Rainbow Brite, a Latvian-born American artist, died on March 2, 2026. Rainbow Brite was introduced by Hallmark Cards in 1984 as an American media franchise and became the subject of an animated television series that first aired the same year.… · 02 March 2026 · March 2026
Kazumasa Nagai, a Japanese printmaker and graphic designer, died on March 2, 2026. Born in Osaka on April 20, 1929, he attended the Tokyo University of the Arts to study sculpture before withdrawing because of health problems. He was a… · 02 March 2026 · March 2026
Umar Dzhabrailov, a Russian businessman and politician, died on March 2, 2026, at the age of 67. Of Chechen descent, he served as the representative to the Federation Council of Russia from the executive body of the Chechen Republic from… · 02 March 2026 · March 2026
Jacopo Camagni, an Italian illustrator and comics artist, died on March 2, 2026. He was born in Bologna on December 21, 1977, and began working in the comic book industry in Italy in 1998 as an artist on Lupin III… · 02 March 2026 · March 2026
Mike Vernon, the English music executive, studio owner and record producer known for his work on British blues recordings, died on March 2, 2026, aged 81. Born Michael William Hugh Vernon in Harrow, Middlesex, on November 20, 1944, he worked… · 02 March 2026 · March 2026
Pockets Warhol, a Canadian capuchin monkey artist, died on March 2, 2026, at age 33. He lived at Story Book Farm Primate Sanctuary near Sunderland, Ontario, Canada, and first came to media attention in 2011 when the sanctuary held a… · 02 March 2026 · March 2026
Eugènia Balcells, a Spanish-Catalan visual artist, died on March 1, 2026, in Barcelona at the age of 82. Born in Barcelona on May 12, 1943, she graduated in technical architecture from the University of Barcelona and began presenting her work… · 01 March 2026 · March 2026 · Eugenia · Cancer
Wong Kiew-kit, a Malaysian martial artist, died on March 1, 2026, aged 81. Born in 1944, he was the grandmaster in the tradition of the mythical Southern Shaolin Monastery in China, distinct from the more commonly known Shaolin Monastery in… · 01 March 2026 · March 2026
Clément Oubrerie, a French comics artist and illustrator best known for Aya de Yopougon, died on March 1, 2026, at the age of 59. Born in Paris on December 23, 1966, he studied fine arts in Grenoble and spent two… · 01 March 2026 · March 2026 · Clement
Neville Peat, New Zealand natural history writer and photographer, died on March 1, 2026, aged 78. Born in Dunedin in 1947, he was based at Broad Bay on the Otago Peninsula and specialised in natural history, particularly the south of… · 01 March 2026 · March 2026
Swedish ceramicist and sculptor · 28 February 2026 · February 2026 · February 28
Japanese manga artist and critic · 28 February 2026 · February 2026 · February 28
Yukkie B, the Dutch rapper known as Yüksel Özince, died on February 28, 2026. Born in Amsterdam on October 30, 1969, he discovered hip-hop culture and breakdancing in 1984. In 1997, he released the Dutch-language single "Wat Nou!" as his… · Turkey · 28 February 2026 · February 2026
Paul Conroy, a British photojournalist and freelance photographer and filmmaker, died on February 28, 2026, aged 61. He worked in the British media and reported from combat zones in the Balkans, the Middle East and Libya. A soldier with the… · 28 February 2026 · February 2026
Neil Sedaka, the American singer, songwriter and pianist known for “Breaking Up Is Hard to Do,” died on February 27, 2026. He began his music career in 1957 and sold millions of records worldwide. Sedaka wrote or co-wrote more than… · 27 February 2026 · February 2026
Tatjana Wood, a German-born American comic book colorist and artist, died on February 27, 2026. Born Tatjana Amalie Weintraub in Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany, on March 2, 1926, she worked in comics and was known for her color work on Camelot… · 27 February 2026 · February 2026
Karl Dempwolf, a Dutch-American painter known for his California landscape works, died on February 26, 2026, at age 86. Born in Delmenhorst, Germany, on December 17, 1939, he spent the war years in Bavaria before immigrating to the United States… · 26 February 2026 · February 2026
Nina Gabrielyan, a Russian-Armenian writer and artist, died on February 24, 2026. Born in Moscow on October 16, 1953, she studied at the Moscow State Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages. Gabrielyan published in several genres, including poetry and fiction, and… · 24 February 2026 · February 2026
