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Julio Le Parc, Pioneer of Kinetic Art and Venice Biennale Prize Winner, Dies at 97

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Julio Le Parc, the Argentine-born artist whose shimmering mobiles, vibrating light installations, and participatory environments helped redefine the relationship between art and its audience, died on May 30 in Paris. He was 97. His son, Yamil Le Parc, confirmed the death to the Argentine newspaper La Nación. The artist had been hospitalized in recent days after a decline in health and died at the American Hospital in Paris. According to his so…

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Julio Le Parc, Argentine plastic artist, died at the age of 97. Born in 1928, in Mendoza, Argentina, he was internationally recognized as one of the main names of kinetic art. Over six decades, he carried out innovative experiments with light, movement and color, seeking to promote new relations between art and society from a utopian perspective. His canvases, sculptures and installations address questions related to the limits of painting from …

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BUENOS AIRES (AP) — Argentine artist Julio Le Parc, an international figure in Op and Kinetic art, died Saturday in Paris at the age of 97, his family confirmed to the media. The celebrated visual artist was born in the province…

·Lancaster, United States
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His international consecration came in 1966, when he won the International Grand Prize for Painting of the XXXIII Venice Biennale, one of the highest distinctions of world art

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“A great Argentine art died at the top of his career,” Marta Minujín told NATION about his colleague Julio Le Parc, who died today in Paris. He met him when she was barely twelve years old, the first day she entered the Manuel Belgrano National School of Fine Arts. In the mid-1950s, he ran the Student Center. “They went on a strike – remember – and stayed to sleep.” Siri Hustvedt: “I would like to get to the tomb with a small mouthful of Paul Au…

·Buenos Aires, Argentina
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The Mendocino artist, a world leader in optical and kinetic art, died at the age of 97 in Paris, where he built a brilliant career for almost seven decades.

·Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Clarin broke the news in Buenos Aires, Argentina on Saturday, May 30, 2026.
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