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.
24 April 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 was known as a multidisciplinary artist, an actionist, painter, graphic artist and composer. He was unable to attend the opening of his show at the 59th Venice Biennale because of a serious illness. The exhibition […]
3 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 last four decades, through her two eponymous initiatives, The Delfina Studio Trust and its successor Delfina Foundation, Delfina Entrecanales has supported nearly 1,000 artists and art practitioners to experiment, research, develop, produce and present their […]
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, in 1961 and studied at Exeter College of Art and Design until 1982, graduating from Goldsmiths College in 1985. He won the Turner Prize in 1992 for the continuing development of his sculpture, as seen in shows held […]
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 writer, photographer, architect, sculptor, filmmaker and performance artist is a great loss to the contemporary art world. Since the 1960s his groundbreaking endeavours in video, installation and audience participation – including such legendary and confrontational […]
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 May birthday. She died peacefully in her sleep at her apartment and studio in New York, where she had lived and worked since 1967, for much of that time with her husband Jesse Loewenthal, who […]
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. His exhibition at the Open Eye Gallery during the 2012 Liverpool Biennale exposed him to a wider UK audience. His blurred stills are explicit but barely legible creating a dark voyeuristic experience Yoshiyuki was a young commercial photographer in Tokyo in […]
10 January 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
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Art Industry Deaths 2020 – In Memoriam – Artlyst
In Memoriam Art Industry Deaths. Here is a roundup to honour the artists, curators and designers that passed away in 2020.
David Medalla Multidisciplinary Filipino Artist Dies Age 78
The multidisciplinary artist, David Medalla b.1942 in the Philippines, has died age 78.
Robert Bechtle First Wave American Photorealist Painter Dies Age 88
Robert Bechtle who has died age 88 was an American painter and printmaker born in San Francisco in 1932. He lived all his life in the Bay Area. His practice focused on snapshots from everyday life, mostly his own life.
12 September 2020
Sir Terence Conran Designer And Design Museum Founder Dies
Sir Terence Conran, designer, philanthropist and founder of the Design Museum, has passed away, Saturday 12 September, he was 88 years old.
30 August 2020
Frank Dunphy Damien Hirst’s Financial Advisor And Manager Dies Age 82
Frank Dunphy, the man behind Damien Hirst and many leading YBAs financial success has died age 82.
31 May 2020
Christo Artist Who Wrapped The Reichstag Dies Age 84
The sad news that the larger than life artist Christo passed away aged 84 was announced on his website on 31 May.
Artist Susan Rothenberg Has Died Age 75
The American contemporary painter, printmaker, sculptor, and draughtswoman Susan Rothenberg has died age 75. She was best known for her iconic images of horses in which she melded abstraction with representation.
Germano Celant Arte Povera Champion Dies From COVID19 Age 80
Germano Celant (1940-2020) the Italian art historian, critic and curator who coined the term ” Arte Povera ” (poor art) in 1967 has died from complications due to the COVID19 virus, age 80.
Sue Davies Founder Of The Photographers’ Gallery Dies Aged 87
Sue Davies, who founded The Photographers’ Gallery in London’s Covent Garden in 1971 has died age 87.
24 March 2020
Paul Kasmin Formative Contemporary Art Dealer Dies Age 60
The London-born dealer PAUL KASMIN (1960–2020) has died in New York after a protracted illness. The gallery released the following statement.
Ulay: Marina Abramović Creative Collaborator Dies
Frank Uwe Laysiepen, AKA Ulay, Conceptual artist and long-term creative partner of Marina Abramović, has died age 76. Born in Germany and based in Ljubljana since 2009.
John Baldessari Conceptual Art Pioneer Dies Age 88
John Anthony Baldessari (June 17, 1931 – January 5, 2020) was an American conceptual artist known for his work featuring found photography and appropriated images.
Terry O’Neill The Photographer Who Defined A Generation Remembered – Chalkie Davies
The world-renowned photographer Terry O’Neill has passed away following a long battle with prostate cancer; He was 81 years old.