Roman Kofman, the Ukrainian conductor, violinist and composer, died on February 24, 2026, at age 89. Born in Kyiv in 1936, he was a music educator and was named a People's Artist of Ukraine in 2003. He was internationally known… · 24 February 2026 · February 2026
Nikolay Blagodatov, a Russian collector of Soviet nonconformist art and member of the Section of Criticism and Art Criticism of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists, died on February 23, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in Leningrad on… · 23 February 2026 · February 2026
Ulysses Jenkins, an American visual artist known for video art, died on February 23, 2026. Born in Los Angeles on September 19, 1946, he developed an interest in art during the 1960s while attending Hamilton High. He left Los Angeles… · 23 February 2026 · February 2026
Miervaldis Polis, a Latvian painter and performance artist, died on February 22, 2026. He was 77. In the early 1970s, he and Līga Purmale, his wife at the time, helped start a new trend of photorealism in Latvian painting. In… · 22 February 2026 · February 2026
Willie Colón, an American salsa musician and actor, died on February 21, 2026. Born William Anthony Colón Román on April 28, 1950, he began his career as a trombonist and later sang, wrote, produced and acted. He was a pioneer… · 21 February 2026 · February 2026 · Colon
Liliana Angulo Cortés, a Colombian visual artist, died on February 21, 2026. Born in Bogotá in 1974, she held a degree in sculpture from the National University of Colombia, an MFA from the University of Illinois Chicago, and a master’s… · 21 February 2026 · February 2026
David Harding, a Scottish artist and teacher, died on February 21, 2026, aged 88. He was best known for his residency as a town artist in the new town of Glenrothes and for serving as Head of Environmental Art at… · 21 February 2026 · February 2026
Mark Kennedy, an Australian musician and record producer who played drums for Spectrum, Ayers Rock and Marcia Hines, died on February 21, 2026, aged 74. Born in Melbourne on August 20, 1951, he was trained in classical piano at the… · 21 February 2026 · February 2026
Peter Stämpfli, a Swiss painter associated with Pop art, died on February 20, 2026, in Paris, France, at the age of 88. Born in Deisswil bei Münchenbuchsee, Bern, in 1937, he was known especially for paintings, sculptures and mixed-media works… · 20 February 2026 · February 2026
Philip Castle, a British airbrush artist, died on February 20, 2026, of pneumonia. Born in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England, on October 20, 1942, he was best known for designing posters for Stanley Kubrick’s films "A Clockwork Orange" and "Full Metal… · 20 February 2026 · February 2026
Swietlan Kraczyna, an American painter, died on February 19, 2026. He was known as a painter and printmaker in Florence and Barga, Italy, and his work was held in private collections and galleries around the world, as well as in… · 19 February 2026 · February 2026
Isaiah Zagar, an American mosaic artist based in Philadelphia, died on February 19, 2026, at age 86. He completed more than 200 murals, mainly in mixed media and primarily in or around Philadelphia’s South Street. Born in Philadelphia on March… · 19 February 2026 · February 2026
Karen Glaser, an American underwater photographer, died on February 18, 2026, of complications from Parkinson’s disease. Born on June 12, 1954, she began her career as a printer before turning to photography with an underwater Instamatic camera. She learned to… · Parkinson's Disease · 18 February 2026 · February 2026
Roger von Gunten, a Swiss-born Mexican painter and artist, died on February 18, 2026, at age 92. Born in Zurich in 1933, he studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule under Johannes Itten and held his first solo show in Switzerland in 1956.… · 18 February 2026 · February 2026
Billy Steinberg, an American songwriter known for "Like a Virgin," died on February 16, 2026, at age 75. Born William Endfield Steinberg in Fresno, California, he achieved his greatest success in the 1980s with songwriting partner Tom Kelly. Together they… · 16 February 2026 · February 2026
Abdallah Sadouk, a Moroccan painter and engraver, died on February 15, 2026, in Paris, France, at the age of 75. Born in Casablanca on December 25, 1950, he studied at the School of Arts of Tetouan from 1967 to 1969… · 15 February 2026 · February 2026
