As another year draws to a close, we’re taking a moment to look back on those we lost in the art world in 2021.

The list below is arranged according to the date the obituary was published. Links in italics take you to other news outlets; the others take you to Artnet News coverage.

The Honolulu Museum of Art (HoMA) has added three works by contemporary artist Hung Liu (American, Chinese born, 1948-2021) to its permanent collection.

In this exhibition, Robert Mars dexterously navigates three seemingly disparate styles. He blends Pop Art with abstraction and throws in a nod to traditional American Folk Art to create this stunning and stimulating body of work. Diehl Gallery is pleased to present, Idols & Abstractions.

CLICK HERE to view the exhibition on Artsy.

For over 20 years, Monica Aiello has explored the outer reaches of our galaxy from her studio in Denver, Colorado.
In our current featured viewing room on Artsy, we wanted to highlight two distinct bodies of work. While Aiello has predominantly looked beyond our own atmosphere for inspiration for her mixed media pieces, in 2017, she turned the lens 180 degrees and began to focus on earth.

Kelly Carrol’s idea of bringing sculpture to life was conceived in the 70’s, when she and a friend hatched a plan to create a site-specific piece for MOMA’s sculpture garden in New York City.

On the eve of her first museum retrospective, Oakland-based painter Hung Liu, one of the first Chinese artists to find success in the U.S., died on Saturday, August 7 from pancreatic cancer. She was 73.