Peter Phillips British Pop Art Trailblazer Dies Aged 86

Peter Phillips British Pop Art Trailblazer Dies Aged 86

Peter Phillips, a founding figure of British Pop Art whose vibrant, iconoclastic canvases helped define a new visual language for Post-War Britain, has died at the age of 86. His family confirmed the news in a statement released on 2nd July. Born in Birmingham in...
Marisa Merz Exponent Of Arte Povera Movement Dies Age 93

Marisa Merz Exponent Of Arte Povera Movement Dies Age 93

Marisa Merz (born 1931, Turin, Italy) the only woman artist closely associated with the Arte Povera movement has died age 93. Her 2013 exhibition which inaugurated the Serpentine Sackler Gallery in London was highly regarded. It included a selection of sculptures,...
James Rosenquist First Wave US Pop Artist Dies Aged 83

James Rosenquist First Wave US Pop Artist Dies Aged 83

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 but with his special talent for painting photographic imagery soon found a place in history with contemporaries Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein and...