Hyperallergic's In Memoriam: Raghu Rai, Jack Thornell, Jarvis Rockwell, and Others

Hyperallergic's weekly In Memoriam column honors recently deceased figures from the art world. Among those remembered are Indian photojournalist Raghu Rai (1942–2026), a protégé of Henri Cartier-Bresson who joined Magnum Photos in 1977 and won the Padma Shri for his coverage of the 1971 India-Pakistan war; Argentine abstract painter Ides Kihlen (1917–2026), who had her first solo show at age 85 at the Museum of Decorative Arts in Buenos Aires; Israeli painter and activist Yair Garbuz (1945–2026), an outspoken critic of nationalism; British literary photographer Mark Gerson (1921–2026), known for portraits of Evelyn Waugh and Ben Okri; Japanese art collector Kurt Gitter (1937–2026), who with his wife Alice built major collections of self-taught American and Japanese art; Danish antiquities dealer Ittai Gradel (1965–2026), who exposed thefts at the British Museum and helped recover nearly 400 objects; indigo textile artist Leigh Magar (1968–2026), whose work was shown at the Gibbes Museum and Charleston Museum; Kenyan muralist Patrick Mukabi (1967–2026), known for his memorial to the 1998 US embassy bombing in Nairobi; Associated Press photographer Jack Thornell (1939–2026), who won a Pulitzer for his 1966 image of James Meredith after an assassination attempt; Jarvis Rockwell (1931–2026), son of Norman Rockwell, known for toy assemblages exhibited at the New Museum and MASS MoCA; and stained-glass artist Larry Zgoda (1950–2026), who founded the nonprofit Edgar Miller Legacy.