As the earth completes another trip around the sun, Artnet News invites you to pause and remember those we lost in the art world in 2022.
The list below is arranged according to the date the obituary was published. The full headlines link to Artnet News coverage, the listed names and professions direct to stories published by other news outlets.
January Corky Lee in the documentary film Photographic Justice: The Corky Lee Story .
Luciano Perna, artist
Craig Ruddy, artist
Alicia Cardenas, artist
Edward Jelks, archaeologist
Michael Schultz, dealer
Alekos Fassianos, artist
Jonathan Brown, art historian
Hossein Valamanesh, artist
Ali Mitgutsch, illustrator
Ricardo Bofill, architect
Emilia Bakourou, archaeologist
Stephane Ackermann, art historian and curator
Reza Mostofifard, archaeologist
Corky Lee, photographer
John Sainsbury, philanthropist
Kohei Yoshiyuki, photographer
Lourdes Castro, artist
Brigitte Kowanz, artist
February Carmen Herrera in her studio, 2015. Photo by Jason Schmidt, ©Carmen Herrera, courtesy Lisson Gallery.
Brenda L. Richardson, curator
Jerome Chazen, collector
Ashley Bryan, artist
Julie Saul, dealer
John Wesley, artist
Grenville Davey, artist
Caroline Wickham-Jones, archaeologist
Carmen Herrera, Whose Late-Career Triumphs as an Abstract Painter Redefined the Age of Art Stardom, Has Died at 106
Gurminder Sikand, artist
Mona Saudi, artist
Antonio Seguí, artist
The Visionary Artist Dan Graham, Who Was Known For His Glass Pavilions and Astrological Prowess, Has Died at 79
Jan Pieńkowski, artist
De Wain Valentine, the Light and Space Artist Who Transformed Industrial Plastics Into Sleek, Large-Scale Sculptures, Has Died at 86
Charles Csuri, artist
Barry Bauman, restorer
March Budi Tek. Photo courtesy of the Yuz Museum.
Conrad Janis, actor and dealer
Andrea Halbfinger, artist and art critic
Noni Olabisi, artist
Gyo Obata, architecture
Janet Cooling, artist
Kim Byung-Ki, artist
Neil Faulkner, archaeologist
Budi Tek, One of the World’s Most Influential Patrons of Chinese Art, Has Died at 65
Annie Flanders, art editor
Srihadi Soedarsono, artist
Hiram Maristany, photographer
Daniel Weinberg, dealer
Sumy Sadurni, photographer
Sona Karakashian Johnston, curator
Stephen Wilhite, creator of the GIF
Mira Calix, artist
Dirck Halstead, photographer
Ashton Hawkins, museum executive
Andrea Éva Győri, artist
Ted Mooney, art editor
Doris Derby, photographer
Nancy Lane, collector
Tom Moody, artist and critic
April Hermann Nitsch, 20th painting action (1987). ©Hermann Nitsch. Photo by Heinz Cibulka.
Patrick Demarchelier, photographer
Delfina Entrecanales, arts patron
Provocative Austrian Actionist Hermann Nitsch Has Died at 83
Philip Hewat-Jaboor, collector
Donald Baechler, New York Artist Known for His Cerebral Approach to Simplistic Imagery, Has Died at 65
Constance Lewallen, curator
Maksym Levin, photographer
Cynthia Plaster Caster, artist
Jerry Uelsmann, photographer
Margaret Curtis, archaeologist
Eleanor Munro, art writer
Margo Feiden, dealer
Ron Galella, photographer
Lewis Stein, artist
May Samella Lewis. Photo courtesy of the College Art Association,.
Abdulamir Al-Hamdani, archaeologist
Marcus Leatherdale, photographer
James Butler, artist
Amanda Claridge, archaeologist
John Harris, architectural historian
Miss. Tic, artist
Toby Devan Lewis, philanthropist
Suzi Gablik, art critic
David Datuna, artist
June Fitzpatrick, dealer
Ouka Leele, artist
Fayez Sarofim, collector
Claude Rutault, artist
Samella Lewis, art historian
Knox Martin, artist
June District of Columbia artist Sam Gilliam photographed on June 22, 2016 in Washington, D.C. Photo by Marvin Joseph/the Washington Post via Getty Images.
‘A Dazzling and Powerful Force for Good and Change’: Friends and Colleagues Remember the Late Artist and Feminist Trailblazer Paula Rego
Tony Knipe, artist
Tim Sale, comic artist
Manfredi della Gherardesca, curator
Marina Lambraki-Plaka, museum director
Austrian Billionaire Heidi Goëss-Horten Has Died at Age 81, Just Days After Opening Her Private Museum in Vienna
Jeane Hamilton, arts patron
Hunter Reynolds, artist
Artist Margaret Keane, Whose Husband Tried to Take Credit for Her Paintings of Big-Eyed Characters, Has Died at 94
Duncan Hannah, artist
Painter Sam Gilliam, Celebrated for His Boldly Colored Draped Canvases, Has Died at 88
Sophie Lauwers, museum director
Robbie Kienzle, city planner and public art advocate
Yves Coppens, archaeologist
Jacques Villeglé, artist
Tarek Al-Ghoussein, photographer
Arnold Skolnick, artist
Michel David-Weill, collector
July Claes Oldenburg. Photo by Brill/ullstein bild via Getty Images.
