2015 in art

none 2015 art The year 2015 in art involved various significant events. Events February - Paul Gauguin's painting When Will You Marry? sells for $300m (£197m), reportedly to Qatar Museums, the highest known price ever paid for any work of art April - The accused rapist in the Emma Sulkowicz case which inspired the art piece "Mattress Performance (Carry That Weight)" files suit in United States Federal Court in Manhattan against Columbia University, its art department chairman Jon Kessler, and the University president Lee C. Bollinger, saying through his attorneys, that he is the victim of gender discrimination and a "witch hunt".https://nypost.com/2015/04/24/accused-columbia-rapist-sues-school-for-bias-toward-alleged-victim/ New York Post Julia Marsh Accused rapist sues Columbia 2014-04-24 April 2 - Sir Peter Blake's temporary artwork Everybody Razzle Dazzle, Mersey Ferry MV Snowdrop painted in a variation of dazzle camouflage, enters service on the River Mersey in England.Liverpool's 'Dazzle ship' opens to public to mark WW1 centenary https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-32158049 BBC 2015-04-02 2015-04-02 April 13 - A South African man is charged with vandalising a Johannesburg statue of Mahatma Gandhi by attempting to paint it white.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-32287972 Mahatma Gandhi statue vandalised in Johannesburg BBC News 2015-05-09 2015-04-13 May 1 - The new Whitney Museum of American Art facility in the Meatpacking District, Manhattan, designed by Renzo Piano, opens.http://www.newsweek.com/whitney-museums-monumental-new-digs-open-tomorrow-327239 Newsweek Whitney Museum's Monumental New Digs Open May 1 Max Kutner 2015-04-30 2015-12-20 thumb|Whitney Museum, New York May 11 - One canvas, "Version O", the final painting from a series of fifteen paintings and numerous drawings entitled Les Femmes d'Alger by Pablo Picasso created after the death of his friend and contemporary Henri Matisse sells for $179.4 million U.S (with fees) at Christie's in New York City thus establishing a new record for the highest price ever paid at auction for a work of art.http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/05/11/two-art-works-top-100-million-each-at-christies-sale/ The New York Times Scott Reyburn Picasso and Giacometti Artworks Top $120 Million Each at Christie's Sale 2015-05-11 At the same sale "Pointing Man", a work by the Swiss artist Alberto Giacometti sells for $141.3 million U.S., making it the highest price ever paid for a sculpture at auction.http://www.dw.de/picassos-women-of-algiers-and-giacomettis-pointing-man-set-auction-records/a-18445006 Picasso's 'Women of Algiers' and Giacometti's 'Pointing Man' set auction records DW 2015-12-20https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/05/12/picasso-painting-sells-for-record-179-million-but-are-we-all-paying-the-price/ Picasso painting sells for record $179 million, but are we all paying the price? Michael E. Miller 12 May 2015 6 December 2017 Washingtonpost.com August 21 - Street artist Banksy opens Dismaland, a temporary art project in the seaside resort town of Weston-super-Mare in Somerset, England.Banksy fans flock to Weston-super-Mare after Dismaland show rumours Morris Steven The Guardian London 2014-08-18 2015-08-18 https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/aug/18/banksy-weston-super-mare-dismaland September - Rembrandt's early painting Unconscious Patient (Allegory of Smell) (from The Senses series, 1624-5) emerges at an auction in New Jersey and is purchased for the Leiden Collection in New York City. September 20 - The Broad contemporary art museum in Downtown Los Angeles, designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro, opens. October 2 - La Artcore Gallery in Los Angeles, US, presents "Excessivist Initiative", an exhibition that marks the beginning of the Excessivism movement in art.https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-excessivist-initiativ_b_8180840 Excessivism: Irony, Imbalance and a New Rococo huffpost.com/entry/the-excessivist-initiativ_b_8180840 September 23, 2015 October 