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7 stories across Contemporary, London, Post-War, and New York. Latest: Mori Yoshiko, Chairperson Emerita of Mori Art Museum, Dies at 85.
Mori Yoshiko, Chairperson Emerita of the Mori Art Museum and Director of the Mori Building Company, passed away at 9:27 am on December 23 from pneumonia. She was 85 years old.
Georg Baselitz, the German painter and sculptor whose provocative, often upside-down works directly confronted Germany's Nazi past, has died at age 88, Thaddaeus Ropac gallery confirmed. Born in 1938, Baselitz experienced both Nazi Germany and East German communism before crossing to the West.
Hauser & Wirth and 303 Gallery have confirmed the death of artist Mary Heilmann, who passed away on August 14, 2026, on Long Island, New York, at the age of 86. She is survived by her nieces and nephew.
Georg Baselitz (1938–2026), the German painter and sculptor whose upside-down motifs and provocative political themes reshaped European art after World War II, has died. The gallery Thaddaeus Ropac, which represented him, announced the news alongside a new exhibition at Gl.
The Thaddaeus Ropac gallery announced the death of Austrian artist VALIE EXPORT on July 24, 2026. EXPORT died on May 14, 2026, at the age of 85. The gallery published a tribute written by Michael Loebenstein, director of the Österreichisches Filmmuseum in Vienna, reflecting on her legacy.
Alex Farquharson, director of Tate Britain, issued a statement on the death of David Hockney. Hockney's work first entered the Tate collection in 1963.
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Tate Modern has released a statement from Interim Director Catherine Wood mourning the death of artist Julio Le Parc. Wood described Le Parc as the grandfather of interactive art and a pioneer of immersive practices through his kinetic sculptures and techniques with light and movement.
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