David Hockney, the celebrated British painter who revolutionized the way of looking, has died

È morto David Hockney, il celebre pittore britannico che ha rivoluzionato il modo di guardare

David Hockney, the celebrated British painter who revolutionized the way we see, has died at age 88, just weeks before his 89th birthday. Over a career spanning more than 70 years, Hockney moved from iconic California swimming pools to Yorkshire landscapes and digital experiments on iPad and tablet, constantly reinventing his practice. Born in Bradford in 1937, he studied at the Bradford College of Art and the Royal College of Art in London, later moving to Los Angeles in the 1960s. His painting "Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures)" sold at auction in 2018 for over $90 million, cementing his status as one of the most sought-after living artists. He also worked in theater set design, photography, and digital media, leaving a vast and influential body of work.

Festakt für Günther Uecker in Schwerin

A memorial ceremony was held in Schwerin, Germany, on the first anniversary of Günther Uecker's death, honoring the renowned object artist known for his iconic nail pictures. The event at the Staatliches Museum Schwerin featured a speech by former Bundestag President Norbert Lammert, who praised Uecker's extraordinary career. Also present were Minister-President Manuela Schwesig and Uecker's son Jacob Uecker. The evening included a book presentation at the Landesbibliothek and a film screening at the Schwerin Cathedral, for which Uecker designed four blue-tinted glass windows inaugurated in late 2024.

Artist Julio Le Parc, Maestro of Light, Movement, and Defiance, Dies at 97

Julio Le Parc, the Franco-Argentine artist known for his kinetic and Op art works that transformed spectators into active participants, died in Paris on May 30 at age 97. His passing came just days before a major career retrospective at the Tate Modern in London, scheduled to open June 11, which will now serve as a posthumous tribute. Le Parc was the last surviving founding member of the artist collective Groupe de Recherche d’Art Visuel (GRAV) and was celebrated for his use of mirrors, motorized light boxes, and interactive devices that required viewer movement to complete the artwork.

È morto Tommaso Setari. Una vita tra collezionismo e mecenatismo con sua moglie Giuliana Carusi

Tommaso Setari, a prominent Italian art collector and philanthropist, has died at the age of 76 after a long hospitalization in Brussels. Together with his wife Giuliana Carusi, he built one of the world's most significant contemporary art collections from the late 1970s onward, spanning artists from Sol LeWitt to Gerhard Richter. In 2001, the couple founded the Dena Foundation for Contemporary Art to support young artists and curators through residency programs in New York and Paris, later expanding into awards, symposia, and exhibitions. Setari's funeral was held on June 4 at the Church of Saint-Servais in Brussels.

Künstler Harald Metzkes ist tot

German painter Harald Metzkes has died at the age of 97 in Wegendorf, Brandenburg, surrounded by his family. His son, sculptor Robert Metzkes, confirmed the news to the German Press Agency. Metzkes, who grew up in East Germany, was a leading figure of the Berlin School of painting and resisted the official doctrine of socialist realism, instead creating a personal "world theatre" of harlequins, circus scenes, and theatrical figures inspired by Rembrandt, Velázquez, and Paul Cézanne. His best-known work includes "Der Abtransport der sechsarmigen Göttin." After training as a stonemason and studying at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts, he worked as a freelance artist in Berlin, supporting himself with book illustrations. His work gained international attention when one of his paintings was sent to the Venice Biennale in 1984, and after the fall of the Berlin Wall he built connections with Western collectors.

Valie Export ist tot

Valie Export, the pioneering Austrian media and performance artist, has died at age 85 in Vienna. Born Waltraud Lehner in Linz in 1940, she adopted the name Valie Export in the late 1960s, derived from a cigarette brand, and became internationally known for provocative works such as "Tapp- und Tastkino" (1968) and "Aktionshose: Genitalpanik." Her practice critically examined gender roles, power structures, and the representation of the female body through film, video, photography, and performance. She participated in major exhibitions including Documenta, the Centre Pompidou, and the Museum of Modern Art, and represented Austria at the Venice Biennale in 1980 alongside Maria Lassnig. She also taught as a professor of media and performance art in Berlin and Cologne, and the VALIE EXPORT Center opened in Linz in 2017.

Disparition de la galeriste Anisabelle Berès-Montanari

Anisabelle Berès-Montanari, a prominent Parisian gallerist, has died at age 78. Born in 1948, she joined the family business Galerie Berès in 1975, which was founded by her mother Huguette Berès in 1952. Over decades, she built the gallery's reputation through scholarly exhibitions on Japanese prints, Manet, the Nabis, and overlooked modern artists like Henri Laurens and Serge Férat. In 2019, she became the first woman president of the Syndicat national des antiquaires (SNA), serving until 2023. The gallery continues under her daughters Florence Berès-Montanari and Capucine Montanari-Fleury.