8 - Newport Street Gallery in South London, a conversion of 1913 theatrical workshops into a free public art gallery for Damien Hirst by Caruso St John architects opens.http://www.designboom.com/architecture/damien-hirst-newport-street-gallery-london-caruso-st-john-10-08-2015/ damien hirst's newport street gallery opens in london 8 October 2015 Designboom.com 6 December 2017 November 10 - The Brigadier by Lucian Freud, a portrait of Andrew Parker Bowles in his British Army uniform sells for $34.89 million US at Christie's in New York City.https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/nov/11/lucian-freud-portrait-of-camillas-ex-husband-sells-for-nearly-35m Lucian Freud portrait of Camilla's ex-husband sells for nearly $35m TheGuardian.com 11 November 2015 December 6 - A woman at the Art Basel Miami Beach art fair stabs another in plain sight of art goers and the incident is at first ignored as people think that it is a work of performance art.https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/woman-stabbed-at-art-basel-witnesses-thought-it-was-art/ Woman stabbed at Art Basel, witnesses thought it was art Fox 411 2015-12-05 2015-12-20 Fox News Exhibitions January 31 until May 31 - Coney Island: Visions of an American Dreamland, 1861–2008 at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, Connecticut.http://thewadsworth.org/exhibitions/coneyisland/ Coney Island: Visions of an American Dreamland, 1861-2008 Thewadsworth.org 2015-05-09 February 6 until May 10 - Treasures from Chopin's Country. Polish Art from the 15th to 20th Century at the National Museum of China in Beijing.http://www.mnw.art.pl/en/temporary-exhibitions/treasures-from-chopins-country-polish-art-from-the-15th-to-20th-century,8.html Treasures from Chopin's Country. Polish Art from the 15th to 20th Century National Museum in Warsaw July 14, 2015 February 6 until May 3 - Tapies: From Within at the Pérez Art Museum Miami.http://www.pamm.org/exhibitions/t%C3%A0pies-within Tàpies: From Within 2018-09-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20170928175852/http://pamm.org/exhibitions/t%C3%A0pies-within 2017-09-28 dead February 20 until May 24 - Kehinde Wiley: A New Republic at the Brooklyn Museum in Brooklyn, New Yorkhttp://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/kehinde_wiley_new_republic/ Brooklyn Museum Kehinde Wiley: A New Republic 2015-05-09 - then traveled to the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth in Fort Worth, Texas from September 20 until January 10, 2016https://www.themodern.org/exhibitions/current Current and Upcoming Exhibitions | Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth www.themodern.org and to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, Virginia from June 11. 2016 until September 5, 2016https://www.vmfa.museum/exhibitions/exhibitions/kehinde-wiley-a-new-republic/ VMFA | Kehinde Wiley: A New Republic 5 September 2016 February 25 until May 24 - The "2015 Triennial: Surround Audience" at the New Museum in New York City.http://www.newmuseum.org/exhibitions/view/the-generational-triennial 2015 Triennial: Surround Audience Newmuseum.org 9 May 2015 7 March 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150307203204/http://www.newmuseum.org/exhibitions/view/the-generational-triennial deadhttp://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/03/30/next-steps "Surround Audience" at the New Museum Andrea K. Scott 2015-03-30 The New Yorker 2015-05-09 February 1 until May 3 - Once in a Lifetime: Piero di Cosimo at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, then travels to Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence (June 23–September 27, 2015).http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/press/exh/3412.html Piero di Cosimo: The Poetry of Painting in Renaissance Florence 2015-05-09 March 7 until June 7 - Björk (exhibition) at MOMA in New York City. March 10 until September 20- Richard Estes: Painting New York City at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City.http://www.madmuseum.org/exhibition/richard-estes Richard Estes - The Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) Madmuseum.org 9 May 2015 March 26 until September 13 - Water to Paper, Paint to Sky: The Art of Tyrus Wong at the Museum of Chinese in America" in New York City.http://www.mocanyc.org/exhibitions/water_to_paper_paint_to_sky_the_art_of_tyrus_wong Water to Paper, Paint to Sky: The Art of Tyrus Wong 2015-05-09 May 9 until September 22 - "Sean Scully: Land Sea" at the Palazzo Falier in Venice, Italy.http://artdaily.com/news/78345/Major-exhibition-dedicated-to-Irish-artist-Sean-Scully-opens-at-Palazzo-Falier-in-Venice- Major exhibition dedicated to Irish artist Sean Scully opens at Palazzo Falier in Venice May 6, 2015 artdaily.com May 1 until September 27 - America is Hard to See at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City.http://whitney.org/Exhibitions/AmericaIsHardToSee America Is Hard to See May 1–Sept 27, 2015 Whitney Museum of American Art 2015-06-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20150628155744/http://whitney.org/Exhibitions/AmericaIsHardToSee 2015-06-28 dead May 17 - September 7 - "Yoko Ono: One Woman Show, 1960–1971" at MOMA in New York City.https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/1494?locale=en Yoko Ono: One Woman Show, 1960–1971 - MoMA The Museum of Modern Art 6 December 2017 June 5 until August 30 - Polish Art: Enduring Spirit at the National Museum of Korea in Seoul.http://www.mnw.art.pl/en/temporary-exhibitions/polish-art-enduring-spirit,12.html Polish Art: Enduring spirit National Museum in Warsaw 2015-07-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20150714144913/http://www.mnw.art.pl/en/temporary-exhibitions/polish-art-enduring-spirit,12.html 2015-07-14 dead June 13 until November 8 - Art in Dialogue: Duccio Caro at the National Gallery in London.Art in Dialogue: Duccio - Caro - Past exhibitions National Gallery, London https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/exhibitions/past/art-in-dialogue-duccio-caro June 28 until October 4 - Gustave Caillebotte: The Painter's Eye at the National Gallery of Art, Washington.https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/10/arts/design/review-paris-is-reborn-in-gustave-caillebotte-the-painters-eye.html?_r=0 The New York Times Holland Cotter Review: Paris Is Reborn in 'Gustave Caillebotte: The Painter's Eye' 2015-07-09 June 30 until October 4 - "Sargent: Portraits of Artists and Friends" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York CIty,http://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-museum/press-room/exhibitions/2015/sargent Sargent: Portraits of Artists and Friends - The Metropolitan Museum of Art Metmuseum.org 6 December 2017 July 10 until January 24, 2016 - No Colour Bar: Black British Art in Action 1960–1990 at the Guildhall Art Gallery, City of London,"No Colour Bar: Black British Art in Action 1960-1990" https://web.archive.org/web/20150802020025/http://huntleysonline.com/f-h-a-l-m-a/exhibition/ 2015-08-02 , Huntleys Online. July 18 until September 27 - Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes annual exhibition at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia.http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/ Prizes Artgallery.nsw.gov.au May 9, 2015 July 31 until November 8 - Masterpieces from the Hermitage: The Legacy of Catherine the Great at the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia.https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/exhibition/masterpieces-from-the-hermitage/ Masterpieces from the Hermitage National Gallery of Victoria July 14, 2015 August 14 until October 25 - Julia Margaret Cameron from the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia.http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/exhibitions/julia-margaret-cameron/ Julia Margaret Cameron Art Gallery of New South Wales July 14, 2015 September 5 until October 3 - "Concrete Cuba" at the David Zwirner Gallery, London and then January 7, 2016 until February 20, 2016 at the David Zwirner Gallery, New York City.https://www.davidzwirner.com/exhibitions/concrete-cuba-0 Concrete Cuba | David Zwirnerhttps://www.davidzwirner.com/exhibitions/2016/concrete-cuba