Art
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- 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.
- Stephanie Chernikowski1940–2026Stephanie Chernikowski was an American photographer celebrated for documenting the raw energy of the punk music scene.
- Georg Baselitz1938–2026Georg Baselitz was a German neo‑expressionist painter, sculptor and graphic artist, renowned for his provocative upside‑down paintings.
- Koyo Kouoh1967–2025Koyo 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.
- Gerry Conway1952–2026Gerry Conway, a comic book creator, died at 73.
- Aldwyth (Mary Aldwyth Dickman)1935–2026Aldwyth, born Mary Aldwyth Dickman (1935–2026), was an American collage and assemblage artist renowned for her intricate, art‑history‑reframing works.
- Dean Tavoularis1932–2026Dean Tavoularis, a 93-year-old production designer, has died.
- Paul Waldman?–2026Paul Waldman, 89, was an American artist and founder of the Art Museum for Birds, celebrated for his distinctive avian-themed installations.
- Celeste Thais Dupuy-Spencer1979–2026Celeste Dupuy-Spencer (1979–2026) was an American painter known for vibrant figurative works and her inclusion in the 2017 Whitney Biennial.
- Pearl Faison Fryar1939–2026Pearl Fryar was an American topiary artist from South Carolina, celebrated for his innovative free‑form garden sculptures that gained national recognition.
- Hilde Limondjian1936–2026Hilde 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.
