Hyperallergic's Weekly In Memoriam: Alan Saret, Julio Le Parc, Hilde Lynn Helphenstein, and More

Key facts

• Alan Saret (1944–2026) was a postminimalist sculptor whose wire sculptures and drawings defined 'anti-form'.
• Saret's 1990 MoMA PS1 survey included carving an aperture into a brick wall that remains.
• Julio Le Parc (1928–2026) was a Franco-Argentine kinetic and Op Art pioneer and founding member of GRAV.
• Le Parc led a boycott of the 1971 São Paulo Biennial and organized the counter-project Contrabienal.
• A major retrospective of Le Parc opens at Tate Modern on June 11.
• Hilde Lynn Helphenstein (1985–2026), aka Jerry Gogosian, ran the satirical Instagram account @JerryGogosian.
• Helphenstein curated an online Sotheby's show in 2022 and hosted the podcast Art Smack.
• Jay Milder (1934–2026) co-founded City Gallery with Red Grooms and championed Claes Oldenburg and Jim Dine.
• Randall Bourscheidt (1944–2026) tripled NYC's art budget as deputy commissioner of cultural affairs (1981–87).
• Bourscheidt created the Estate Project for Artists With AIDS and acted in Andy Warhol films.
• Dang Van Phuoc (1935–2026) was a Vietnamese photojournalist for the Associated Press covering the Vietnam War.
• Robin Alastair Hurlstone (1958–2026) purchased Lucio Fontana's 'Concetto Spaziale, Attese' at Christie's in 2006.
• Hurlstone voiced Walter Boggis in Wes Anderson's 'Fantastic Mr. Fox' (2009).
• Marie-Jo Lafontaine (1950–2026) showed 'Les Larmes d'acier' at documenta 8 and won the Prix Jeune Peinture Belge in 1977.
• Nicholas Pope (1949–2026) represented Britain at the 1980 Venice Biennale; his work is in Tate and Guggenheim.
• Arleen Schloss (1943–2026) ran the A's loft space in NYC and created sound poetry piece 'How She Sees It By Her' (1983).
• Matthew Spender (1945–2026) wrote 'Within Tuscany' and a biography of Arshile Gorky.