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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.
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Billy Al Bengston, LA Painter With a Contrarian Streak, Dies at 88
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
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
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
“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
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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Claes Oldenburg, Whose Sculptures Transformed the Everyday, Dies at 93
Oldenburg seduced viewers with his iconic, foam-filled “soft sculptures” and massive public artworks that made mundane objects suddenly magical.
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Sam Gilliam, Groundbreaking Abstractionist, Dies at 88
At a time when many Black artists turned to figuration, Gilliam harnessed the power of abstraction, freeing the canvas from its support.
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Artist Paula Rego, Who Focalized Women's Power and Suffering, Dies at 87
Her approach to figuration was influenced by Surrealism and Magical Realism while containing a storybook quality inspired by fairytales and folklore.
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Carmen Herrera, Celebrated Cuban-American Geometric Artist, Is Dead At 106
The long-overlooked artist received her first museum survey at age 83.
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Clark Richert, One of Colorado's Most Prominent Artists, Dies at 80
“He asked a lot of questions and cared about what younger generations thought and were experiencing," said artist Joseph Coniff, a former student of Richert's.