Dies Aged 95
Jo Baer, the celebrated American painter who revolutionised Minimalist abstraction before charting a bold course into figuration, has died at… Read More
23 January 2025
Jo Baer, the celebrated American painter who revolutionised Minimalist abstraction before charting a bold course into figuration, has died at… Read More
23 January 2025
The visionary photographer Oliviero Toscani, best known for his controversial photo campaigns for the Italian fashion brand Benetton, died aged 82…
15 January 2025
The Swiss-born billionaire/socialite Jocelyn Wildenstein, who transcended tabloid headlines, has died aged 84. Her dramatic life and surgically altered visage… Read More
4 January 2025
Lorraine O’Grady, a pioneering conceptual artist whose bold works challenged the conventions of Contemporary Art while fiercely advocating for the representation of Black women, has… Read More
14 December 2024
Dorothy Lichtenstein, a prominent figure in the contemporary art world, has died at the age of 84. She is widely… Read More
9 July 2024
Richard Serra, a towering figure in contemporary art, has died at the age of 85. Serra was born in San Francisco, California, on November 2, 1938.
27 March 2024
Günter Brus, the pioneering Austrian artist known for his exploration of the human body and his profound contributions to Viennese… Read More
14 February 2024
Carl Andre, a central figure in the Minimalist Movement, since the 1960s, has died (January 24) in a Manhattan hospice facility at 88. Paula Cooper his Gallerist has confirmed his death.
25 January 2024
Brice Marden seminal American artist known for his significant contributions to abstract painting and his unique exploration of colour, form, and surface, has died aged 84.
11 August 2023
Phyllida Barlow was a much-loved teacher at the Slade for nearly half a century. She had several illustrious students, including… Read More
13 March 2023
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
Pierre Soulages French artist internationally known as “the painter of black and light,” has died aged 102.
27 October 2022
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
One of the great innovators of postwar American art, Sam Gilliam, has died aged 88.
27 June 2022
Dame Paula Rego, one of the finest UK based figurative painters of her generation, has died suddenly in London aged 87.
8 June 2022
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
Grenville Davey, the Turner Prize-winning sculptor, has died at age 60. He was born in Launceston, Cornwall
6 March 2022
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
Tributes have been pouring in for the American artist Wayne Thiebaud who died yesterday in Sacramento, California age 101.
26 December 2021
Lawrence Weiner, one of the leading godfathers of the Conceptual art movement, has died, in New York, age 79
3 December 2021
Artist Etel Adnan Dies – John Singer Sargent Painting At Risk – Anish Kapoor To Exhibit At Gallerie dell’Accademia In Venice
15 November 2021
The Prado, Spain’s leading Museum, has downgraded the Salvator Mundi, a controversial painting attributed to Leonardo da Vinci.
12 November 2021
Elizabeth Blackadder RA, RSA one of Scotland’s greatest artists, has died, age 89. She was born in Falkirk in 1931.
26 August 2021
Richard Nonas Post-Minimalist sculptor Dies – Victoria Pomery To Leave Turner Contemporary – Banksy Loses Second Copyright Battle
27 May 2021
Eric Carle, the much-loved artist, illustrator, and writer has died at his summer studio in Northampton, Massachusetts. He was 91.
27 May 2021
The multidisciplinary artist, David Medalla b.1942 in the Philippines, has died age 78.
29 December 2020
Frank Dunphy, the man behind Damien Hirst and many leading YBAs financial success has died age 82.
30 August 2020
The sad news that the larger than life artist Christo passed away aged 84 was announced on his website on 31 May.
31 May 2020
The London-born dealer PAUL KASMIN (1960–2020) has died in New York after a protracted illness. The gallery released the following statement.
24 March 2020
John Anthony Baldessari (June 17, 1931 – January 5, 2020) was an American conceptual artist known for his work featuring found photography and appropriated images.
5 January 2020
One of the most influential photographers of the 20th Century, Robert Frank, (November 9, 1924 – September 9, 2019) has died at… Read More
10 September 2019
Post-script: This piece was initially intended as a review of the exhibition ‘Takis’Tate Modern. Sadly, since the time of writing the artist has passed away, on the morning of the 9th of August. This piece has subsequently been revised as something of a tribute to a singular figure of contemporary art.
10 August 2019