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candle obituary schedule Feb 27, 2026 visibility 7 link 9 artists, 3 galleries

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Rena Bransten, a foundational figure in the San Francisco art scene, has died at the age of 92 following a heart attack and a subsequent fall. Since founding her eponymous gallery in 1975, Bransten became a champion for California-based artists, with a pioneering focus on women and artists of color. Her gallery represented major figures including John Waters, Dawoud Bey, and Fred Wilson, evolving from its origins in ceramics to a multidisciplinary powerhouse that recently transitioned to a nomadic model.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jan 21, 2026 visibility 6 link 1 artist

Fred Wilson: The Flag Project | 2026 | Rose Art Museum

Fred Wilson: The Flag Project is on view at the Rose Art Museum from February 11 to May 31, 2026, in the Lois Foster Wing stairwell. The exhibition features a selection of Wilson's Flag paintings, including the large canvas Hidden Flag (2012), and a series of national flags from African and African diasporic countries rendered entirely in black paint on raw cotton canvas, arranged in a mural-like procession. The show is organized by Dr. Gannit Ankori, the museum's Henry and Lois Foster Director and Chief Curator, and supported by Pace Gallery.

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candle obituary schedule Jan 7, 2026 visibility 4 link 11 artists, 2 galleries

Kathleen Goncharov, influential curator who helped many artists ‘realise their dreams’, has died aged 73

Kathleen Goncharov, an artist and curator who worked at influential US organizations including Just Above Midtown and Creative Time, died on 31 December at age 73. She most recently served as senior curator at the Boca Raton Museum of Art from 2012 until her retirement in 2024, and previously held positions at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, the MIT List Visual Arts Center, and the New School. Goncharov also served as commissioner of the US Pavilion at the 2003 Venice Biennale, curating Fred Wilson's solo project. She had a solo exhibition of her abstract paintings at Olympia gallery in New York in 2022.

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candle obituary schedule Jan 2, 2026 visibility 2 link 29 artists, 4 galleries

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Kathleen Goncharov, a curator known for her work at Just Above Midtown gallery and the Boca Raton Museum of Art, died at her home in Boca Raton, Florida, on December 31 at age 73. Over her career, she served as senior curator at the Boca Raton Museum of Art from 2012 to 2025, curated exhibitions internationally from Rio de Janeiro to Rome, and was commissioner of the US Pavilion for the Venice Biennale in 2003, presenting Fred Wilson's exhibition "Speak of Me as I Am." She also held positions at Creative Time, the New School, MIT, the Nasher Museum of Art, and the Brodsky Center for Innovative Editions, and was a working artist for 40 years.

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