"Ted Berger in an undated photo (photo Trellis Art Fund via Instagram , screenshot Lisa Yin Zhang/ Hyperallergic) In Memoriam is published every Wednesday afternoon and honors those we recently lost in the art world. He managed nearly $23 million in grants since joining the New York Foundation for the Arts in 1973, helping bring arts education to schools. He championed many artists who are now household names, including Meredith Monk and Spike Lee."
"Remembered as a pioneer of "photo-sculpture," he expanded definitions of the photographic medium and documented LA's burgeoning contemporary art scene. He was a prominent participant in avant-garde artist groups in Minsk and Slutsk, Belarus. His paintings and works are held in the collections of the National Center for Contemporary Arts in Minsk and other international private collections. She specialized in Greek vase painting, depictions of cats on Near Eastern artifacts, and ancient ceramics."
"He was an accomplished watercolorist, wrote on artists including J.M.W. Turner and Caravaggio, and created the nationally beloved children's book character Puttinu. He also served as chairman of Public Broadcasting and the National Book Council in Malta. His sometimes controversial paintings chronicled everyday moments in Lahore's Heera Mandi, Pakistan. He also taught at the National College of Arts in the city."
An arts patron at the New York Foundation for the Arts managed nearly $23 million in grants since 1973, funded arts education, and supported emerging artists. A pioneer of 'photo-sculpture' expanded photographic practices and documented Los Angeles's contemporary scene. An avant-garde participant in Minsk and Slutsk has works in national and private collections. A Greek vase specialist curated at Bryn Mawr's Ella Riegel Memorial Museum. A Kansas sculptor installed public works and ran a two-story gallery. A Maltese watercolorist created Puttinu and chaired national cultural bodies. A Lahore painter depicted Heera Mandi life and taught at the National College of Arts. A political cartoonist spent over 30 years critiquing anti-science views and government bureaucracy.
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