Obituaries The Art World Figures Who Died in 2025
Here’s a reminder of the art-world figures who died in 2025. Frank Gehry, Martin Parr, Joel Shapiro, David Lynch, Koyo Kouoh and Alan Yentob were among those...
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In memoriam: remembering art world figures who died in 2025 – The Art Newspaper
As 2026 dawns, we pay tribute to the artists, curators, writers, dealers and other art world personalities who died in 2025. January Artist and activist Jaune...
‘O Brother, Where Art Thou’ Actor Was 95
Lee Weaver, the familiar character actor known for his work on The Bill Cosby Show, the Loni Anderson-starring Easy Street and the Coen brothers’ O Brother,...
‘An incredible instinct for contemporary art’: Doris Lockhart, the overlooked figure behind the Saatchi collection, has died aged 88 – The Art Newspaper
Doris Lockhart, the US-born art collector credited with changing the UK contemporary art scene in the 1970s and 1980s with her then husband Charles Saatchi,...
Remembering Koyo Kouoh, one of the most influential curators in the global art world, and one of its most original thought leaders
Koyo Kouoh was one of the most influential curators in the global art world, and one of its most original thought leaders: a compelling, precise speaker with...
Guy Ullens, collector and patron of Chinese contemporary art, has died, aged 90
Baron Guy Ullens de Schooten, the art collector and patron who cofounded Beijing’s Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA) in 2007 with his wife Myriam...
Pope Francis, for 12 years head of the Catholic church and proprietor in trust of the Vatican’s library and art collections, has died aged 88 – The Art Newspaper
Pope Francis, spiritual leader of the world’s 1.3 billion Catholics, head of state of the Vatican and proprietor in trust of the Vatican’s great collection of...
Aaron De Groft, Orlando Museum of Art director fired in Basquiat forgery scandal, has died, aged 59 – The Art Newspaper
Aaron De Groft, the art historian, curator and museum director whose career was derailed by his involvement in an exhibition of what turned out to be fake...
