Barry Martin, a British artist associated with the kinetic art movement, died on December 12, 2025, at the age of 82.
Born in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England, in 1943, he explored ideas of movement in art and in games. Among artists whose work has explored chess, Martin was described as “perhaps the most important.” His work is held in the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum, Tate and the British Council, among others.
Barry Martin (20 February 1943 – 12 December 2025) was a British artist associated with the kinetic art movement of the 1960s, in which physical movement was incorporated into art. Martin also explored ideas of movement in the activities of games: among artists whose work has explored chess, Martin was described as “perhaps the most important”. His work appears in the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum, Tate, and British Council, among others. According to the Victoria and Albert Museum: