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

The artist painted cryptic poems on billboards and walls across New York City

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

The painter, who died in October from ovarian cancer, also turned the first meal of exonerated prisoners into an artwork

Artist who found her subject when trespassing in abandoned houses in San Bernardino, California, and whose formal obsessions included "couches upon couches upon couches"

The last director of the Jakarta History Museum was a leading advocate of the archipelago's traditional arts, crafts and designs

An artist who was always fascinated by new materials, he represented Britain at the Venice Biennale in 1968

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

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

The outsize artist retreated from public attention in his later years, following a diagnosis of dementia in 2015 and accusations of sexual harassment in 2017

The artist was known for years-long, multi-pronged projects based on singular figures—such as her mother or a mysterious man she dubbed “Larry”—and subjects

The Dutch art historian, who worked on the Rembrandt Research Project for 47 years, made radical changes to the study of the Old Master painter

The gallerist was ill at home in Bad Münstereifel, one of the worst-hit towns

After a boozy dinner in Paris, the French conceptual artist proposed the work to David Walsh, the founder of Tasmania’s Museum of Old and New Art—and it has been running for over a decade

The artist, who was born just two weeks after Paris was liberated from Nazi control, was known for work that explored memory, loss and personal as well as cultural history

She saw 'flying art' as a collaboration with wind and light and found ways to 'fly' her kites underwater and in galleries, kept in motion with blown air and mechanical reels

A key figure in Filipino neo-realism, Luz also co-founded and directed many of the country's leading art spaces

The artist’s early life in Germany exploring nature and the devastation and malnutrition his family experienced during the Second World War add personal poignancy to his later children’s books

The Azerbaijani-born artist was one of the Soviet Union's most notable creatives during Khrushchev's cultural thaw

She was a founding member of the Heresies Collective and made activism as well as spirituality a major part of her practice

He was the first living Brazilian artist to have a solo show at the Museum of Modern Art in New York

An early interest in comics never left him, as could be seen in his colourful figurative work that reflected a love of robots and toys, as well as an admiration for El Greco

The activist helped develop perhaps the most well known symbol of HIV and Aids awareness: the red ribbon

The self-made billionaire helped shape the Los Angeles art scene, while clashing with most of its prominent museum leaders

Billionaire art collector, businessman and philanthropist founded the museum that bears his name and helped shore up Disney Concert Hall, Lacma and MOCA

A dedicated mentor, he also delighted in provocative enigmas in wide-ranging mediums

The Norwegian collector took an “early chance” on Damien Hirst and in 2001 bought Jeff Koons’s Michael Jackson and Bubbles sculpture for a then record $5.6m

The restorer expertly honoured the "oneness of a work of art" and always balanced its historical and aesthetic qualities

The sculptor and painter was known for his disarming Alien and Knight sculptures, installed in Greece and abroad

The son of the Sobey’s grocery chain founder was a huge supporter of artists, and helped establish the country’s main art prize