Arts

Painters, sculptors, dancers and designers whose work outlives them. 48 people are remembered here. Light a candle, read their story, and add a memory of your own.

Donald Sutherland
1935 – 2024 · Actor
He loved what he did and did what he loved. A life well lived.
275 candles · 16 tributes
Andy Warhol
1928 – 1987 · Artist
In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes.
228 candles · 14 tributes
Pablo Picasso
1881 – 1973 · Painter and sculptor
Everything you can imagine is real.
226 candles · 10 tributes
James Earl Jones
1931 – 2024 · Actor (stage
The voice of Vader and Mufasa; a stage giant forever.
221 candles · 19 tributes
Yayoi Kusama
1929 – 2026 · Conceptual artist
210 candles · 15 tributes
Mary Tyler Moore
1936 – 2017 · Actress
She turned the world on with her smile.
206 candles · 19 tributes
James Van Der Beek
1977 – 2026 · Actor
He met his final days with courage, faith, and grace.
192 candles · 19 tributes
David Lynch
1946 – 2025 · Film director
Eagle Scout. Missoula, Montana. Keep your eye on the donut.
183 candles · 20 tributes
Angela Lansbury
1925 – 2022 · Actress
Broadway queen, TV sleuth, and Mrs Potts forever.
162 candles · 18 tributes
Vincent van Gogh
1853 – 1890 · Painter
I dream my painting and I paint my dream.
140 candles · 14 tributes
Frida Kahlo
1907 – 1954 · Painter
Feet, what do I need you for when I have wings to fly?
134 candles · 14 tributes
Leonardo da Vinci
1452 – 1519 · Painter
Learning never exhausts the mind.
119 candles · 14 tributes
Fabrizio Plessi
1940 – 2026 · Italian installation artist
Made television a material and Venice the grammar of video art.
100 candles · 9 tributes
Sliman Mansour
1947 – 2026 · Painter
He painted sumud so a homeland could be carried and remembered.
96 candles · 7 tributes
John Pickles
† 2026 · Music industry entrepreneur
Yorkshire music entrepreneur who took DJ megamixes to three UK number ones with Jive Bunny.
94 candles · 5 tributes
Chita Rivera
1933 – 2024 · Actress
Broadway's electric dancer: Anita, Velma, Spider Woman, forever.
94 candles · 6 tributes
Dimitris Kokotas
1968 – 2026 · Singer
Be strong enough to keep singing the songs we loved.
92 candles · 9 tributes
Annette Saint-Pierre
1925 – 2026 · Educator
Educator and publisher who made Franco-Manitoban literature visible and saved Gabrielle Roy's house.
91 candles · 7 tributes
Jean-François Leroy
1956 – 2026 · Photojournalist
He made Perpignan a beacon: go and see, never look away.
91 candles · 4 tributes
Hans Traxler
1929 – 2026 · Painter
He made Kohl a pear and Frankfurt laugh.
91 candles · 8 tributes
Will Murray
1953 – 2026 · Novelist
Kept Doc Savage alive and co-created Squirrel Girl; pulp historian who bridged fan to pro.
89 candles · 6 tributes
Jay Maisel
1931 – 2026 · Photographer
He taught generations to look: light, color, gesture.
86 candles · 5 tributes
Juan Tamariz
1942 – 2026 · Magician
Spain's joyful master of cards: he made wonder feel like play, and made magicians rethink magic.
86 candles · 10 tributes
Betye Saar
1926 – 2026 · Assemblage artist
Assemblage pioneer who armed Aunt Jemima and remade racist kitsch into Black feminist power.
82 candles · 9 tributes
Ilan Dar
1937 – 2026 · Actor (stage
Israeli stage and screen giant; forever Ilan of Krovim Krovim.
78 candles · 8 tributes
Aleksandr Pashchenko
1945 – 2026 · Singer
From scenery crew to People's Artist, he gave Orenburg nearly 700 roles and his whole heart.
75 candles · 9 tributes
Len Brown
1941 – 2026 · Writer
Co-creator of Mars Attacks. Topps creative soul for 41 years. For the kids. Country roots forever.
75 candles · 9 tributes
Yves Brunier
1941 – 2026 · puppeteer
The man inside Casimir, France's gentle orange dinosaur.
71 candles · 7 tributes
Solomon Pappaiah
1936 – 2026 · Tamil scholar
He made Tamil laugh, think, and gather around the debate stage.
68 candles · 4 tributes
Franco Fontana
1933 – 2026 · Photographer
What remains of me when I go? Colour.
68 candles · 5 tributes
Li Weikang
1947 – 2026 · Peking opera dan
Golden-voiced Peking opera dan who fused Mei, Cheng, and Zhang schools into a style of her own.
68 candles · 6 tributes
Barry Cleavin
1939 – 2026 · Fine art printmaker (intaglio/etching
NZ master printmaker who made doubt, bones and Hereweka speak in ink.
67 candles · 7 tributes
Geles Cabrera
1926 – 2026 · Sculptor
Mexico's pioneering woman sculptor who carved a museum of her own and taught bodies to move in stone.
66 candles · 4 tributes
Grace Chang
1933 – 2026 · Singer
Mambo Girl of Cathay's golden age, whose voice outlived the screen.
65 candles · 10 tributes
Keyvan Khosrovani
1938 – 2026 · Iranian architect
Architect and couturier who dressed an empress in Iranian crafts, and kept building beauty in exile.
60 candles · 7 tributes
M
Mary Heilmann
1940 – 2026 · Abstract painter
Color, chairs, and the ocean. A painter's painter.
59 candles · 9 tributes
Anna Louizos
1957 – 2026 · Scenic designer
She built our homes on Broadway stages.
57 candles · 6 tributes
Jules Feiffer
1929 – 2025 · Cartoonist
Pulitzer and Oscar satirist who drew America's neuroses for decades.
57 candles · 5 tributes
Carlo Borlenghi
1956 – 2026 · Sailing and watersports photographer
He taught the sailing world how to see the sea.
54 candles · 10 tributes
John Irvin
1940 – 2026 · Film and television director
A director with balls behind the camera.
50 candles · 8 tributes
Alexander Sharovsky
1948 – 2026 · Actor and theatre director
Baku actor and director who led the Russian Drama Theatre for three decades.
48 candles · 5 tributes
James Lew
1952 – 2026 · Martial artist
Emmy-winning stunt artist who made Hollywood's heroes look fearless.
42 candles · 4 tributes
Sir Richard Alston
1948 – 2026 · Choreographer
Musical contemporary classicist; Strider to Rambert to The Place; knighted for Services to Dance.
41 candles · 8 tributes
Michael Wright
1956 – 2026 · Actor (film and television)
Pure artist whose Eddie King still sings in every room.
41 candles · 9 tributes
Lucien Smith
1989 – 2026 · Multidisciplinary artist (painting
From Rain Paintings to Serving the People and FOOD, he turned early market fame into community.
38 candles · 7 tributes
Libor Balák
1961 – 2026 · Painter
Brno painter of prehistory; Burian's heir in line, not in manner. May, Foglar, mammoth hunters, Antropark.
35 candles · 9 tributes
Nina Shipman
1938 – 2026 · Film and television actress
Fox starlet, Western guest star, Nell Shipman's granddaughter. Screen craft across three decades.
34 candles · 4 tributes
R. Sarath
† 2026 · Film director
National Award Malayalam director who put conscience, mural heritage, and social drama on screen.
32 candles · 8 tributes