4 May 2017
A. R. Penck German Painter Known For His Pictographic Neo-primitivist Style Dies
A. R. Penck, the German painter, printmaker, sculptor, and jazz drummer has died age 77.
Vito Acconci Seminal Performance Art Pioneer Dies Age 77
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.
7 April 2017
Glenn O’Brien NY Art Journalist And Style Guru Dies Age 70
Glenn O’Brien, the NY art writer and style guru has died age 70.
2 April 2017
James Rosenquist First Wave US Pop Artist Dies Age 83
James Rosenquist, a first wave pioneer of Pop Art has died in New York. He was 83.
Howard Hodgkin A Road Trip Through India By Paul Carter Robinson
I met Howard Hodgkin in New York at the opening of his first US solo show at the Jill Kornblee Gallery, when I had just turned 18. As a first-year Fine Art student at the Boston Museum School, I had travelled down to NY with Stuart Cary Welch a Professor at Harvard, who by special arrangement with the Museum School and Tufts allowed […]
Sir Howard Hodgkin RA Sumptuous Colourist Dies Age 84
The English painter Sir Howard Hodgkin has died in London aged 84. Howard was born 6 August in 1932 in Hammersmith, London.
2 March 2017
Gustav Metzger Creator Of Auto-Destructive Art Dies In London Aged 90
Gustav Metzger, (1926–2017) creator of “auto-destructive art,” has died in London age ninety.
17 February 2017
Jannis Kounellis Arte Povera Associated Artist Dies At 80
The artist Jannis Kounellis, who was best known for his association with the Arte Povera movement has died in Rome, aged 80. Born in Piraeus, Greece in 1936, favourite the age of 20 he moved to Rome and studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, where he continued to live and work. His first solo exhibition in 1960 at La Tartaruga gallery exhibited 12 live horses. The work was recently recreated by New York’s Gavin Brown’s Enterprise in June 2015.
Photographer Lord Snowdon Husband Of Princess Margaret Dies Age 86
Lord Snowdon the Royal photographer who was married to Princess Margaret, sister of Queen Elizabeth II, from 1960 to 1978 has died age 87.