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

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'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

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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

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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

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