Khoo Sui Hoe, 1939–2026

Malaysian painter Khoo Sui Hoe died on May 31, 2026, at his home in North Little Rock, Arkansas, at age 86. Born in Baling, Kedah in 1939, he studied at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts under Cheong Soo Pieng, Georgette Chen, and Chen Chong Swee, and gained prominence in 1965 with the commission "Children of the Sun" for the Singapore Conference Hall. Over a six-decade career, he developed a distinctive style of stylized figures in flattened landscapes, and his works entered major collections including the National Gallery Singapore, Singapore Art Museum, and National Gallery of Victoria. He also co-founded Alpha Gallery in Singapore (1971) and Alpha Utara Gallery in Penang (2004), and initiated the Utara Group.

Muriel Hasbun, Artist Whose Work Poignantly Recounted the Salvadoran Diaspora and the Fraughtness of Memory, Dies at 64

Muriel Hasbun, a multidisciplinary artist known for exploring themes of memory, migration, and the Salvadoran diaspora through photography, video, and installation, died on May 13 from ovarian cancer in Silver Springs, Maryland, at age 64. Born in El Salvador in 1961, she left during the country's civil war in 1979 and settled in Washington, D.C. Her work, including series like "Santos y sombras / Saints and Shadows" (1990–97) and the 2023 survey "Tracing Terruño" at the International Center of Photography, poignantly combined archival family photos with new imagery to examine loss, exile, and the complexities of identity.

Tess Jaray, painter and teacher inspired by architecture, 1937–2026

Tess Jaray, the British painter known for geometric abstract works and architectural public commissions, has died at age 88. Born in Vienna in 1937, she studied at the Slade School of Art under Ernst Gombrich and became the school's first female teacher in 1968, running its postgraduate course for nearly three decades. Her hard-edge paintings, inspired by Renaissance architecture, evolved into public artworks such as the terrazzo floor at London Victoria station, the stone floor at St Mary's Church in Nottingham, and the forecourt of the British Embassy in Moscow. Major exhibitions included a 2024 retrospective at the Millennium Gallery in Sheffield and a 2021 solo show at Secession in Vienna.

Elfie Semotan, Austrian Fashion Photographer, Dies at 84

Elfie Semotan, an Austrian fashion photographer renowned for her long collaboration with designer Helmut Lang, died unexpectedly on Saturday at age 84 in Jennersdorf, Austria. Born in Wels in 1941, Semotan studied fashion in Vienna, worked as a model in Paris, and launched her photography career in the 1970s with provocative ad campaigns for Palmers lingerie and Römerquelle mineral water. She also shot portraits of art-world figures including Louise Bourgeois, Maria Lassnig, Daniel Richter, and Martin Kippenberger, to whom she was briefly married. Her work appeared in magazines such as the New Yorker, Vogue, and Esquire, and she taught at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna and the International Summer Academy in Salzburg.

Donald Newhouse, Publishing Heir and Brother of Si Newhouse, Dies at 96

Donald Newhouse, the billionaire newspaper publisher and heir to the Condé Nast media empire, died at 96 from lymphoma at his home in Lambertville, New Jersey. He and his brother Si Newhouse inherited a vast media conglomerate from their father; Donald focused on Advance Publications' newspaper business, running The Star-Ledger and expanding holdings to include The Plain Dealer, The Times-Picayune, and The Oregonian. His death comes days after Christie's evening sales of works from Si Newhouse's collection, which included a record-breaking sale of Jackson Pollock's Number 7A, 1948 for $181.2 million.

David Hockney, Who Restored the Human Form to Art, Dies at 88

David Hockney, the British artist renowned for his vibrant figurative paintings and pioneering work in photography, has died at the age of 88. His career spanned more than six decades, during which he became one of the most recognizable and influential figures in contemporary art, known for works such as *A Bigger Splash* and his series of swimming pool scenes that captured the hedonism of 1960s California.

Elfie Semotan, fashion photographer, 1941–2026

Elfie Semotan, the Austrian fashion photographer known for her work with designer Helmut Lang, has died at age 85. She broke through in the mid-1970s with provocative ads for Austrian lingerie brand Palmers, later becoming renowned for her stripped-back portraiture in Lang's campaigns and runway shows over two decades. She also photographed art-world figures including Louise Bourgeois, Maria Lassnig, Daniel Richter, and Christopher Wool. Born in Wels, she studied fashion in Vienna, worked as a model in Paris, and was married to artists Kurt Kocherscheidt and Martin Kippenberger.

