Artist and Gallerist Peter Nagy Dies at 66 in New Delhi
Peter Nagy, an artist and the co-founder of Nature Morte, passed away from cancer at the age of 66 in his New Delhi residence on October 13, 2023. He was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, in 1959 and completed his studies at Parsons School of Design in 1981. In 1982, Nagy, alongside Alan Belcher, established Nature Morte in New York, which operated until 1988. After relocating to India in 1997, he reopened Nature Morte in South Delhi with Arani Bose, championing artists such as Subodh Gupta and Jitish Kallat. His artwork is housed in prominent museums, and a survey in 2020 showcased his contributions. He is survived by his brother Paul and partner Timmy Martin. A Hindu cremation took place on October 14.
Key facts
- Peter Nagy died of cancer at his home in New Delhi on October 13, aged 66.
- He was born in 1959 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and graduated from Parsons School of Design in 1981.
- Nature Morte opened in 1982 at 204 E. 10th Street in New York's East Village, co-founded with Alan Belcher.
- The New York gallery closed in 1988 after a seven-year run.
- Nagy moved permanently to New Delhi in 1997 after a first trip to India in 1992.
- Nature Morte's first permanent Indian home was at A1 Neeti Bagh in South Delhi, backed by Arani Bose.
- A 2020 survey, "Entertainment Erases History," was presented with Deitch Projects.
- His work is held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, Brooklyn Museum, Menil Collection and Buffalo AKG Art Museum.
Entities
Artists
- Peter Nagy
- Alan Belcher
- Jeff Koons
- Peter Halley
- Meyer Vaisman
- Liz Koury
- Joel Otterson
- Steven Parrino
- Louise Lawler
- Richard Prince
- Sherrie Levine
- Barbara Kruger
- Julia Wachtel
- Subodh Gupta
- Jitish Kallat
- Dayanita Singh
- Arani Bose
- Bharti Kher
- Richard Long
- Arthur Solway
- Carl Solway
- Paul Nagy
- Timmy Martin
- Aparajita Jain
- Robin Weglinski
- Mary Agnes Smith
- Marina Thomas
- Gretchen Bender
- Vito Acconci
- Not Vital
- Cindy Sherman
- Raqs Media Collective
- Reena Saini Kallat
- Imran Qureshi
- Alicja Kwade
- Ai Weiwei
- Pierre Matisse
- Ileana Sonnabend
- Leo Castelli
- Jitash Khallat
- Keith Sonnier
- Cady Noland
- Robert Gober
- Mrinalini Mukherjee
- L. N. Tallur
- Jeffrey Deitch
- Genevieve Hanson
- Thukral & Tagra
- Anita Dube
- Michael Bühler-Rose
- A. A. Bronson
Institutions
- Nature Morte
- International With Monument
- Parsons School of Design
- Magenta Plains
- Deitch Projects
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- Brooklyn Museum
- Menil Collection
- Buffalo AKG Art Museum
- Albright-Knox Art Gallery
- Bose Pacia
- Centre for Contemporary Art, Bikaner House
- Jeffrey Deitch gallery
- Bose Pacia gallery
- Artnet
- Whitney Museum
- Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art
- Hyperallergic
- Group Material
- Whitney Biennial
- Documenta 8
- Deitch Project
- Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles
- exibart.com
- International with Monument
- Whitney Biennale
- Documenta
- Raqs Media Collective
Locations
- New Delhi
- India
- New York
- United States
- Bridgeport
- Connecticut
- East Village
- East 10th Street
- Second Avenue
- SoHo
- 57th Street
- Houston
- Buffalo
- London
- Paris
- Cologne
- Mumbai
- Jaipur
- South Delhi
- Neeti Bagh
- Broadway
- Prince Street
- Venice
- Santa Cruz
- California
- Madhavendra Palace
- Kolkata
- Berlin
- Germany
- Gulmohar Park
- Colaba
- Dhanraj Mahal
- Lower East Side
- Los Angeles
- Neu-Delhi
- Kassel
- Zimmerstraße
- Weydingerstraße