Italian writer and philosopher, best known for the thriller The Name of the Rose, also wrote about aesthetics

The son of Alabama sharecroppers, he created sculptures, drawings and paintings from salvaged materials

33-year-old's works were on show at Maison européenne de la Photographie shortly before she was killed

The superstar art lover backed the British critic's first forays into book publishing

British musician, artist and actor inspired a generation of artists including Tracey Emin and Dexter Dalwood

He saved his greatest contempt for those in the art world he considered less than honest

The artist’s optimism carried through into his late years

The New York-born artist continued working right up to the end, with a slew of exhibitions this year

Before working at the auction house for 16 years, he had a long and distinguished career as a curator at national museums

A loyal champion of British painters, he helped bring post-war American art to London

The powers of persuasion that were to make him such a formidable dealer proved useful in captivity, after he was arrested during the Stalinist purges

Is it possible to imagine a blast furnace or a gas holder any other way than as the Bechers saw it—set against a blank and cloudless light-grey sky?

Best known for circular abstract works, he lived for many years in the West and had a solo exhibition at the Guggenheim, New York

The artist worked with her husband for nearly 50 years

His yearly attack on the Turner Prize was more than just the bile of an ageing critic. To Sewell, art was a serious business, a thing apart

Opinionated and fearless, the English art critic, who has died aged 84, was never, ever dull

Cultural entrepreneur founded the Underground Museum

Acerbic writer suffered the occasional black eye but never pulled his punches

Federico Cerruti died with a treasure-filled house in which he had slept only one night

Page found it hard to settle and survive, and most of his creative life was spent in a state of penury worthy of La Bohème

He countered assassinations, massacres and senseless aggression with performances that physicalised the pain of a nation