Artist Valie Export, Who Saw Right Through the Male Gaze, Dies at 85

Austrian artist Valie Export, a pioneering feminist performance and media artist, died on May 14, three days before her 86th birthday. Her death was confirmed by Thaddaeus Ropac Gallery. Export, born Waltraud Lehner in 1940, rejected traditional domestic roles and adopted her iconic all-uppercase name from a cigarette brand. She created guerrilla-style performances and films that directly confronted the male gaze and patriarchal society, often using her own body as a medium. Key works include “Genital Panic” (1968), in which she walked through a Munich cinema in crotchless pants, and “Tapp und Tastkino (Tap and Touch Cinema)” (1968), where she invited strangers to touch her bare breasts through a stage strapped to her chest.

RIP David Hockney: 5 places to see the legendary artist’s work in London

David Hockney, the legendary British artist known for his vibrant depictions of Los Angeles swimming pools and pioneering iPad drawings, has died at age 88. The article lists five London venues where his work can be seen: Tate Britain (featuring his 1967 masterpiece 'A Bigger Splash' and planning a major retrospective for October 2027), Serpentine North (hosting a free exhibition of his digital artworks including the 90-meter frieze 'A Year in Normandie'), the National Portrait Gallery (displaying his 2005 'Self-Portrait with Charlie'), Tate Modern (which will transform its Turbine Hall into an immersive tribute to his opera set designs in summer 2027), and Halcyon Gallery in Mayfair (offering etchings, lithographs, and iPad drawings for sale).

‘Her crotchless trousers are etched in my brain for ever’: Valie Export remembered by the artists she influenced

Valie Export, the pioneering Austrian feminist artist known for provocative performances like *Tapp-und-Tastkino* (1968) and *Genital Panic* (1969), is remembered by four artists she influenced: Peaches, Florentina Holzinger, Joan Jonas, and Candice Breitz. Each shares personal reflections on Export's radical use of the female body as a political weapon, her confrontational public interventions, and her legacy of civil disobedience against patriarchal structures.

British artist known as an icon of the 1960s has died at 88. See some of his most celebrated work in Portland

British artist Sir Peter Blake, widely regarded as an icon of the 1960s, has died at the age of 88. Known as the "Godfather of British Pop Art," Blake is best known for co-creating the iconic cover of The Beatles' *Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band* album. His death was reported by OregonLive.com, which also noted that some of his most celebrated works are currently on view in Portland, Oregon.

Artist David Hockney, whose work is on view at the Portland Art Museum, dies at 88

Artist David Hockney, whose work is currently on view at the Portland Art Museum, has died at the age of 88. The news was reported by Oregon ArtsWatch, noting his ongoing exhibition at the museum.

Remembering Willie Valentine, Marjane Satrapi, and John Claridge

This week's In Memoriam column honors five figures from the visual art world: Valentine Willie (1954–2026), a champion of Southeast Asian art who founded Valentine Willie Fine Art and helped organize the landmark traveling survey 'Faith + The City'; Marjane Satrapi (1969–2026), the Iranian-French artist and graphic novelist best known for her graphic novel 'Persepolis' (2000), which was adapted into an Oscar-nominated animated film; Khoo Sui Hoe (1939–2026), a celebrated Malaysian painter whose surrealistic works are held in major museum collections; John Claridge (1944–2026), a British photographer renowned for his intimate black-and-white portraits of London's East End; and Saâd Hassani (1948–2026), a Moroccan painter influenced by Art Brut and the Casablanca School.

Painter Paula Kamps dies at 36

Malerin Paula Kamps mit 36 Jahren gestorben

German painter Paula Kamps has died at the age of 36. Her Paris gallery, Sans titre, announced the news but did not disclose the cause of death. Born in Cologne in 1990, Kamps studied philosophy at the Free University of Berlin before transferring to the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, where she became a master student of painters Tomma Abts and Elizabeth Peyton. Working between figuration and abstraction, she created fragile, dreamlike worlds using glazes, watercolor, and drawing techniques, often depicting ghostly figures, plants, and everyday scenes on the verge of disappearance. Painter André Butzer described her fluid color forms as "stains" spreading across the canvas. Kamps also published poetry and artist books. She had been represented by Galerie Sans titre since 2021 and showed in Chicago, Hong Kong, Milan, Berlin, and Zurich; an early-2025 solo exhibition at Galerie Christine Mayer was her most recent.

VALIE EXPORT, icon of feminist art who placed the body at the center of her research, has died

È morta VALIE EXPORT, icona dell’arte femminista che ha messo il corpo al centro della sua ricerca

VALIE EXPORT, the Austrian artist and feminist icon known for using her body as a political and artistic tool, has died in Vienna at age 85. Born in Linz in 1940, she changed her name in 1967 and became a pioneer of performance, film, and media art, creating provocative works such as "Tapp-und Tastkino" (1968), where she turned her body into a touchable cinema screen, and "Aktionshose: Genitalpanik" (1969). Her career spanned over six decades, and she taught at institutions including the University of Wisconsin and the Berlin University of the Arts. In 2023, the Albertina Museum in Vienna held a major retrospective of her work.