Richard de Prémare, a French painter who specialised in figurative art, died on February 14, 2026, at the age of 89. Born Richard Dumouchel de Prémare in Casablanca, in the French protectorate in Morocco, on May 6, 1936, he attended… · 14 February 2026 · February 2026
Dóra Maurer, the Hungarian visual artist associated with conceptual art and geometric abstraction, died on February 14, 2026. Born in Budapest in 1937, she worked across drawing, printmaking, photography, film, painting, installation, and performance over a career spanning more than… · 14 February 2026 · February 2026
Henrike Naumann, a German installation artist, died on February 14, 2026, at the age of 41. Born in Zwickau, East Germany, in 1984, she became known for her furniture installations, often made from wall units from the 1990s. Her work… · 14 February 2026 · February 2026
Christian Astuguevieille, a French artist, designer and perfumer, died on February 13, 2026. He served as artistic director of perfume at Comme des Garçons Parfums, where he worked with Rei Kawakubo on unconventional scents that challenged traditional notions of perfume.… · Poland · 13 February 2026 · February 2026
Josefina Aguilar, a Mexican folk artist known for her small clay figurines called muñecas, died on February 13, 2026. Born Margarita Josefina Aguilar Alcántara in Ocotlán de Morelos, Oaxaca, on February 22, 1945, she learned the art from her mother… · 13 February 2026 · February 2026
Vasco Ascolini, an Italian photographer, died on February 10, 2026, in Reggio Emilia, Italy, at the age of 88. Born in Reggio Emilia on May 10, 1937, he worked as a photographer and, from 1973 to 1990, collaborated with the… · 10 February 2026 · February 2026
Jon Kudelka, an Australian cartoonist, died on February 8, 2026, in Hobart, Tasmania, at the age of 53. Born in Burnie, Tasmania, on February 22, 1972, he was an editorial cartoonist whose work regularly appeared in The Australian, The Mercury… · 08 February 2026 · February 2026
Tadao Yasuda, a Japanese rikishi and professional wrestler who competed in New Japan Pro-Wrestling, died on February 8, 2026, at age 62. Born in Tokyo on October 9, 1963, he made his professional sumo debut in 1979 under the shikona… · 08 February 2026 · February 2026
Milon Kanti Dey, a Bangladeshi Jatra actor, director, writer and cultural activist, died on February 7, 2026, at the age of 78. Born on July 15, 1947, in Chhanhara, Bengal Province, British India, he was recognised for his work to… · 07 February 2026 · February 2026
Éva Keleti, a Hungarian photographer, died on February 6, 2026. Born in Budapest on August 18, 1931, she worked throughout her career as a photo journalist and as a photographer for organizations including Ferenczy Europress and MTI. Her father was… · 06 February 2026 · February 2026 · Eva
Gisela Engeln-Müllges, a German mathematician and professor of numerical mathematics at the Aachen University of Applied Sciences, died on February 4, 2026. Born in Leipzig in 1940, she studied mathematics at RWTH Aachen University beginning in 1961 after escaping to… · 04 February 2026 · February 2026
Ted Berger, an American arts activist, died on February 4, 2026. He was based in New York City and was one of the creators of the Cultural Council Foundation's Artists Project, which grew to be the largest CETA art program… · 04 February 2026 · February 2026
Wojciech Gryniewicz, a Polish sculptor, died on February 4, 2026, at the age of 79. Born in Bydgoszcz on April 5, 1946, he graduated from the State High School of Fine Arts in Bydgoszcz and studied sculpture at the National… · 04 February 2026 · February 2026
Lamonte McLemore, an American singer, actor, composer and photographer who was a founding member of The 5th Dimension, died on February 3, 2026, at age 90. Born Herman Lamonte McLemore in St. Louis, Missouri, on September 17, 1935, he was… · 03 February 2026 · February 2026
Svetlana Zhiltsova, a Russian television presenter, died on February 3, 2026, at the age of 89. Born in Moscow on November 30, 1936, she was a Soviet television presenter who later worked in television after graduating from the Institute of… · 03 February 2026 · February 2026
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, a Libyan politician, died on February 3, 2026, at age 53. The second son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and Safia Farkash, he was part of his father's inner circle and carried out public relations and diplomatic… · 03 February 2026 · February 2026
