{"componentChunkName":"component---src-templates-article-js","path":"/lucien-smith-artist-supporting-artists-1989-2026/","result":{"data":{"wordpressPost":{"id":127378,"slug":"lucien-smith-artist-supporting-artists-1989-2026","title":"Lucien Smith, artist supporting artists, 1989–2026","excerpt":"The artist has died aged 37","content":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://backend.artreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Lucien_Smith_Portrait-1230x982.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-127398\" srcset=\"https://backend.artreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Lucien_Smith_Portrait-1230x982.jpg 1230w, https://backend.artreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Lucien_Smith_Portrait-600x479.jpg 600w, https://backend.artreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Lucien_Smith_Portrait-300x239.jpg 300w, https://backend.artreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Lucien_Smith_Portrait-768x613.jpg 768w, https://backend.artreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Lucien_Smith_Portrait-1536x1226.jpg 1536w, https://backend.artreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Lucien_Smith_Portrait-2048x1635.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1230px) 100vw, 1230px\" /><figcaption>Photo: Laszlo212 / Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0</figcaption></figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The artist Lucien Smith has died aged 37.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Based in New York, Smith graduated from the Cooper Union with a degree in fine arts in 2011. He gained early market success, especially for his abstract paintings that came to be known as representative of ‘zombie formalism’&nbsp;after critic Walter Robinson coined the term in 2014. His practice also encompassed films and sculptural installations.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2016 he moved to Montauk and in 2017, following what he described as his struggles with ‘what seemed like overnight success’, he founded the non-profit ‘Serving The People’ to provide young emerging artists with opportunities and support. Last year, Smith worked with the estate of Gordon Matta-Clark and chef Mathieu Canet to relaunch the 1970s artist-run restaurant FOOD in SoHo. </p>\n","path":"/lucien-smith-artist-supporting-artists-1989-2026/","format":"standard","date":"09 September 2026","rawDate":"2026-09-09T11:52:58.000Z","branch":{"name":"artreview.com"},"author":{"name":"ArtReview","path":"/author/artreview/"},"category":{"name":"News","path":"/category/news/"},"featured_media":{"source_url":"https://backend.artreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Lucien_Smith_Portrait.jpg","caption":"","alt_text":"","media_details":{"width":2255,"height":1800,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"source_url":"https://backend.artreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Lucien_Smith_Portrait-300x239.jpg","width":300,"height":239},"medium":{"source_url":"https://backend.artreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Lucien_Smith_Portrait-600x479.jpg","width":600,"height":479},"large":{"source_url":"https://backend.artreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Lucien_Smith_Portrait-1230x982.jpg","width":1230,"height":982},"wordpress_1536x1536":{"source_url":"https://backend.artreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Lucien_Smith_Portrait-1536x1226.jpg","width":1536,"height":1226},"wordpress_2048x2048":{"source_url":"https://backend.artreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Lucien_Smith_Portrait-2048x1635.jpg","width":2048,"height":1635}}}},"acf":{"article_artist":null,"article_video":null,"article_audio":null,"article_collaboration":"","article_custom_html_snippet":"","article_featured_title":"","article_featured_description":"","article_highlight":false,"article_custom_link_url":"","hero_image":null,"seo_title":"Lucien Smith, artist supporting artists, 1989–2026 | ArtReview","seo_description":"The artist Lucien Smith has died aged 37.","article_related_articles":[{"id":127371,"title":"Smithsonian head quits among sustained Trump pressure","path":"/smithsonian-head-quits-among-sustained-trump-pressure/","author":{"name":"ArtReview","path":"/author/artreview/"},"category":{"name":"News","path":"/category/news/"},"featured_media":{"source_url":"https://backend.artreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/bunch_lonnie_g_preferred_0.jpg","caption":"Lonnie G. 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