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 .
Alicia Cardenas, artist
February
Carmen Herrera in her studio, 2015. Photo: Jason Schmidt. © Carmen Herrera, courtesy Lisson Gallery.
March
Budi Tek. Photo courtesy of the Yuz Museum.
April
Hermann Nitsch, 20th painting action (1987). ©Hermann Nitsch. Photo by Heinz Cibulka.
May
Samella Lewis. Photo: courtesy of the College Art Association.
June
Artist Sam Gilliam photographed on June 22, 2016 in Washington, D.C. Photo: Marvin Joseph/ via Getty Images.
July
Claes Oldenburg. Photo: Brill/ullstein bild via Getty Images.
August
Portrait of Charlie Finch. Photo: © 2010 Timothy Greenfield-Sanders. Courtesy of the photographer.
September
Taro Shinoda. Photo: courtesy of Misa Shin Gallery, Tokyo.
Taro Shinoda, artist
October
Peter Schjeldahl at the 2011 New Yorker Festival. Photo: Neilson Barnard/Getty Images for .
November
Ashley Bickerton. Photo: courtesy of Bickerton Studio.
December
Maya Picasso in front of her portrait, in Paris, France on October 15, 1996. Photo: Alain Benainous / Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images.