Bochner was a pioneer of conceptual art, creating works rooted in information systems and decontextualised language

The painter was also a keen supporter of women artists

Robinson, one of the Pictures Generation artists, made brightly irreverent paintings; as a writer, he chronicled the New York scene for decades and coined the term “Zombie Formalism”

The death of Bazhanov, who founded institutions including the groundbreaking National Centre for Contemporary Art, follows that of two other leading figures of the Conceptualist movement

His championing of radiocarbon dating and other new scientific approaches demonstrated the untenability of the conventional explanation for cultural change

A champion of contemporary Indigenous artists, prolific creator across a range of media and relentless critic of dominant US ideology, Smith received institutional support and success late in life

Baer was equally renowned for her work in Minimalist abstraction and figurative painting

Following successful stints at museums in Virginia and on Florida’s Gulf Coast, De Groft’s career became mired in the Basquiat fakes fiasco

Lynch trained as a painter before becoming a successful film-maker and ultimately returning to visual art in recent decades

His work for brands such as Benetton sparked conversations about issues including the Aids crisis and anorexia

Garner's witty deviations in form, text and body addressed the consumerism and sameness plaguing US culture

Known for his bold, bright-hued paintings, prints and murals, Average was a pillar of Vancouver’s creative community

The late artist was actually quite sociable and had stopped producing "thick" paintings decades ago, says his only child

Faith Ringgold, Frank Auerbach, Richard Serra, Barbara Gladstone and Lorraine O’Grady were among those who died this year

Sánchez, who fled Cuba and ultimately settled in Puerto Rico, only achieved widespread critical acclaim late in her career

O’Grady, who devoted herself to art in her early forties, spent the ensuing decades making incisive works that spanned photography, collage, performance and more

The French-born London-based artist merged the once-siloed worlds of art and design to create inimitably intimate participatory experiences

The headline-making director-general of Unesco, who clashed with Reagan and Thatcher, died recently at the age of 103

The German-born British painter, a leading figure in the School of London, produced some of the most enduring and perceptive observations of what it meant to be alive during his time

Kureshi decorated India’s public spaces with beautiful, provocative and socially engaged murals

Boshier’s work was often critical of US politics and consumerism

Horn maintained a powerful drawing strand that supported her innovative conceptual sculpture practice around the human body in installations, performances and photographs

A personal memoir recalling the French actor’s “serious case of collectoritis” that saw him acquiring works by Albrecht Dürer, Théodore Géricault and Georges Braque

The former director of Cologne’s Museum Ludwig “shaped the art discourse of the last five decades like no other", the museum says

A prolific painter helped open doors for contemporary artists at a time when Indigenous art was often confined to ethnographic museums

Hoepker used long-form pictorial narratives to deliver nuanced takes on complex realities in a communist East Germany and capitalist United States

The influential American pioneer produced a ground-breaking body of work in partnership with his wife, Kira Perov, over more than 45 years

A survey of the artist's work from the last four years of her life, will be on view at the Parrish Art Museum this autumn

Her six decade-long career was distinguished by experimentation and humour

An East Village fixture for a half-century, Van Dalen created stylised drawings, paintings, sculptures and performances documenting his surroundings