Concrete Cuba | New York | January 7–February 20, 2016 David Zwirner 7 May 2023 September 14 until February 7, 2016 - Picasso Sculpture at MOMA in New York City.http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/exhibitions/1559 Picasso Sculpture - MoMA The Museum of Modern Art 6 December 2017 September 18 until January 3, 2016 - Kongo: Power and Mystery at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2015/kongo Kongo: Power and Majesty The Metropolitan Museum of Art October 2 until October 29, 2016 - La Artcore gallery in Los Angeles, presented "Excessivist Initiative". The exhibition marked the beginning of the Excessivism movement.https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-excessivist-initiativ_b_8180840 Excessivism: Irony, Imbalance and a New Rococo huffpost.com/entry/the-excessivist-initiativ_b_8180840 23 September 2015 October 2 until January 17, 2016 - Archibald Motley: Jazz Age Modernist at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City.http://whitney.org/Exhibitions/ArchibaldMotley Archibald Motley: Jazz Age Modernist - Whitney Museum of American Art Whitney.org 6 December 2017 October 7 until January 10, 2016 - Andrea del Sarto: The Renaissance Workshop in Action at the Frick Collection in New York City.http://www.frick.org/exhibitions/del_sarto#sthash.dCq9Cvea.dpuf Past Exhibition: Andrea del Sarto - The Frick Collection Frick.org 6 December 2017 October 9 until January 6, 2016 - Alberto Burri: The Trauma of Painting at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City.http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/exhibitions/on-view/alberto-burri-the-trauma-of-painting Alberto Burri: The Trauma of Painting 2015-12-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20151212022519/http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/exhibitions/on-view/alberto-burri-the-trauma-of-painting 2015-12-12 dead October 18 until January 10, 2016 - "Delacroix and the Rise of Modern Art" curated by Patrick Noon and Christopher Riopelle at the Minneapolis Institute of Art in Minneapolis, Minnesota then traveled to the National Gallery in London, United Kingdom from February 17, 2016 until May 22, 2016.http://www.19thc-artworldwide.org/spring16/whitmore-reviews-delacroix-and-the-rise-of-modern-art Delacroix and the Rise of Modern Art Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide 2016 15 1 Whitmore Janethttps://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/exhibitions/past/delacroix-and-the-rise-of-modern-art Delacroix and the Rise of Modern Art | Past exhibitions | National Gallery, London October 24 until February 14, 2016 - The Greats: masterpieces from the National Galleries of Scotland at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia.http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/exhibitions/the-greats/ The Greats masterpieces from the National Galleries of Scotland Art Gallery of New South Wales July 14, 2015 October 30 until February 7, 2016 - Frank Stella: A Retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City.http://whitney.org/Exhibitions/FrankStella Frank Stella: A Retrospective - Whitney Museum of American Art Whitney.org 6 December 2017 November 5 until March 13, 2016 - Martin Wong: Human Instamatic at the Bronx Museum of Art.http://www.bronxmuseum.org/exhibitions/martin-wong-human-instamatic Martin Wong: Human Instamatic - Exhibitions - The Bronx Museum of the Arts exhibit-e.com www.bronxmuseum.org 14 February 2016 6 December 2017 November 18 until April 3, 2016 - Procession: The Art of Norman Lewis at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, then traveled to Amon Carter Museum of American Art in Fort Worth, Texas from June 4 - August 21, 2016 and the Chicago Cultural Center in Chicago, Illinois from September 17, 2016 until January 8, 2017.https://www.pafa.org/museum/exhibitions/procession-art-norman-lewis Procession: The Art of Norman Lewis | PAFA - Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts September 26, 2019 www.pafa.org November 19 until February 21, 2016 - Nari Ward: Sun Splashed at the Pérez Art