Arts

Painters, sculptors, dancers and designers whose work outlives them. 257 people are remembered here. Light a candle, read their story, and add a memory of your own.

• 
  Nikolaus Gerhart

  1944 – 2026 · Sculptor

  Munich sculptor who opened up stone to show its inner life, and led the city's art academy.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
• 
  Fusako Yusaki

  1937 – 2026 · Animator

  She shaped plasticine into endless worlds and taught generations of children that everything can be transformed with joy.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
• 
  Juarez Machado

  1941 – 2026 · Painter

  Joinville's multiartist who drew with his whole body and painted joy. Only art is eternal.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
• 
  Alisa Aksyonova

  1931 – 2026 · Soviet and Russian museum director

  Museum director who turned Vladimir-Suzdal into a world heritage museum empire and became a Hero of Labour.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
• 
  Eleni Prokopiou

  1939 – 2026 · Actress

  Greek actress and dancer who lit up Finos Film musicals of the 1960s.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
• 
  Bernard Verley

  1939 – 2026 · Actor

  French actor and producer whose face marked cinema and television for more than sixty years.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
• 
  Mohammed bin Eid Al Araimi

  † 2026 · Novelist

  Omani novelist and translator who turned patience after paralysis into fiction and witness.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
• 
  L. Krishnan

  1922 – 2026 · Film director

  Malay film pioneer who launched P. Ramlee and directed more than thirty features.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
• 
  Manuel Boix

  1942 – 2026 · Painter

  Valencian painter and National Prize artist who shaped a region's visual memory.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
• 
  Rodolphe

  1948 – 2026 · Comic book writer

  Prolific French scenariste who filled Trent, Kenya and a hundred other worlds with adventure and heart.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
• 
  Ivan Khlanta

  1941 – 2026 · Folklorist

  Zakarpattia folklorist who recorded thousands of songs and tales for Ukraine's living memory.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
• 
  Margaret Alexiou

  1939 – 2026 · Byzantinist and Modern Greek scholar

  Harvard Seferis Professor who taught three generations to hear Greek lament across time.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
• 
  David Arnason

  1940 – 2026 · Author

  Manitoba author and professor who chronicled Icelandic Interlake life.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
• 
  John Sedgwick

  1954 – 2026 · Author

  American author who wrote the Sedgwick family memoir and histories of duel, Cherokee and railroad wars.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
• 
  Edward Lucie-Smith

  1933 – 2026 · Poet

  Poet and art critic whose hundred-plus books taught generations how to look at modern art.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
• 
  Olufemi Majekodunmi

  1940 – 2026 · British-Nigerian architect

  British-Nigerian architect who led NIA, AUA and the UIA and built FMA across Africa.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
• 
  Branko Kolarevic

  1963 – 2026 · Architect

  A digital-age architect-educator who linked computation to studios, books and schools.

  3 candles · 1 tributes