Obituaries
Dan Graham, artist who defied categorisation and was best known for his architectural pavilions, has died, aged 79
The American artist’s work spanned many formats and materials, and was informed by his early desire to become a writer
Jordanian artist Mona Saudi—who made abstract sculptures in stone—has died, aged 76
Several of her works are held in the British Museum collection and a major public work stands outside Paris's Institut du monde arabe
Ignored by the art world until her 80s, abstract artist Carmen Herrera has died, aged 106
Tributes paid to ‘extraordinary artist’ and her dazzling ‘hard-edge’ works
Remembering Richard Rogers, Centre Pompidou architect who waded into the culture wars with his unique, hi-tech style
Anglo-Italian architect was responsible for numerous landmark buildings around the world including the Lloyd's insurance building in London
John Sainsbury, former supermarket boss and major patron of British museums, has died aged 94
Benefactors of his gifts include London's National Gallery, Tate Britain, Dulwich Picture Gallery, the British Museum, the Ashmolean Museum and the Royal Opera House
Berlin art dealer suspected of cheating clients has died
Michael Schultz was arrested in 2019 but died before he could be prosecuted
Remembering Michel Strauss, Impressionist supremo at Sotheby’s over four decades
Expert from a French collecting dynasty saw first-hand the fast-changing art world of the 1960s and helped British Rail create its renowned collection
Wayne Thiebaud, painter of lush desserts and disorienting cityscapes, has died, aged 101
Though he was often lumped in with the Pop artists who also rose to prominence in the 1960s, Thiebaud’s sensibility was distinctive, his appeal uniquely enduring
Frederick C. Baldwin, co-founder of Houston’s FotoFest, remembered for championing 'global vision' of photography
Baldwin, who has died at the age of 92, was a “shining example of generosity” driven by his experience of the Civil Rights Movement
Richard Rogers—Centre Pompidou architect who put a 'spaceship in the middle of Paris'—dies aged 88
He won the Pritzker Prize in 2007 for having "revolutionised museums"
Considering Greg Tate’s transformative impact on cultural criticism
The writer, musician and professor, who died earlier this month, wrote some of the most influential and creative art criticism of the past half-century
Lawrence Weiner, conceptual artist known for large and poetic text interventions, has died, aged 79
The artist’s trademark interventions, often consisting of graphic elements and enigmatic phrases, are among the most distinctive bodies of work in contemporary art
Bauhaus, Baroque and Marcel Duchamp: Virgil Abloh's life in art
The fashion designer, who died on Sunday at the age of 41, had exhibitions at some of the world's leading art institutions and collaborated with major contemporary artists
Remembering Patrick Reyntiens, a pivotal artist in the history of stained glass
After making his name on historic projects at Coventry Cathedral and Metropolitan Cathedral in Liverpool, he became an innovative practitioner and influential teacher
Dave Hickey, influential critic who saw art as inseparable from everyday life, has died aged 82
He prized accessible writing and paired discussions of sports and food with his artistic analyses in widely read books like ‘The Invisible Dragon’ and ‘Air Guitar’
Remembering Desideria Pasolini Dall'Onda, who battled to protect Italy's ecology and cultural heritage
Writer, translator of Virginia Woolf, and historian of gardening and farming she became a champion of conservation by co-founding Italia Nostra
‘A master of fire and light’: Quebec-born abstractionist Rita Letendre has died aged 93
The much-honoured artist created bold public works in Toronto and had a major retrospective at the Art Gallery of Ontario in 2017
Latif Al Ani, who photographed Iraq’s mid-century modernising, has died aged 89
The photographer’s images of a cosmopolitan Baghdad before the rise of Saddam Hussein have been rediscovered in recent years
'Humanity is not a completed project': Remembering Jimmie Durham (1940-2021)
Durham, who controversially claimed Cherokee heritage, took a humorous and anti-monumental approach to sculpture
Jimmie Durham, artist-activist who made work on Native American themes, has died aged 81
American artist who self-identified as Cherokee and advocated for Indigenous rights through his work, has passed away in Berlin
‘Passion and compassion in her poetry and painting’—tributes paid to Lebanese artist Etel Adnan who has died, aged 96
The writer and abstract artist currently has an exhibition on at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York
Achim Borchardt-Hume (1965-2021): an appreciation
The untimely death of the distinguished Tate Modern curator, who died last week at the age of 56, "leaves an enormous gap", writes former Tate director Nicholas Serota
Lance De Los Reyes, graffiti artist known as Rambo, has died, aged 44
The artist painted cryptic poems on billboards and walls across New York City
Remembering Owen Luder, architect whose gifts ran far wider than the Brutalist landmarks he is known for
Two of his most famous buildings, the Tricorn Centre in Portsmouth and the Trinity Car Park and Shopping Centre in Gateshead, were demolished earlier this century
Shortly before her death, artist Julie Green concludes 21-year project depicting the final suppers of US death row inmates
The painter, who died in October from ovarian cancer, also turned the first meal of exonerated prisoners into an artwork
Remembering Kaari Upson, Los Angeles artist who created The Larry Project, a seven-year-long series exploring the life of a mysterious stranger
Artist who found her subject when trespassing in abandoned houses in San Bernardino, California, and whose formal obsessions included "couches upon couches upon couches"
Soedarmadji Jean Henry Damais, Indonesian curator and historian, dies aged 78
The last director of the Jakarta History Museum was a leading advocate of the archipelago's traditional arts, crafts and designs
Remembering Phillip King, a prolific New Generation sculptor whose career as an artist and a teacher spanned more than six decades
An artist who was always fascinated by new materials, he represented Britain at the Venice Biennale in 1968
Former Bonhams owner Robert Brooks dies
The ambitious auctioneer started out in car racing before going into art and antiques, eventually retiring to his farm near Exmoor to rear a herd of beef cattle
Chuck Close, artist of monumental pictures and a monumental fall, dies at 81
The debate over the artist's place in post-1970 history, quiet since allegations against him were made in 2017, is sure to gather steam