Obituaries
Jean Paul Barbier-Mueller, ‘gentleman collector’ of ethnographic art, has died aged 86
Together with his wife Monique Mueller, the Swiss collector built one of the largest private holdings of Pre-Columbian, African and Oceanic objects in Europe
Giles Waterfield: Novelist, scholar and champion of struggling museums and the stately homes of England
Satirical material was visited upon him and he responded with more thought to entertaining his audience than to doing justice to his achievements
Giles Waterfield, the director who modernised Dulwich Picture Gallery, has died
Art historian, independent curator and lecturer, he wrote eruditely and amusingly about museums
Dario Fo: the life and death of an ideological jester, whose plays lampooned inequality and corruption
Fo spent his life whipping up jolly storms, claiming “freedom of opinion and happiness of existence through rage and laughter”
Berlin-based Syrian artist Marwan dies aged 82
Painter who created “face landscapes” has works in major public collections around the world
Christoph Graf Douglas, an urbane, aristocratic dealer and cultural diplomat
He was closely involved in noble houses’ restitution claims after German reunification
Hassan Sharif, the godfather of conceptual art in the Gulf, has died
Emirati who created constructivist drawings and performance pieces in the desert was “probably the greatest artist from the UAE”<br>
Marc Riboud, the photographer who wanted to picture life 'as intensely as possible'
The photographer did not believe photography could change the world—but it could reveal its changes
Renata and Michal Hornstein
The philanthropist couple, who escaped the Nazis in Poland, enriched Montreal’s Museum of Fine Arts
Sixth Duke of Westminster leaves one of the most important Old Master collections in the UK
Many of the works owned by Gerald Grosvenor, who has died aged 64, have been loaned over the years to a small museum near the family seat in Chester <br>
Ernst Neizvestny—sculptor who stood up to Khrushchev’s criticism—has died, aged 91
Although the Soviet leader once called his work “degenerate”, the artist was asked to design his tombstone
Abbas Kiarostami: film-maker and photographer extraordinaire
The late Iranian artist considered “still pictures” the perfect, poetic counterpart to moving images
Marion Lambert: collector with a cause
The independent-minded philanthropist whose life was touched by tragedy
Brazilian artist Tunga has died aged 64
Known for his surreal sculptures and performances, he was the first contemporary artist to exhibit work at the Louvre
Vladimir Nemukhin, Russian abstract painter, died aged 90
The Nonconformist artist also accommodated the Soviet regime
French artist François Morellet has died aged 90
Co-founder of kinetic and optical art collective Grav worked with neon for the past six decades
Sir Peter Moores, the contradictory character of a generous patron of the arts
He resembled such plutocratic founders of museums as J. Paul Getty in hating overspending. He distrusted dealers: auctions revealed the true price
Malick Sidibé, photographer of Bamako's 1960s youth culture, dies aged 80
He was awarded the prestigious Golden Lion for lifetime achievement at the Venice Biennale in 2007
'Zaha Hadid leaves a formidable legacy'
Adrian Ellis remembers the late architect he first met during the Cardiff Opera House debacle
Leading architect Zaha Hadid dies aged 65
Iraqi-born designer was the first woman to win the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize
Prize-winning British author and art historian Anita Brookner dies aged 87
She was the first woman to hold the Slade professorship of fine art at Cambridge University and taught at the Courtauld Institute of Art
Andrei Vladimirovich Tolstoy
Mild-mannered but ambitious, he was known for uniting Russia’s increasingly divided art world