Artist Deaths

What's The Big Deal About Mike Kelley's Death?

Posted 02.02.2012

Mike Kelley died of an apparent suicide in his bathtub a few days ago in Southern California. He was perhaps the most influential artist to emerge in ...

Artist Mike Kelly Found Dead In His Home

AP | By DERRIK J. LANG | Posted 04.02.2012

LOS ANGELES -- Mike Kelley, the daring and influential contemporary installation artist who counted the band Sonic Youth and artist Paul McCarthy amon...

June Wayne Dead At 93

latimes.com | Posted 10.24.2011

June Wayne, an important figure of the California art scene for many years, died Tuesday at her home in Los Angeles after a long illness, according to...

Conceptual Artist Roman Opalka Dies At 79

nytimes.com | WILLIAM GRIMES | Posted 10.10.2011

Roman Opalka, a leading conceptual artist who, beginning with the numeral one in 1965, methodically painted consecutive numbers on canvas in a march t...

IN MEMORIAM: Remembering Iconic Arts Figures Who Passed in 2010

Posted 05.25.2011

Whether cut short or lived to the fullest, the end of the calendar year provides a somber moment of reflection to honor the lives of artists who've pa...