Obituaries
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
Umberto Eco, explorer of beauty, dies aged 84
Italian writer and philosopher, best known for the thriller The Name of the Rose, also wrote about aesthetics
Self-taught artist Thornton Dial dies, aged 87
The son of Alabama sharecroppers, he created sculptures, drawings and paintings from salvaged materials
Leila Alaoui, a talent cut short by terrorists in Burkina Faso
33-year-old's works were on show at Maison européenne de la Photographie shortly before she was killed
Matthew Collings on his heady days with David Bowie
The superstar art lover backed the British critic's first forays into book publishing
Art world hero: artists and curators pay tribute to David Bowie
British musician, artist and actor inspired a generation of artists including Tracey Emin and Dexter Dalwood
Leslie Waddington transformed London’s contemporary market and uncovered one of the biggest recent art scams
He saved his greatest contempt for those in the art world he considered less than honest
Ellsworth Kelly, trailblazing American painter, dies at 92
The artist’s optimism carried through into his late years
Abstract painter Ellsworth Kelly has died, aged 92
The New York-born artist continued working right up to the end, with a slew of exhibitions this year
Charles Moffett, former Sotheby’s vice chairman, dies at 70
Before working at the auction house for 16 years, he had a long and distinguished career as a curator at national museums
British art dealer Leslie Waddington dies at 81
A loyal champion of British painters, he helped bring post-war American art to London
Andrew Ciechanowiecki, the Polish-born art dealer who endured 18 months of interrogation and torture
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