Thanom Chapakdee, artist
Vivian Hewitt, art collector
Ken Knowlton, artist
Marcus Fairs, art publisher
Spider Webb, tattoo artist
Claes Oldenburg, the Leading Pop-Art Sculptor Who Turned Hamburgers and Erasers Into Whimsical Totems of the 20th Century, Has Died at 93
Kurt Markus, photographer
Kazuki Takahashi, artist
Enamul Haque, archaeologist
Tan Boon Hui, museum director
Lucinda Turner, artist
Harvey Dinnerstein, artist
Matt King, Artist and Visionary Cofounder of Immersive Art Giant Meow Wolf, Has Died at 37
Marco Goldschmied, architect
Lily Safra, collector
Jerome M. Eisenberg, dealer
Donald Jonas, collector
Lourdes Grobet, photographer
Gilberto Chateaubriand, collector
Herbert W. Franke, artist
Ritzi Jacobi, artist
Danielle Abrams, artist
Perry Rubenstein, dealer
Nelson Stevens, artist
Fulya Erdemci, curator
Artist Jennifer Bartlett, Known for Her Intensive Investigations Into the Possibilities of Painting, Has Died at Age 81
Doreen Adengo, architect
Pauline Bewick, artist
Mary Obering, artist
Nancy Brown Negley, arts patron
August Portrait of Charlie Finch. Photo ©Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, 2010, courtesy of the photographer.
Jean-Jacques Sempé, illustrator
Lucien Kroll, architect
Takahiko Iimura, artist
Issey Miyake, Fashion Designer Whose Work Enthralled the Art Stars (and Graced the Cover of ‘Artforum’), Has Died at 84
MacGregor Harp, artist and dealer
Kamoya Kimeu, archaeologist
Dmitry Vrubel, artist
Bill White, photographer
Eric Boman, photographer
Walter Robinson Remembers Charlie Finch, the Iconoclastic Critic and ‘Lifeblood’ of Artnet Magazine for 15 Years
Tim Page, photographer
Carole Caroompas, artist
Tsuneko Sasamoto, photographer
Raymond Briggs, illustrator
Natalia LL, artist
Marta Palau, artist
Melvin Sokolsky, photographer
September Taro Shinoda. Photo courtesy of Misa Shin Gallery, Tokyo.
Taro Shinoda, artist
Arthur Cotton Moore, architect
Newton Harrison, artist
Herbert V. Kohler Jr., philanthropist
Braj Basi Lal, archaeologist
William MacDougall, auction executive
Jean-Luc Godard, director
Emanoel Araujo, artist
Virginia Dwan, Pioneering Dealer Who Bankrolled Some of Land Art’s Most Daring Masterpieces, Has Died at 90
Diane Noomin, artist
Art Rosenbaum, artist
Dimitrios Pandermalis, museum president
In Pictures: See How Artists Have Captured Queen Elizabeth II, the U.K.’s Longest-Serving Monarch, Through Seven Decades of Her Reign
Loïc Raguénès, artist
Valerie Maynard, artist
Donald Blinken, arts patron
Newton Harrison, artist
Elias Zayat, artist
James Stewart Polshek, architect
William Klein, photographer
Brian Catling, artist
Katharine Lee Reid, museum director
Sonia Handelman Meyer, photographer
October Peter Schjeldahl at the 2011 New Yorker Festival. Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images for The New Yorker.
Silke Otto-Knapp, artist
Grace Glueck, art reporter
Angus Trumble, museum director
Peter Hort, collector
Peter Schjeldahl, the Beloved Poet Turned ‘New Yorker’ Art Critic, Has Died at Age 80
Shi Xingbang, archaeologist
Ken Stradling, art collector
French Painter Pierre Soulages, Who Dedicated His Career to the Deepest Color Black, Has Died at Age 102
Alan Smith, artist
Ian Hamilton, art thief
Jack Brogan, fabricator
Rodney Graham, artist
Laila Shawa, artist
Kim Jung Gi, illustrator
Billy Al Bengston, artist
Freddy Rodríguez, artist
Angelo Venosa, artist
Lu Shengzhong, artist
Brian O’Doherty, artist and critic
November Ashley Bickerton. Photo courtesy of Bickerton studio.
Artist Hervé Télémaque, Known for His Colorful Poetic Works That Challenged Injustices, Has Died at Age 85
Lee Bontecou, the American Artist Who Sculpted the Void, Has Died at Age 91
Bruce Russell, artist
Fernando Campana, architect
Claude Bernard, dealer
Evelyn de Rothschild, art collector
Ashley Bickerton, an Artist Known for His Burlesques of Consumerism and Gauguin, Has Died at Age 63
Bernadette Mayer, artist
Aline Kominsky-Crumb, artist
Dangy Corcoran, dealer
Tom Phillips, artist
Elena Xausa, illustrator
Pierluigi Cerri, architect, designer, and curator
December Maya Picasso in front of her portrait in Paris, France on October 15, 1996. Photo by Alain Benainous/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images.
Maya Ruiz-Picasso, the Eldest Daughter of Picasso and Keeper of His Legacy, Has Died at Age 87
Adrienne Mancia, curator
Philip Pearlstein, a Figurative Master Who Preferred Nude Portraits Over New Modes of Abstraction, Has Died at 98
Judith Lauand, artist
Daniel Brush, artist
Hamish Kilgour, artist
Oscar White Muscarella, archaeologist
Dorothy Iannone, artist
Ronald Feldman, dealer
Vivienne Westwood, designer
Tony Vaccaro, photographer
Ross Thomas, archaeologist
Arata Isozaki, architect
Suzanne Tarasiève, dealer
Frank Clarke, artist
Hans Mayer, dealer
Milly Thomson, artist
Tom Karen, designer
