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Departures of Note

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Art

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  1. Theo BurrellBritish antiques specialist and television expert known for appearances on Antiques Roadshow.
  2. Yaacov AgamYaacov Agam was an Israeli sculptor and experimental artist known for his contributions to optical and kinetic art.
  3. Richard H. GlantonRichard H. Glanton was a controversial president of the Barnes Foundation known for his contentious leadership and efforts to address the institution's financial crisis in the 1990s.
  4. Moritz de HadelnSwiss film festival director known for leading Locarno, Berlin, and Venice festivals, promoting international cinema.
  5. Joby BakerCanadian-American actor known for roles in Elvis films, Disney productions, and the TV series 'Good Morning World'.
  6. Herbert C. LustAmerican art collector and scholar known for his close friendship with Alberto Giacometti and extensive collection of modern art.
  7. John LoringJohn Loring was an American fashion design director and art historian, known for his influential role at Tiffany & Co. and his numerous publications on art and design.
  8. Bruno BischofbergerSwiss art dealer and collector who championed Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat.
  9. Jerry MoriartyJerry Moriarty was an American painter and cartoonist who elevated the art of comics through his distinctive visual storytelling and taught at the School of Visual Arts.
  10. Lorcan O’HerlihyIrish architect Lorcan O’Herlihy was renowned for his innovative urban housing designs and leadership of Lorcan O'Herlihy Architects.
  11. Charles HinmanCharles Hinman was an American abstract minimalist painter noted for his innovative three-dimensional shaped canvases.
  12. Danny SimmonsDanny Simmons (1953–2026) was an expressionist painter, poet, author, and philanthropist who co‑founded the Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation and helped launch HBO’s Def Poetry Jam.
  13. Dito van ReigersbergDito van Reigersberg was an avant‑garde drag virtuoso celebrated for pioneering experimental drag performance.
  14. David PlowdenDavid Plowden (1932–2026) was an American photographer renowned for his documentary images of industrial America, steam trains, and disappearing small-town landscapes.
  15. Charles DennisCharles Dennis, 77, was a co‑founder of the avant‑garde performance space P.S. 122 in New York.
  16. David HockneyDavid Hockney died at age 88.
  17. William CouponWilliam Coupon was an American photographer renowned for his formal painterly portraits of tribal peoples, politicians, and celebrities.
  18. Duane MichalsDuane Michals was an American photographer known for his narrative photo sequences and handwritten text that explored emotion and philosophy.
  19. Julio Le ParkJulio Le Park was a kinetic sculpture and Op‑Art master who died at 97.
  20. Alan SaretAlan Saret was an American sculptor, draftsman and installation artist known for his Postminimalist wire sculptures and influential role in process art.
  21. Marjane SatrapiIranian-French cartoonist and filmmaker Marjane Satrapi died of sadness at the age of 56.
  22. Randall BourscheidtRandall Bourscheidt (1944–2026) was a New York City arts administrator, Warhol film actor, and advocate who helped triple the city’s arts budget.
  23. Benjamin Anthony MoreaBenjamin Anthony Morea (1941–2026) was an American painter and anarchist activist who co‑founded the radical 1960s collective Black Mask, later Up Against the Wall Motherfucker.
  24. John MarionJohn Marion was a renowned American auctioneer, celebrated as the “God of Auctioneers in America,” who died at 92.
  25. Valie ExportValie Export, the Austrian avant‑garde artist known for provocative performance and video work, died at 85.
  26. Mary Lovelace O’NealMary Lovelace O’Neal (1942–2026) was an American visual artist and educator known for her monumental lampblack‑saturated abstract paintings and civil‑rights activism.
  27. Tony SeinigerTony Seiniger was a renowned poster designer and movie marketer, dubbed the “Godfather of Movie Advertising,” known for campaigns such as Jaws.
  28. Frank Huntington StackFrank Huntington Stack (1937–2026) was an American underground cartoonist, printmaker and art professor, best known for creating the pioneering comic series “The Adventures of Jesus.”
  29. George HermsGeorge Herms (1935–2026) was an American artist renowned for his assemblage works that transformed discarded objects into poetic, humorous sculptures.
  30. Nicole HollanderNicole Hollander (1939–2026) was an American cartoonist and writer best known for her syndicated feminist comic strip Sylvia.
  31. Matt DinersteinMatt Dinerstein was a veteran unit still photographer known for his work on television series such as The Bear and Chicago, as well as numerous films.
  32. Stephanie ChernikowskiStephanie Chernikowski was an American photographer celebrated for documenting the raw energy of the punk music scene.
  33. Georg BaselitzGeorg Baselitz was a German neo‑expressionist painter, sculptor and graphic artist, renowned for his provocative upside‑down paintings.
  34. Koyo KouohKoyo Kouoh (1967–2025) was a Cameroonian‑Swiss art curator, former director of the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa and appointed artistic director of the 2026 Venice Biennale.
  35. Ittai GradelIttai Gradel was a Danish antiquities dealer and academic who exposed a major theft scandal at the British Museum.
  36. Gerry ConwayGerry Conway, a comic book creator, died at 73.
  37. Aldwyth (Mary Aldwyth Dickman)Aldwyth, born Mary Aldwyth Dickman (1935–2026), was an American collage and assemblage artist renowned for her intricate, art‑history‑reframing works.
  38. Dean TavoularisDean Tavoularis, a 93-year-old production designer, has died.
  39. Paul WaldmanPaul Waldman, 89, was an American artist and founder of the Art Museum for Birds, celebrated for his distinctive avian-themed installations.
  40. Celeste Thais Dupuy-SpencerCeleste Dupuy-Spencer (1979–2026) was an American painter known for vibrant figurative works and her inclusion in the 2017 Whitney Biennial.
  41. Pearl Faison FryarPearl Fryar was an American topiary artist from South Carolina, celebrated for his innovative free‑form garden sculptures that gained national recognition.
  42. Hilde LimondjianHilde Limondjian was a Turkish‑American concert impresario who served as the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s General Manager of Concerts and Lectures for four decades.

The Register is compiled continuously from public dispatches. Times indicate when each report first reached the Register, not the moment of departure. The Registrar makes no claim of completeness or of accuracy; particulars are drawn from early and unconfirmed reports, and may later prove mistaken.