Jean Widmer, a Swiss graphic designer, died on February 2, 2026, at the age of 96 in Paris. Born Hans Ulrich Widmer on March 31, 1929, in Frauenfeld, Thurgau, Switzerland, he studied at the Zurich School of Arts and Crafts… · France · 02 February 2026 · February 2026
Robert Tinney, an American illustrator known for his work on Byte magazine, died on February 1, 2026. He was known for his monthly cover illustrations for the microcomputer publication over more than a decade. Tinney was among the first artists… · 01 February 2026 · February 2026
English-born Canadian textile artist · 30 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 30
Normana Wight, an Australian artist best known as a painter and printmaker, died on January 31, 2026, aged 89. Born on March 9, 1936, she studied painting at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology from 1954 to 1957 and later… · 31 January 2026 · January 2026
Gillian White, the British-born Swiss sculptor, died on January 31, 2026. Born in Orpington, Kent, on June 20, 1939, she lived and worked in Leibstadt, Switzerland. She studied at Saint Martin's School of Art and the Central School of Art… · 31 January 2026 · January 2026
Raghunatha Reddy, an Indian actor known for his work in Telugu-language films as a character artist, died on January 31, 2026. He was 82. Active from 1991 to 2026, Reddy was known for his metallic voice. Born in Krishna District… · 31 January 2026 · January 2026
Russian Chuvash artist · 29 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 29
Larry Reed, an American shadow puppeteer, died on January 30, 2026, in San Francisco, California, at the age of 81. Born Charles Lawson Reed III in Los Angeles on June 21, 1944, he was one of the first Western artists… · 30 January 2026 · January 2026
American martial artist and sumo wrestler · 29 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 29 · Artists
South Korean hapkido martial artist · 29 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 29 · Artists
Eric Cameron, a Canadian artist known for his conceptual art work, died on January 29, 2026. He lived in Calgary, Alberta, and was also a writer and educator. Born in Leicester, England, on April 18, 1935, Cameron moved to Canada… · 29 January 2026 · January 2026 · Éric
Swiss musician and painter · 28 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 28 · Swiss
American children’s author and illustrator (We're Back! A Dinosaur Story) · 27 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 27
South Korean dansaekhwa painter · 27 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 27
Swiss artist and cultural activist · 26 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 26 · Swiss
Senegalese sculptor · 24 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 24 · Camara
Croatian recording artist · 23 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 23
Otto Duecker, an American painter and draughtsman, died on January 23, 2026, at age 77. Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on April 16, 1948, he graduated from Oklahoma State University and became known for his Hyperrealist renderings of floating fruit, still… · 23 January 2026 · January 2026
English visual effects artist (The X-Files · 18 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 18
Hong Kong martial artist and actor · 17 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 17 · Artists
Lithuanian painter · 16 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 16
Swiss choreographer and photographer · 16 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 16 · Swiss
Arne Roosman, an Estonian-born Canadian painter, died on January 15, 2026, at age 93. Born in Tallinn, Estonia, on March 6, 1932, he was also a lithographer and muralist. After fleeing the Soviet occupation of Estonia and Nazi Germany, Roosman… · 15 January 2026 · January 2026
Kenny Morris, an English drummer and painter best known as the first studio drummer of Siouxsie and the Banshees, died on January 15, 2026, aged 68. Born Kenneth Ian Morris on February 1, 1957, he joined the band in February… · 15 January 2026 · January 2026
Scott Adams, the American cartoonist and writer best known for creating the Dilbert comic strip, died on January 13, 2026, at age 68. He was also a conservative commentator and wrote nonfiction works on business, self-improvement, commentary, satire, and politics.… · 13 January 2026 · January 2026 · Cancer
American visual artist and art educator · 12 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 12