Museum Miami.http://www.pamm.org/exhibitions/nari-ward-sun-splashed Nari Ward: Sun Splashed Pamm.org 6 December 2017 November 21 until February 28, 2016 - ''Christopher Hart Chambers'' at the Nassau County Museum of Art in Roslyn Harbor, New York.December at the Nassau County Museum of Art https://www.northwordnews.com/december-at-the-nassau-county-museum-of-art.html 2023-04-07 northwordnews en Works Atelier Van Lieshout - "Domestikator"https://news.artnet.com/art-world/atelier-van-lieshout-domestikator-unveiled-centre-pompidou-1119602 Are Those Two Buildings Having Sex? Joep van Lieshout Explains His 'Misunderstood' Domestikator Project 18 October 2017 Banksy – Portrait of Steve Jobs at Calais jungle. Alberto Burri - Il Grande Cretto, Gibellina, Sicily, Italy (work begun in 1984 completed) Molly Crabapple - Saints and Sinners (mural) commissioned for and displayed at the Knickerbocker Hotel in New York City.Meacham Steve 2019-01-09 New York's Knickerbocker Hotel: Where F. Scott Fitzgerald (The Great Gatsby) met his wife Zelda https://www.smh.com.au/traveller/inspiration/new-york-knickerbocker-hotel-20181126-h18clg.html 2024-06-07 The Sydney Morning Herald en Andy Edwards - Statue of The Beatles Rubin Eynon - Gallos at Tintagel Castle in Cornwall, England Dante Ferretti – Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life for Expo 2015 in Milan, Italy.http://www.expo2015.org/en/ortolino-arrives-in-buenos-aires--the-ferretti-statue-as-symbol-of-the-expo-milano-2015-theme Ortolino arrives in Buenos Aires: the Ferretti Statue as Symbol of the Expo Milano 2015 Theme Expo Milano 2015 2015-11-04 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20151117030626/http://www.expo2015.org/en/ortolino-arrives-in-buenos-aires--the-ferretti-statue-as-symbol-of-the-expo-milano-2015-theme 2015-11-17 Rowan Gillespie - Bust of Archbishop John Hughes permanently installed at the Old St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City.https://www.irishecho.com/2015/11/archbishop-hughes-keeps-vigil Archbishop Hughes keeps vigil Anthea Hamilton – Project for Door (After Gaetano Pesce) Jim and Christina Demetro - Stuates of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton Robert Liberace - The Fifth Circlehttps://www.artrenewal.org/Salon2016/Artwork/Index/10679 5th Circle by Robert Liberace Peter Lundberg - Eye of Sauron installed on the Ossining, New York, waterfront.https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/ossining-waterfront-sculpture-peter-lundberg/ Battle Brewing over Controversial Sculpture Along Ossining Water Front CBS News 2 July 2018 https://westchester.news12.com/sculpture-graces-ossining-waterfront-park-34894897 Sculpture graces Ossining waterfront park Michael Mandiberg - "Print Wikipedia"https://www.mandiberg.com/print-wikipedia/ Michael Mandiberg 7 May 2023 Cornelia Parker and collaborators – Magna Carta (An Embroidery) Paul Rucker - "Storm in the Time of Shelter"https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_560d673ce4b0768127010cf5 Artist Paul Rucker is Taking Back the Racist Symbols of America's Past 2 October 2015 Thomas Sayre - Kerf sculptures, Portland, Oregonhttp://wunc.org/post/earthcaster-sculptor-collaborates-mother-earth-and-communities#stream/0 Earthcaster: A Sculptor Collaborates With Mother Earth And Communities Laura Lee Frank Stasio Wunc.org 6 December 2017 Timothy Schmalz - Golden Leaves (statue of Gordon Lightfoot) in Orillia, Ontariohttps://www.thestar.com/entertainment/2015/10/23/gordon-lightfoot-statue-unveiled-in-singers-hometown-of-orillia.html Gordon Lightfoot statue unveiled in singer's hometown of Orillia 23 October 2015 thestar.com 7 May 2023 Anne Storrs - Along These Lines, Portland, Oregonhttp://howweroll.trimet.org/2015/11/13/catch-the-orange-art/along-2/ Rhine-Lafayette Pedestrian Overpass - How We Roll Howweroll.trimet.org 6 December 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20171206210218/http://howweroll.trimet.org/2015/11/13/catch-the-orange-art/along-2/ 6 December 2017 dead Emma Sulkowicz – Mattress Performance (Carry That Weight) continued from 2014 at Columbia University in New