English sculptor 29 May – Pierre Restany, French art critic and cultural philosopher (b.1930). 7 June – Georges Pichard, French comics artist (b.1920). July to September 11 July - Dorothy Miller, 99, American curator (b.1904). 15 August – Kirk Varnedoe, American art historian, writer and curator (b.1946). 21 August – Wesley Willis, American artist and musician (b.1963). 29 August – Vladimír Vašíček, Czech painter (b.1919). 1 September – Terry Frost, English artist noted for his abstracts (b.1915). October to December 3 October – William Steig, American cartoonist, sculptor and author (b.1907). 16 October – Avni Arbaş, Turkish artist (b.1919). 9 November – Mario Merz, Italian artist (b.1925). 4 December – David Vaughan, English psychedelic artist and muralist (b. 1944). 15 December – George Fisher, American political cartoonist (b.1923). 17 December – Wally Hedrick, American artist (b.1928). References 2000s in art Years of the 21st century in art