Obituaries
Remembering Park Seo-Bo, the ‘Father of Korean Contemporary Art’
A leading figure in the Dansaekhwa movement, he had a profound influence on the teaching of painting and the administration of art studies
Juanita McNeely, feminist artist who created visceral paintings inspired by personal hardship, has died, aged 87
A survivor of cancer and an illegal abortion, McNeely channelled her experiences into very personal work
Ida Applebroog, who made wide-ranging work with a feminist edge, has died, aged 93
The American artist was long associated with the feminist art movement but resented the label, preferring to form her own critical iconography
Park Seo-Bo, one of South Korea's leading artists, has died aged 91
The father of the Dansaekhwa movement was known for monochrome works with roots in Buddhist philosophy
Fernando Botero, the Colombian artist beloved for his rotund figures, has died, aged 91
Botero re-imagined art historical motifs but also responded to current events, including a series of visceral paintings in response to the Abu Ghraib torture scandal
Claude Ruiz Picasso, the artist’s son and manager of the Picasso estate, has died
The management of one of the world's most valuable art collections has now been passed to Paloma Ruiz Picasso, the last of Pablo Picasso's four children
Remembering Jamie Reid, a protest artist to the end and the man behind the shocking visual impact of the Sex Pistols
The artist's gallerist recalls a visionary who built creative communities in London and Liverpool and had a profound effect on British popular culture
Angela Flowers, dealer at the heart of British art for 50 years, has died aged 90
Flowers built a global empire from Hong Kong to Hackney and always championed artists
Remembering Françoise Gilot, who showed that being a muse of Pablo Picasso did not preclude being a great artist herself
The French painter and memoirist, who worked in Paris, London and the United States, showed elegance and ferocity in her work and a remarkable versatility as a colourist
Brice Marden, painter revered for his distinctive approach to abstraction, has died, aged 84
Marden rose to prominence in the 1960s and 70s, synthesizing elements of Abstract Expressionism, Pop art, Minimalism and more into his own unique idiom
Jamie Reid, graphic designer who defined the visual character of the punk movement, has died aged 76
The artist's subversive collage work for the Sex Pistols' single 'God Save The Queen' was a defining image of 1970s protest
Joop Sanders, early member of Abstract Expressionist movement, has died, aged 101
An influential figure in the New York scene of the early 1950s, Sanders spent the latter half of the decade in Europe and consequently was often left out of narratives of the AbEx movement
The Australian art world pays tribute to Tim Klingender, an expert on Aboriginal art, who has died aged 59
Klingender’s body was found in the sea after an apparent boating accident
Ales Pushkin, nonconformist artist and activist, has died, aged 57
The dissident Belarusian artist, who once dumped manure in front of Alexander Lukashenko's office, died in prison under "unclear circumstances"
Françoise Gilot, artist whose prolific career transcended early relationship with Picasso, has died, aged 101
Gilot, whose distinctive figurative paintings span eight decades, infamously dumped the famous Spanish artist
Remembering Vivan Sundaram, one of India’s leading artists and a champion of the country’s post-independence visual culture
Grounded in the political activism of the 1960s, he wove cultural history, social biography and labour politics into monumental installation art
'The real departure will occur on its own, in its own time': pioneering artist Ilya Kabakov has died, aged 89
The chronicler of life in the Soviet Union was known for his "total installations", including a devastated room in a Communist apartment
Thomas Kong, who transformed a Chicago convenience store into an art environment, has died
Beloved in Chicago, the artist worked in a small corner shop that doubled as his studio
India’s ‘first installation artist’ Vivan Sundaram has died, aged 79
Multi-disciplinary practitioner was inspired by the 1968 Paris demonstrations to organise artist and student group protests during Indira Gandhi's Emergency rule of 1975-77
Remembering Phyllida Barlow, one of the most significant, and original, British artists of recent years
The sculptor, erudite and irreverent, was known for the power and scale of her site-specific installations
Phyllida Barlow—British sculptor who found global fame after retiring from teaching—has died, aged 78
Artist who taught Rachel Whiteread and Tacita Dean during a decades-long career at London's Slade School of Art, won critical recognition in her mid-sixties for her massive, site-specific installations
Remembering Norman Dilworth, a champion of Concrete Art, who has died, aged 92
The Wigan-born sculptor became attuned to the modern movement in Europe after making his name with construction-based reliefs and sculptures in Britain
Anthony Green—whose wife Mary was the muse for a unique set of narrative paintings—has died, aged 83
Nearly all his more than 600 irregularly-shaped canvases capture aspects of six decades of married life
'Godmother of Miami's art scene', Mira Lehr, has died aged 88
Lehr was the co-founder of the Continuum women's art collective and used her art to address the challenges of global warming and rising sea levels
Alfred Leslie, rising star of Abstract Expressionism who embraced figuration, has died, aged 95
After rising to prominence in New York’s AbEx scene of the 1950s, Leslie devoted much of his career to honing a style of monumental figuration that was decades ahead of its time
'A south London version of the fabled homunculus': Norman Rosenthal remembers the multi-talented artist Tom Phillips
In a six-decade career, the British artist also composed and performed music, published books and was an expert on African art
Michael Snow, avant-garde film-maker and sculptor, has died aged 94
The witty Canadian polymath caused a sensation with his 1967 underground film "Wavelength" and enjoyed public dispute over his city sculptures
Influential Düsseldorf dealer Hans Mayer—the first to show Warhol in Germany—dies aged 82
The gallerist is credited with introducing European audiences to post-war US artists
Ronald Feldman, art dealer who ‘championed big ideas’, has died, aged 84
Feldman, an early supporter of artists like Joseph Beuys and Chris Burden, opened his gallery in 1971 and quickly established himself as a gallerist willing to take risks
Football legend Pelé, a muse for Warhol and street art icon, has died aged 82
Martin Parr and Juergen Teller are among the artists who captured the Brazilian star's gift for friendship and personal diplomacy