5 essential David Hockney artworks that capture his glimmering Los Angeles

David Hockney, the celebrated British artist who made Los Angeles his home, died Thursday at 88. The Los Angeles Times published a tribute highlighting five of his most iconic artworks that capture the city's sun-drenched landscapes, including "Mulholland Drive: The Road to the Studio" (1980), "A Bigger Splash" (1967), "American Collectors (Fred and Marcia Weisman)" (1968), and "Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures)" (1972). These works, drawn from museum collections such as LACMA and the J. Paul Getty Trust, epitomize Hockney's signature style of glittering pools, rolling hills, and lush foliage.

Duane Michals, Photographer With Stories to Tell, Dies at 94

Duane Michals, the influential American photographer known for pioneering narrative sequences and text-integrated imagery, has died at age 94. A self-taught artist, Michals rejected the documentary tradition of photography, instead staging black-and-white sequences accompanied by wry or lyrical handwritten captions, exploring themes of mortality, desire, and the passage of time. His work gained prominence in the 1960s and 1970s, and he became one of the most original voices in contemporary photography.

Raymonde Arcier, Feminist Artist Who Worked With Fabric in France, Dies at 86

Raymonde Arcier, a French feminist artist known for her fabric and textile-based works, died in May at age 86. Self-taught, she began her most striking pieces in 1970, crocheting wool, cotton, and knitting metal, with each work taking up to a year. Her notable artworks include *Faire ses provisions* (1971) and *Au nom du père* (1975–1976), a giant sculpture held in the Centre Pompidou's collection. Her death was acknowledged by curators and the magazine *Textile/Art*.

Jerry Gogosian Dies at 40

Hilde Lynn Helphenstein, the artist, curator, and art-world satirist known for her popular meme account Jerry Gogosian, was found dead at age 40 in a hotel room in São Paulo, Brazil. Local police have opened a “suspicious death” investigation, and the Rosewood São Paulo hotel confirmed she was found deceased on Sunday, May 31. The news, first reported by Globo, has shocked the art world, which knew Helphenstein for her sharp, humorous critiques of the art industry.

Death of Marjane Satrapi

Disparition de Marjane Satrapi

Marjane Satrapi, the Franco-Iranian artist best known for her graphic novel "Persepolis," has died at age 56, according to the Académie des beaux-arts, where she had been a member since 2024. Born in Rasht, Iran, in 1969, Satrapi rose to prominence with "Persepolis" (2000-2003), a four-volume autobiographical account of her childhood during the Iranian Revolution and her exile. The work established her as a central figure in European comics, blending stark black-and-white drawings with a deeply personal narrative of political and social upheaval. She later adapted "Persepolis" into an acclaimed animated film (2007), winning the Prix du Jury at Cannes and two César awards, and expanded into painting and public activism, notably coordinating the 2023 collective book "Femme, vie, liberté" after the death of Mahsa Amini.

10 Memorable Quotes from David Hockney

10 denkwürdige Zitate von David Hockney

David Hockney, the renowned British painter, has died at the age of 88. The article compiles ten memorable quotes from his career, drawn from interviews with Monopol, The Guardian, Die Zeit, and The Independent. In these quotes, Hockney offers sharp opinions on fellow artists like Gerhard Richter and Jeff Koons, reflects on smoking, cannabis, photography, and the environment, and shares philosophical insights about surface, depth, and the enduring nature of painting.

Colen Lumley obituary

Colen Lumley, an architect, critic, and painter who helped shape postwar Cambridge architecture, has died at age 93. He was a partner to modernist architect Sir Leslie Martin, contributing to projects such as the Faculty of Music building at Cambridge University, the Museum of Modern Art Oxford, and the Gulbenkian Foundation gallery in Lisbon. After his architectural career, he devoted himself to painting, exhibiting through Cambridge Open Studios.

Hilde Lynn Helphenstein, American artist and satirist, has died at age 40 in São Paulo, local media reports

Hilde Lynn Helphenstein, the American artist and satirist known online as Jerry Gogosian, has died at age 40. She was found dead at the Rosewood hotel in São Paulo, Brazil, on 31 May, according to local media reports. Helphenstein gained fame through her Instagram account, which amassed over 151,000 followers by offering sharp commentary on blue-chip dealers, art fairs, and the art world's inner workings. She previously ran a Los Angeles gallery and later launched the Jerry Gogosian persona in 2018, a name blending critic Jerry Saltz and mega-dealer Larry Gagosian. Her projects included a Sotheby's sale titled 'Suggested Followers: How the Algorithm is Always Right,' a Substack newsletter, and a podcast called 'Art Smack.' She had recently signed with United Talent Agency and expressed ambitions to work for Art Basel's parent company.