Anger plumbed the depths of the dark side of humanity and of the film medium’s potential to make both angels and demons.
Obituaries
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Alfredo Arreguín, Painter of Myth and Memory, Dies at 88
The Mexican-American artist sampled from the jungles of his childhood and the lush landscapes of his adult life to create dreamlike canvases.
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Kwame Brathwaite, “Black Is Beautiful” Photographer, Dies at 85
Throughout his six-decade career, Brathwaite harnessed the power of photography to recalibrate the public understanding of Blackness.
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Vivan Sundaram, Veteran Indian Contemporary Artist, Dies at 79
Sundaram is celebrated for his multidisciplinary studio practice steeped in activism and political consciousness.
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Phyllida Barlow, Sculptor of the “Nonmonumental,” Dies at 78
The British sculptor found international acclaim in the early 2010s after retiring from a successful teaching career.
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Philip Pearlstein, Whose Paintings “Rescued the Human Figure,” Dies at 98
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
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
“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
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
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
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
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.
