January
Corky Lee within the documentary movie Photographic Justice: The Corky Lee Story.
Jonathan Brown, artwork historian
Emilia Bakourou, archaeologist
Stephane Ackermann, artwork historian and curator
Reza Mostofifard, archaeologist
February

Carmen Herrera in her studio, 2015. Picture: Jason Schmidt. © Carmen Herrera, courtesy Lisson Gallery.
Caroline Wickham-Jones, archaeologist
Carmen Herrera, Whose Late-Profession Triumphs as an Summary Painter Redefined the Age of Artwork Stardom, Has Died at 106
The Visionary Artist Dan Graham, Who Was Identified For His Glass Pavilions and Astrological Prowess, Has Died at 79
De Wain Valentine, the Gentle and Area Artist Who Reworked Industrial Plastics Into Modern, Massive-Scale Sculptures, Has Died at 86
March

Budi Tek. Picture courtesy of the Yuz Museum.
Conrad Janis, actor and vendor
Andrea Halbfinger, artist and artwork critic
Budi Tek, One of many World’s Most Influential Patrons of Chinese language Artwork, Has Died at 65
Annie Flanders, artwork editor
Sona Karakashian Johnston, curator
Stephen Wilhite, creator of the GIF
April

Hermann Nitsch, twentieth portray motion (1987). ©Hermann Nitsch. Picture 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 Identified for His Cerebral Method to Simplistic Imagery, Has Died at 65
Cynthia Plaster Caster, artist
Margaret Curtis, archaeologist
Could

Samella Lewis. Picture: courtesy of the Faculty Artwork Affiliation.
Abdulamir Al-Hamdani, archaeologist
Marcus Leatherdale, photographer
Amanda Claridge, archaeologist
John Harris, architectural historian
Toby Devan Lewis, philanthropist
Samella Lewis, artwork historian
June

Artist Sam Gilliam photographed on June 22, 2016 in Washington, D.C. Picture: Marvin Joseph/Washington Submit through Getty Photos.
‘A Dazzling and Highly effective Drive for Good and Change’: Pals and Colleagues Bear in mind the Late Artist and Feminist Trailblazer Paula Rego
Manfredi della Gherardesca, curator
Marina Lambraki-Plaka, museum director
Austrian Billionaire Heidi Goëss-Horten Has Died at Age 81, Simply Days After Opening Her Non-public Museum in Vienna
Artist Margaret Keane, Whose Husband Tried to Take Credit score for Her Work of Large-Eyed Characters, Has Died at 94
Painter Sam Gilliam, Celebrated for His Boldly Coloured Draped Canvases, Has Died at 88
Sophie Lauwers, museum director
Robbie Kienzle, metropolis planner and public artwork advocate
July

Claes Oldenburg. Picture: Brill/ullstein bild through Getty Photos.
Vivian Hewitt, artwork collector
Claes Oldenburg, the Main Pop-Artwork Sculptor Who Turned Hamburgers and Erasers Into Whimsical Totems of the twentieth Century, Has Died at 93
Matt King, Artist and Visionary Cofounder of Immersive Artwork Large Meow Wolf, Has Died at 37
Gilberto Chateaubriand, collector
Artist Jennifer Bartlett, Identified for Her Intensive Investigations Into the Potentialities of Portray, Has Died at Age 81
August

Portrait of Charlie Finch. Picture: © 2010 Timothy Greenfield-Sanders. Courtesy of the photographer.
Issey Miyake, Trend Designer Whose Work Enthralled the Artwork Stars (and Graced the Cowl of ‘Artforum’), Has Died at 84
Walter Robinson Remembers Charlie Finch, the Iconoclastic Critic and ‘Lifeblood’ of Artnet Journal for 15 Years
Tsuneko Sasamoto, photographer
September

Taro Shinoda. Picture: courtesy of Misa Shin Gallery, Tokyo.
Arthur Cotton Moore, architect
Herbert V. Kohler Jr., philanthropist
William MacDougall, public sale govt
Virginia Dwan, Pioneering Supplier Who Bankrolled A few of Land Artwork’s Most Daring Masterpieces, Has Died at 90
Dimitrios Pandermalis, museum president
In Footage: See How Artists Have Captured Queen Elizabeth II, the U.Ok.’s Longest-Serving Monarch, By way of Seven Many years of Her Reign
October

Peter Schjeldahl on the 2011 New Yorker Pageant. Picture: Neilson Barnard/Getty Photos for The New Yorker.
Grace Glueck, artwork reporter
Angus Trumble, museum director
Peter Schjeldahl, the Beloved Poet Turned ‘New Yorker’ Artwork Critic, Has Died at Age 80
Ken Stradling, artwork collector
French Painter Pierre Soulages, Who Devoted His Profession to the Deepest Colour Black, Has Died at Age 102
November

Ashley Bickerton. Picture: courtesy of Bickerton Studio.
Artist Hervé Télémaque, Identified for His Colourful Poetic Works That Challenged Injustices, Has Died at Age 85
Lee Bontecou, the American Artist Who Sculpted the Void, Has Died at Age 91
Evelyn de Rothschild, artwork collector
Ashley Bickerton, an Artist Identified for His Burlesques of Consumerism and Gauguin, Has Died at Age 63
December

Maya Picasso in entrance of her portrait, in Paris, France on October 15, 1996. Picture: Alain Benainous / Gamma-Rapho through Getty Photos.
Maya Ruiz-Picasso, the Eldest Daughter of Picasso and Keeper of His Legacy, Has Died at Age 87
Philip Pearlstein, a Figurative Grasp Who Most popular Nude Portraits Over New Modes of Abstraction, Has Died at 98
Oscar White Muscarella, archaeologist
Dorothy Iannone, artist
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