Remembering Llyn Foulkes, Dawn Little Sky, and Dorothy Vogel
This week, we honor a quintessential LA artist, one of Disney’s first Native artists, a librarian who moonlighted as a collector, and more.
In Memoriam is published every Wednesday afternoon and honors those we recently lost in the art world.
Llyn Foulkes (1934–2025)
Multidisciplinary artist who satirized American culture
Across a seven-decade career, he made paintings, assemblages, and music that used American culture and history as raw material. He held solo exhibitions at the Hammer Museum and the New Museum, as well as blue-chip galleries like David Zwirner and Gagosian. He remained uncompromising in his vision — as curator Paul Schimmel put it, “He preferred to shoot himself in the foot than to be a pawn of the art world."
Read our full obituary here.
Timothy App (1947–2025)
Abstract painter and art professor
His geometric style was distinguished by clean lines, desaturated colors, and exploration of the portal motif. He was a professor at the Maryland Institute College of Art, and his works are in the collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art, the Akron Art Museum, the Phillips Collection in Washington, DC, and more.
Vincent John “Fuzz One” Fedorchak (1962–2025)
New York City graffiti artist
As a kid in the 1970s, he was inspired by the graffiti on buildings and subway cars throughout the Bronx. He began painting under the alias "Popeye" — and "Prince," "Lord138," "Slurp," and countless more — eventually starting his own crew, Freaks at Large (FAL), and showing at galleries internationally.
Douglas Flanders (1950–2025)
Gallerist and father of Minneapolis's art scene
He operated the longest-running gallery in Minneapolis, Unicorn Gallery (eventually Doug Flanders & Associates). He brought in artists like Pablo Picasso, David Hockney, and Judy Chicago, but also championed local artists.
Ward Landrigan (1941–2025)
Head of Sotheby's US jewelry division and chairman of jewelry companies
He became head of Sotheby’s jewelry division in the United States in the 1960s. In 1984, he purchased Verdura, a jewelry company that collaborated with artists like Salvador Dalí.
Sandra Lynne Shannonhouse (1947–2025)
Ceramicist and advocate for the legacy of Bob Arneson
She was an advocate for public art and historic preservation, and represented the estate of her husband, sculptor Bob Arneson. Together, Shannonhouse and Arneson gifted nearly 200 works, many by their Funk movement contemporaries, to the University of California, Davis.
Dawn Little Sky (1930–2025)
Sioux illustrator, teacher, and actress
She was the first Native artist at Walt Disney Studios to paint color cells, transparent sheets used to create animated films, and she acted in film and television. In the 1970s, she became director of the cultural center in Eagle Butte, and began teaching art and culture at Little Wound School in the next decade.
Roger Ling (1942–2025)
British archaeologist and Pompeii scholar
A professor of Classical Art and Archaeology at the University of Manchester, he was known for his scholarship on the Pompeii “insula,” or city block. He authored multiple books on the ancient city, mosaics, Ancient Roman wall painting, and more.
Bob Kauders (d. 2025)
British photographer who spotlighted marginalized communities
He documented the industrial decline of English counties and South Atlantic islands, and received grants to document Birmingham. He exhibited at venues such as the Photographers Gallery in London and the Arnolfini in Bristol.
Tan Chor Whye (1958–2025)
The godfather of Malaysian murals
He was the founder of Can Can Public Art, a street art collective. He created several renowned murals in Penang, Malaysia, that inspired a wave of public art in the city, helping establish it as one of the centers for mural art in the region.
Dorothy Vogel (1935–2025)
Art collector who donated entire collection to the National Gallery of Art
Working as a reference librarian at the Brooklyn Public Library, she and her husband collected works by what were then up-and-coming artists, including Roy Lichtenstein, Cindy Sherman, Lorna Simpson, and Nam June Paik. They never sold a piece, instead donating their whole collection to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.