York City.http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2014/10/30/carry_that_weight_emma_sulkowicz_s_mattress_becomes_a_national_movement.html Carry That Weight: Emma Sulkowicz's mattress becomes a national movement. Slate Magazine 30 October 2014 2015-05-09 Adrián Villar Rojas, "The Most Beautiful of All Mothers" in the Sea of Marmara off the island of Büyükada and in front of the Turkish home in exile of Leon Trotsky as part of the 2015 Istanbul Biennial in Istanbul, Turkeyhttps://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/sep/07/istanbul-biennial-2015-an-overwhelming-meditation-on-the-tides-of-human-misery Istanbul Biennial 2015: an overwhelming meditation on the tides of human misery Adrian Searle 7 September 2015 6 December 2017 Theguardian.com Statue of Baphomet Awards Archibald Prize - Nigel Milsom for "Portrait of Charles Waterstreethttps://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-07-17/nigel-milsom-wins-archibald-prize-with-waterstreet-portrait/6627264 Former armed robber Nigel Milsom takes out Archibald Prize Australian Broadcasting Corporation 17 July 2015 Artes Mundi Prize - Theaster Gates Käthe Kollwitz Prize - Bernard FrizeArt Review, "Bernard Frize wins the 2015 Käthe Kollwitz Prize". Accessed 10 May 2015—The Venice Biennial (May 9- November 22) -- Leone d'Oro for Lifetime Achievement: El Anatsui, Ghana Leone d'Oro for the Best Artist of the international exhibition: Adrian Piper, United States Leone d'Oro for the Best Young Artist: Im Heung-soon, South Korea Leone d'Oro for Best Pavilion: Armenia; Haig Aivazian, Nigol Bezjian, Anna Boghiguian, Hera Büyüktaş, Silvina Der Meguerditchian, Ayreen Anastas and Rene Gabri, Mekhitar Garabedian, Aikaterini Gegisian, Yervant Gianikian and Ricci Lucchi, Aram Jibilian, Nina Katchadourian, Melik Ohanian, Mikayel Ohanjanyan, Rosana Palazyan, Sarkis, Hrair Sarkissian, curated by Adelina Cüberyan von Fürstenberg Films The 100 Years Show The Danish Girl Deaths January 4 - Elisabetta Catalano, 70, Italian fine-art photographerJérôme Lachasse Décès d'Elisabetta Catalano, photographe de la dolce vita http://www.lefigaro.fr/culture/2015/01/06/03004-20150106ARTFIG00363-deces-d-elisabetta-catalano-photographe-de-la-dolce-vita.php 9 January 2015 Le Figaro 6 January 2015 January 5 - Milton Hebald, 97, American sculptorhttps://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-milton-hebald-20150108-story.html Boehm Mike 7 January 2015 Milton Hebald dies at 97; creator of prominent public sculptures 20 April 2024 Los Angeles Times January 13 - Jane Wilson, 90, American painterhttps://www.dcmooregallery.com/news/jane-wilson-1924-2015 Jane Wilson 1924-2015 DC Moore Gallery 17 June 2026 January 15 - Walter Westbrook, 93, South African artist January 16 Ted Harrison, 88, British-born Canadian painter Walter Peregoy, 89, American visual and animation background artist January 22 - Margaret Bloy Graham, 94, Canadian author and illustrator January 24 - Frances Lennon, 102, English painter and illustrator January 26 - Cleven "Goodie" Goudeau, 83, American greeting card artist January 27 - Arturo Carmassi, 89, Italian sculptor and painter January 29 - Will McBride, 84, American photographer January 31 - Vasco Bendini, 93, Italian painter February 3 - Walter Liedtke, 69, American art curator of European paintings (The Metropolitan Museum of Art) February 7 - John C. Whitehead, 92, American baker, civil servant and art collector February 12 - Tomie Ohtake, 101, Japanese-Brazilian artist February 15.