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Remembering Photographer Laura Aguilar’s Empathetic, Queer Art
Aguilar, the photographer who captured people's bodies with genuine empathy, died yesterday at the age of 59.
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Katherine Westphal, Fiber Art Pioneer, Dies at 99
In a career that kept her on the move for many years, Westphal was endlessly curious and creative, working in ceramics, quilting, fiber, Xerox, and wearable art.
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Wendell Castle, a Legend of the Furniture and Design Worlds, Dies at 85
Castle was a classically trained craftsman who started making sculptural furniture, broke with traditional techniques, and forged a unique, often-playful aesthetic.
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Remembering Jack Whitten's Vision and Conviction
Whitten, an artist often situated in relation to the legacy of Abstract Expressionism but whose work ranged far beyond, died on January 20 at age 78.
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Kynaston McShine, Curator of Primary Structures, Information, and More, Dies [UPDATED]
McShine, the former Curator at Large of the Museum of Modern Art and Curator of Painting and Sculpture at the Jewish Museum, died at 82.
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Betty Woodman, Pathbreaking Ceramicist, Dies at 87
Though she trained as a craftsperson, Woodman quickly outgrew the conventions of craft and began making powerful, unclassifiable work.
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John Portman, the Architect Who Made Modernist Atriums Sci-fi, Dies at 93
With their enormous atria, elaborate fountains, and glass elevators, John Portman's hotels are straight out of a science fiction movie.
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Artist Tim Rollins Has Died at 62
Through his more than three decades working with the collective KOS (Kids of Survival), Rollins developed a unique model for art as collaboration, activism, and pedagogy.
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Linda Nochlin, Feminist Art Historian Who Changed the Game, Dies at 86
Linda Nochlin, who passed away on Sunday at 86 years old, reconfigured not just the art world, but seemingly all areas of culture.
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Remembering Greg Escalante, a Gallerist and Friend to Artists
One reason that Greg Escalante’s battle with depression remained largely hidden was that he drew attention to himself in order to serve others, especially artists.
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Vito Acconci, Audacious Artist and Experimental Architect, Dies at 77
For a little under two decades, Acconci produced strikingly original and impressionable art, before abandoning it for experimental architecture and design.
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Painter Barkley L. Hendricks Dies at 72
The artist, best known for his bold portraits of Black people, passed away early this morning.