Remembering John H. Beyer, Marian Goodman, and Chung Sang-hwa

This week, we honor an architect who mended our urban social fabric, a giant of the gallery world, and a groundbreaking Modernist.

In Memoriam is published every Wednesday afternoon and honors those we recently lost in the art world.

John H. Beyer (1933–2026)Architect who championed preservation

He founded Beyer Blinder Belle, a New York-based architecture firm that was concerned that postwar urban renewal trends were destroying the social fabric. They restored Grand Central Terminal, the Met Breuer building, the Frick Collection, and more.

Marian Goodman (1938–2026)Pioneering New York Gallerist

Throughout a six-decade career, spanning galleries in New York, Paris, London, and Los Angeles, she put many artists on the map. Her gallery represented Nan Goldin, William Kentridge, Julie Mehretu, and many more. “There was a joke that we used to make about Marian: ‘Carry a soft stick and lay it down hard,’” artist Lawrence Weiner once said about her. “She could handle anything. And there’s a kind of grandeur about her generosity.”

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Sal Buscema (1936–2026)Legendary comic book artist

After providing illustrations for the federal government early in his career, he began working at Marvel Comics, launching a number of iconic series.

Helen Cherry (1924–2026)Prolific artist and illustrator

She illustrated 30 books, as well as dozens of stories for magazines like Highlights and Cricket.

Chung Sang-hwa (1932–2026)Towering figure in Korean modern art

Over a career that spanned the Korean War to the 21st-century rise of dansaekhwa (monochrome painting), he pushed the limits of the two-dimensional plane. Major retrospectives of his work have been held at Musée d’art moderne et contemporain de Saint-Étienne Métropole in France in 2011, and at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea, in 2021.

James McCown (1956–2025)Photographer and architectural writer

He wrote for a long list of magazines on architecture, including the Boston Globe, Art New England, and Architect's Newspaper. His photographs appeared in magazines, journals, and business publications.

Derek Morris (1940–2025)British sculptor and educator

He believed that sculptors need an intimate knowledge of materials, and imparted that to his students at Norwich School of Art (now the Norwich University of the Arts) for 25 years, retiring in the 1990s. In 1998, he became president of the Royal British Society of Sculptors.

Barbara G. Walker (1930–2026)Cataloguer and inventor of stitch patterns

She collected and sorted hundreds of motifs into seven foundational books about knitting.

Barbara Yeomans (d. 2026)Artist and arts advocate

The British-born, Florida-based painter, printmaker, and mixed-media artist exhibited across the East Coast and England.

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