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Simone Forti, Artist of Movement and Chance, Dies at 91
The Italian-born choreographer and performance artist mixed boundless curiosity with a formal rigor across a broad creative spectrum that spanned New York, Los Angeles, and Rome.
Obituary
In Memoriam
Remembering Betelhem Makonnen, Betye Saar, and Keith A. Morrison
This week, we honor an explorer of diasporic consciousness, a revolutionary assemblage artist, and the first Black dean of art in the US.
Obituary
Betye Saar, Who Opened Portals Between Worlds, Dies at 99
Her visionary assemblages recast the debris of American history into monuments of Black resilience and liberation.
In Memoriam
Remembering Christine Borland, John Will, and Astrid Furnival
This week, we honor an artist who explored human fragility through science, a pioneering British textile artist, and a champion of digital art.
In Memoriam
Remembering Bruno Lucchesi, Pat Oliphant, and Edward Lucie-Smith
This week, we honor a figurative sculptor, a political cartoonist who revolutionized the form, and a prolific poet and writer.
In Memoriam
Remembering Yervant Gianikian, Valerie Brathwaite, and Jerry Moriarty
This week, we honor a giant of 20th-century cinema, a sculptor of the natural world, and a self-described “paintoonist.”
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Valerie Brathwaite, Abstract Sculptor of the Natural World, Dies at 87
The artist found inspiration in the geography, vegetation, and wildlife of her home countries of Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela.
In Memoriam
Remembering Rune Mields, Onai Quiñonez, and Song Burnsoo
This week, we honor a German artist who plumbed the depths of geometry, a Venezuelan painter, and a Korean museum director and printmaker.
In Memoriam
Remembering Frayda Feldman, James Wagner, and Melodee Strong
This week, we honor an Andy Warhol print expert, a tireless art collector, and a beloved Minneapolis muralist.
Obituary
James Wagner, Insatiable Art Collector, Dies at 85
“His pursuit of knowledge knew no bounds, and he represented the very best of what might be considered the true collector’s spirit,” says artist Man Bartlett.
In Memoriam
Remembering David Hockney, Duane Michals, and Danny Simmons
This week, we honor a painter who made the everyday otherworldly, a poet-photographer, and a champion of Black artists.
Obituary
Painter David Hockney, Who Made the Everyday Otherworldly, Dies at 88
His work over a prolific six decades ranged from psychologically precise portraits to luminous depictions of California pool sides.