Known for toggling between works rooted in painting and more sprawling sculptures and installations, he was always concerned with the histories of objects and materials

Art world figures pay tribute to "one of the most inventive printmakers"

Falckenberg, one of Germany’s most important private art collectors, once said he was drawn to “outsiders and freaks"

A leading figure in the Dansaekhwa movement, he had a profound influence on the teaching of painting and the administration of art studies

A survivor of cancer and an illegal abortion, McNeely channelled her experiences into very personal work

The American artist was long associated with the feminist art movement but resented the label, preferring to form her own critical iconography

The father of the Dansaekhwa movement was known for monochrome works with roots in Buddhist philosophy

Botero re-imagined art historical motifs but also responded to current events, including a series of visceral paintings in response to the Abu Ghraib torture scandal

The management of one of the world's most valuable art collections has now been passed to Paloma Ruiz Picasso, the last of Pablo Picasso's four children

The artist's gallerist recalls a visionary who built creative communities in London and Liverpool and had a profound effect on British popular culture

The death of Jean-Louis Georgelin might hamper efforts to reopen the cathedral by the end of 2024

An expert on Mughal, Rajput and Deccan painting traditions, she was unafraid to address rising nationalism in state-led cultural institutions

Flowers built a global empire from Hong Kong to Hackney and always championed artists

The French painter and memoirist, who worked in Paris, London and the United States, showed elegance and ferocity in her work and a remarkable versatility as a colourist

Marden rose to prominence in the 1960s and 70s, synthesizing elements of Abstract Expressionism, Pop art, Minimalism and more into his own unique idiom

The artist's subversive collage work for the Sex Pistols' single 'God Save The Queen' was a defining image of 1970s protest

The co-founder of The Doc Society and the architect behind numerous films by visual artists was diagnosed with a brain tumour in July

An influential figure in the New York scene of the early 1950s, Sanders spent the latter half of the decade in Europe and consequently was often left out of narratives of the AbEx movement

He was part of a group that saved thousands of artworks during the Second World War from destruction and seizure by the Nazis

Klingender’s body was found in the sea after an apparent boating accident

The dissident Belarusian artist, who once dumped manure in front of Alexander Lukashenko's office, died in prison under "unclear circumstances"

The outspoken leader of three Italian governments between 1994 and 2011 was often publicly critical of contemporary art and architecture projects in Italy

Gilot, whose distinctive figurative paintings span eight decades, infamously dumped the famous Spanish artist

Grounded in the political activism of the 1960s, he wove cultural history, social biography and labour politics into monumental installation art

The chronicler of life in the Soviet Union was known for his "total installations", including a devastated room in a Communist apartment

The film-maker and moving image artist was best known for his boundary-pushing (and, according to some, blasphemous) 1963 film “Scorpio Rising”

Beloved in Chicago, the artist worked in a small corner shop that doubled as his studio

Belgian entrepreneur in fashion, food and art, co-founded the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, in Beijing, with her husband, Guy Ullens

Belafonte cited Pablo Picasso and his artist friend Charles White among the visual and performing artists whose support of social justice movements inspired his activism

Australian comedian and actor was a passionate champion of museums, libraries and the visual arts, and a collector of late 19th-century artists and authors