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Remembering Tony Fitzpatrick, Gilles Larrain, and Gabriel Ramírez Aznar
This week, we honor a Chicago stalwart, a photographer of drag culture, a Yucatán painter, and others.
Obituaries
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Agnes Gund, Champion of Arts and Equity, Dies at 87
From her efforts to end mass incarceration to her deep belief in education, the collector and philanthropist advocated for a more compassionate world.
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Robert Grosvenor, Who Refused to Be Defined by Genre, Dies at 88
The artist's six-decade oeuvre encompassed large-scale abstract sculptures that both impressed and perplexed his audiences.
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Rosalyn Drexler, Pop Artist and Polymath, Dies at 98
The painter, Emmy-winning screenwriter, and one-time wrestler probed gender and power in popular culture.
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Raymond Saunders, Who Made the Color Black His Own, Dies at 90
The Bay Area artist integrated chalk notation and assemblage on his idiosyncratic blackboard surfaces, plumbing the depths of lived experience and racial identity.
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Met Museum Trustee Among Victims of Midtown Manhattan Shooting
Wesley LePatner, who was elected to The Met’s board this year, was fatally shot by a gunman in Blackstone’s Park Avenue headquarters.
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Rosalind Fox Solomon, Photographer of Lived Experience, Dies at 95
Her unflinching gaze, which garnered both criticism and praise, confronted some of the most momentous and often painful chapters in global human history.
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Remembering Arnaldo Pomodoro, Who Uncovered Worlds Within Sculptures
The artist and my dear friend, who died this week just before his 99th birthday, was always curious, always carving away at a shiny surface.
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Joel Shapiro, Sculptor of Emotive Figures, Dies at 83
The artist transcended the boundaries of Minimalism with his monumental quasi-abstract works resembling stick figures in motion.
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Cosmetics Billionaire and Arts Patron Leonard Lauder Dies at 92
Lauder, who gifted his collection of Cubist works to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, faced criticism for his family’s political affiliations and support of Israel.
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Art Dealer Daniel Lelong Dies at 92
He collaborated with some of the 20th century’s most well-known artists, including Joan Miró and Francis Bacon, and co-founded galleries in Paris and New York.
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Sebastião Salgado, Unflinching Documentary Photographer, Dies at 81
Spurred on by a desire to document his encounters and surroundings, the Brazilian photographer captured the realities of marginalized people around the world.