Sam Gilliam, a painter revered for draped canvases rich in colour, has died, aged 88
Sam Gilliam, an abstractionist known primarily for his Drape paintings—unstretched canvases that are hung from ceilings and pinned to walls—as ...
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Kuwaiti-Palestinian photographer and professor Tarek Al-Ghoussein has died, aged 60
Tarek Al-Ghoussein, a multi-disciplinary artist whose documentary-style landscape photography captured illusive moments of stillness, has died in New York at ...
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Artist Paula Rego—known for her mythical depictions of modern femininity—has died aged 87
Paula Rego, one of Britain’s most revered artists and a key member of the London Group movement, has died in ...
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American painter Knox Martin has died aged 99
Knox Martin, the New York School painter, storied teacher, and longtime fixture of the New York art world, died on ...
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Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan—the UAE’s president who oversaw major cultural projects including Louvre Abu Dhabi—has died, aged 73
Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the president of the United Arab Emirates who ruled during a time of rapid ...
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Abdulamir Al-Hamdani, the revered archaeologist and former Iraqi culture minister, has died, aged 55
When the prominent archaeologist Abdulamir Al-Hamdani died last Friday (29 April) shortly before his 55th birthday, the former Iraqi minister ...
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Grenville Davey, British sculptor, has died, aged 60
When a retrospective of the work of past Turner Prize winners was held at Tate Britain in 2007, Grenville Davey’s ...
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