Editing 2002 in art (section)

===July to December===
*8 July – [[Ward Kimball]], American [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]]-winning [[animator]] (b. 1914).
*13 July – [[Yousuf Karsh]], Armenian-Canadian photographer (b. 1908).
*17 July – [[George Rickey]], American [[kinetic sculpture|kinetic sculptor]] (b. 1907).
*5 August – [[Robert Lenkiewicz]], English painter (b. 1941).
*11 August – [[Galen Rowell]], American wilderness photographer, in aviation accident (b. 1940).
*22 August – [[Richard Lippold]], American [[Sculpture|sculptor]] (b. 1915).
*19 October - [[Guy Krohg]], Norwegian painter (b. 1917).
*20 October - [[Andrew Martz]], Russian animal sculptor (b. 1924).
*18 November – [[Bryan Robertson]], English curator (b. 1925).
*23 November – [[Roberto Matta]], Chilean painter (b. 1911).
*9 December
**[[Ian Hornak]], American painter and draughtsman (b. 1944).
**[[Stan Rice]], American poet and artist (b. 1942).
*26 December – [[Herb Ritts]], American photographer (b. 1952).