Dorothy Lichtenstein, the philanthropist widow to Pop artist Roy Lichtenstein and the cofounder of his eponymous foundation, died on July 4. She was 84. The news was confirmed by her family, who said in the statement: “To us, and a great many others, Dorothy was a powerful model of how to be in the world. …
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Marian Zazeela, an artist whose abstract drawings and light installations envisioned dream states, died at her home in New York at 83 on Thursday. The MELA Foundation, an organization she cofounded with her partner, the artist La Monte Young, announced her passing on Friday, saying she died of natural causes while sleeping. Zazeela produced work …
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Richard Serra, the sculptor whose grand steel works defined the Minimalist art movement, has died at 85. The New York Times reported that Serra died on Tuesday at in his home in Orient, New York; the artist’s lawyer said that Serra had been battling pneumonia. Serra’s sculptures defined a generation of art-making. Working on an unusually large …
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Gazan artist Fathi Ghaben died on Sunday, February 25 from health complications after Israeli authorities refused to give him permission to leave the besieged region to access medical treatment. He was renowned for his oil paintings that paid homage to Palestinian culture and immortalized the struggle for liberation. The self-taught painter was 77 years old …
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