Art
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- Danny Simmons1953–2026Danny 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.
- Dito van Reigersberg?–2026Dito van Reigersberg was an avant‑garde drag virtuoso celebrated for pioneering experimental drag performance.
- David Plowden1932–2026David Plowden (1932–2026) was an American photographer renowned for his documentary images of industrial America, steam trains, and disappearing small-town landscapes.
- Charles Dennis?–2026Charles Dennis, 77, was a co‑founder of the avant‑garde performance space P.S. 122 in New York.
- David Hockney1937–2026David Hockney died at age 88.
- William Coupon1952–2026William Coupon was an American photographer renowned for his formal painterly portraits of tribal peoples, politicians, and celebrities.
- Duane Michals1932–2026Duane Michals was an American photographer known for his narrative photo sequences and handwritten text that explored emotion and philosophy.
- Julio Le Park1929–2026Julio Le Park was a kinetic sculpture and Op‑Art master who died at 97.
- Alan Saret1944–2026Alan Saret was an American sculptor, draftsman and installation artist known for his Postminimalist wire sculptures and influential role in process art.
- Marjane Satrapi1969–2026Iranian-French cartoonist and filmmaker Marjane Satrapi died of sadness at the age of 56.
- Randall Bourscheidt1944–2026Randall Bourscheidt (1944–2026) was a New York City arts administrator, Warhol film actor, and advocate who helped triple the city’s arts budget.
- Benjamin Anthony Morea1941–2026Benjamin 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.
- John Marion1934–2026John Marion was a renowned American auctioneer, celebrated as the “God of Auctioneers in America,” who died at 92.
- Valie Export1940–2026Valie Export, the Austrian avant‑garde artist known for provocative performance and video work, died at 85.
- Mary Lovelace O’Neal1942–2026Mary Lovelace O’Neal (1942–2026) was an American visual artist and educator known for her monumental lampblack‑saturated abstract paintings and civil‑rights activism.
- Tony Seiniger1938–2026Tony Seiniger was a renowned poster designer and movie marketer, dubbed the “Godfather of Movie Advertising,” known for campaigns such as Jaws.
- Frank Huntington Stack1937–2026Frank 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.”
- George Herms1935–2026George Herms (1935–2026) was an American artist renowned for his assemblage works that transformed discarded objects into poetic, humorous sculptures.
- Nicole Hollander1939–2026Nicole Hollander (1939–2026) was an American cartoonist and writer best known for her syndicated feminist comic strip Sylvia.
- Matt Dinerstein?–2026Matt 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.
