The Bay Area artist integrated chalk notation and assemblage on his idiosyncratic blackboard surfaces, plumbing the depths of lived experience and racial identity.
Obituaries
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Met Museum Trustee Among Victims of Midtown Manhattan Shooting
Wesley LePatner, who was elected to The Met’s board this year, was fatally shot by a gunman in Blackstone’s Park Avenue headquarters.
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Rosalind Fox Solomon, Photographer of Lived Experience, Dies at 95
Her unflinching gaze, which garnered both criticism and praise, confronted some of the most momentous and often painful chapters in global human history.
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Remembering Arnaldo Pomodoro, Who Uncovered Worlds Within Sculptures
The artist and my dear friend, who died this week just before his 99th birthday, was always curious, always carving away at a shiny surface.
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Joel Shapiro, Sculptor of Emotive Figures, Dies at 83
The artist transcended the boundaries of Minimalism with his monumental quasi-abstract works resembling stick figures in motion.
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Cosmetics Billionaire and Arts Patron Leonard Lauder Dies at 92
Lauder, who gifted his collection of Cubist works to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, faced criticism for his family’s political affiliations and support of Israel.
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Art Dealer Daniel Lelong Dies at 92
He collaborated with some of the 20th century’s most well-known artists, including Joan Miró and Francis Bacon, and co-founded galleries in Paris and New York.
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Sebastião Salgado, Unflinching Documentary Photographer, Dies at 81
Spurred on by a desire to document his encounters and surroundings, the Brazilian photographer captured the realities of marginalized people around the world.
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Koyo Kouoh, Curator Tapped for 61st Venice Biennale, Dies at 57
The museum director would have been the first African woman to oversee the Biennale.
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Matthew Courtney, Downtown Artist Who Platformed Others, Dies at 66
From the mid-1980s through early ’90s, he hosted the weekly anything-goes open-mic event Wide Open Cabaret at the historic home of ABC No Rio.
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Dara Birnbaum, Video Art’s “Wonder Woman,” Dies at 78
The feminist artist probed, mimicked, and remixed mass media to explore how information is disseminated, transformed, and assimilated.
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John Humble, Photographer Who Captured LA’s Contradictions, Dies at 81
For five decades, Humble focused his lens on areas of the city often overlooked or dismissed, from its industrial infrastructure to its mom-and-pop storefronts.