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Philip Pearlstein, Whose Paintings “Rescued the Human Figure,” Dies at 98

Avatar photo by Elaine Velie December 20, 2022December 21, 2022

Pearlstein made a mark on the course of art history by depicting unromanticized views of the human body at a time when such realism was unpopular.

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Brian O’Doherty, Paradigm-Shifting Artist and Writer, Dies at 94

Avatar photo by Lucy Cotter November 9, 2022November 9, 2022

Through his groundbreaking concepts of the “alternative art space” and the “white cube,” O’Doherty forged the framework for institutional critique.

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Lee Bontecou, Artist of Delightfully Uncategorizable Sculptures, Dies at 91

Avatar photo by Jasmine Liu November 9, 2022November 10, 2022

“I just got tired of sculpture as a big thing in the middle of a room,” the artist once said, adding that she “wanted it to go into space.”

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Pierre Soulages, “Painter of Black,” Dies at 102

Avatar photo by Jasmine Liu October 26, 2022October 26, 2022

His oeuvre was an archive of his journey to understand black pigment’s primordial origins and its paradoxical role as a portal to light.

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Rodney Graham, Who Bridged the Absurd and Conceptual, Dies at 73

Avatar photo by Jasmine Liu October 25, 2022October 26, 2022

During his more than 50-year-long career, Graham pushed the limits of documentary and fiction.

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Art Critic Peter Schjeldahl Dies at 80

Avatar photo by Jasmine Liu October 21, 2022October 24, 2022

With little formal training in art history or practice, Schjeldahl dove into criticism simply out of a passion for art.

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Artist Silke Otto-Knapp, Who Made Watercolor “Dance,” Dies at Age 52

by Rhea Nayyar October 11, 2022October 11, 2022

The artist and beloved professor of painting and drawing at UCLA’s School of the Arts and Architecture had battled ovarian cancer for two years.

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Billy Al Bengston, LA Painter With a Contrarian Streak, Dies at 88

by Matt Stromberg October 10, 2022October 11, 2022

In his hard-edged abstractions, Bengston made the direct center of his paintings the focal point, a cardinal sin according to his art school teachers.

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Art Gallerist and Patron Virginia Dwan Dies at 90

Avatar photo by Emily Wilson September 14, 2022September 15, 2022

Dwan helped pave the way when women-owned galleries were not so easy to find, or run.

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Jean-Luc Godard, Who Defined the French New Wave, Dies at 91

by Jake Cole September 13, 2022September 13, 2022

The director’s six-decade career was an ever-adapting project to examine cinema’s relationship to the other arts and its inherent aesthetic and moral responsibilities.

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Carole Caroompas, Whose Work Challenged the LA Art Scene, Dies at 76

by Matt Stromberg August 10, 2022August 17, 2022

“She dug into what she was fascinated by and obsessed with: things that existed on the periphery, people who didn’t follow the rules,” said one of her friends.

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Lourdes Grobet, Iconic Mexican Photographer of Lucha Libre, Dies at 81

by Matt Stromberg July 25, 2022July 26, 2022

Her decades-long devotion to the world of wrestling is all the more noteworthy considering that her father forbade her from attending matches as a child, deeming them an inappropriate pastime for women.

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