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2024’s greatest losses: A year of farewells to luminaries across music, cinema, politics, sports and the arts

The year 2024 has been marked by the loss of remarkable individuals across diverse fields, including music, cinema, politics, sports, and the arts. Legendary tabla maestro Zakir Hussain, who revolutionized Indian classical music, was among the notable figures we lost this year. The realm of politics was also touched by loss with the passing of renowned leaders like K. Natwar …

When the sun filters through the skylights of the Honarkar Foundation for Arts & Culture in Laguna Beach, an untitled 1986 work of Mary Corse comes alive as the glass microbeads in oil paint catch the light. “When I first moved to California in 2015 from Australia, I visited ACE Gallery and saw a group show that included Mary Corse, …

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Ancient luminaries of literature and science. New portraiture Jiang, who basically taught himself to paint, sculpt and design, became a professor of Chinese painting at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in 1950, under the deanship of Xu Beihong, another great modern artist who favored a realistic approach to art. His subjects were farmers and workers engaged in the booming …