- Mikhail Koulakov, 82, Russian painter February 21 - John Knapp-Fisher, 83, British painter February 24 - Roger Cecil, 72, Welsh painter March 1 - Carel Visser, 86, Dutch sculptor March 4 - William King, 90, American sculptor March 7 - Osi Rhys Osmond, Welsh painter and television presenter March 11 - Inger Sitter, 85, Norwegian painter and graphic designer March 12 - Michael Graves, 80, American architect March 13 - Ismaïla Manga, 67, Senegalese painter March 14 - Bodys Isek Kingelez, 66 or 67, Democratic Republic of Congo sculptor March 17 - Kuniyoshi Kaneko, 78, Japanese painter, illustrator and photographer March 21 - Hans Erni, 106, Swiss painter, designer and sculptor March 24 - Otto Frello, 90, Danish artist and illustrator March 26 - Albert Irvin, 92, British artist March 27 - Michael Rush, American museum director (the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum) March 31 - Betty Churcher, 84, Australian arts administrator and curator, director of the National Gallery of Australia (1990–1997) April 2 - Paule Anglim, 90+, American gallerist April 5 - Sargy Mann, 77, British painter April 8 - Lars Tunbjörk, 59, Swedish photographer April 9 - Rafael Soriano, 94, Cuban painter April 12 - Jože Ciuha, 90, Slovenian painter April 15 - Judith Malina, 88, American actress, co-founder of The Living Theater April 16 - Giuseppe Zigaina. 91, Italian neorealist painter and author May 4 - Eva Aeppli, 90, Swiss artist May 7 - John Dixon, 86, Australian cartoonist (Air Hawk and the Flying Doctors)http://www.comicoz.com/comic-related-news/john-danger-dixon-1929-1915 John Dangar Dixon 1929 - 1915 Comicoz.com 6 December 2017 May 8 - Menashe Kadishman, 82, Israeli painter and sculptor May 10 Jack Body, 70, New Zealand composer and photographer Chris Burden, 69, American artist William T. Cooper, 81, Australian ornithologist and illustrator Rachel Rosenthal, 88, French-born American performance artist May 17 - Gerald Steadman Smith, 85, Canadian artist May 23 - Carl Nesjar, 94, Norwegian painter and sculptor May 25 - Mary Ellen Mark, 75, American photographer June 2 - Miguel-Ángel Cárdenas, 80, Colombian-Dutch painter and illustrator June 12 Antoni Pitxot, 81, Spanish painter Nek Chand Saini, 90, Indian sculptor June 19 - Earl Norem, 92, American painter and illustrator June 20 - Miriam Schapiro, 91, Canadian-born American painter, sculptor and printmaker June 22 - Don Featherstone, 79, American artist and inventor of the plastic pink flamingo July 2 - David Aronson, 91, American painter July 20 - Sally Gross, 81, American avant-garde choreographer, dancer July 24 - Ingrid Sischy, 63, South African born art critic August 4 - Calle Örnemark, 81, Swedish sculptor August 10 - Sunil Das, 76, Indian artist August 16 - Melva Bucksbaum, 82, American art collector, curator, patron of the arts and vice chairwoman of the Whitney Museum board of trustees August 28 David Michie, 87, French-born British painter.http://www.eca.ed.ac.uk/school-of-art/news-events/david-michie-1928-%E2%80%93-2015 David Michie 1928 – 2015 Eca.ed.ac.uk 6 December 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20150906123344/http://www.eca.ed.ac.uk/school-of-art/news-events/david-michie-1928-%E2%80%93-2015 2015-09-06 dead (death announced on this date) Nelson Shanks, 77, American painter, cancer.http://www.phillyvoice.com/famous-local-artist-nelson-shank-dies-77/ Famous local artist Nelson Shanks dies at 77 Phillyvoice.com 6 December 2017 September 3 - Yevgeny Ukhnalyov, 83, Russian artist, co-author of the current coat of arms of Russia September 6 - John Perreault, 78, American art critic September 12 - Salvo, 68, Italian artist September 15 - Cor Melchers, 61, Dutch painter September 17 - Stojan Batič, 90, Slovene sculptor September 19 - Brian Sewell, 84, British art critic September 25 - Carol Rama, 97, Italian painter September 26 - Paul Reed, 96, American painter October 10 - Hilla Becher, 81, German photographer October 15 - Bruce Mozert, 98, American photographer October 25 - Wojciech Fangor, 92, Polish artist November 3 - Judy Cassab, 95, Austrian-born Australian portrait painter November 4 - Laila Pullinen, 82, Finnish sculptor. November 7 - Pancho Guedes, 90, Portuguese architect and artist November 12 Peter McLeavey, 79, New Zealand art dealer Aaron Shikler, 93, American artist November 25 - Eva Fuka, 88, Czech-born American photographer November 26 - Eldzier Cortor, 99, American artist December 6 - Holly Woodlawn, 69, Puerto Rican transgender actress and Warhol superstar December 13 - Hema Upadhyay, 43, Indian artist December 16 - George Earl Ortman, 89, American artist December 27 - Ellsworth Kelly, 92, American artist References Category:2010s in art Category:Years of the 21st century in art