CAA pays respect to the following artists, scholars, critics, and academics who recently passed away:
- Tina Allen, a sculptor of influential African Americans, died September 9, 2008, at age 58
- Dale Chisman, an abstract painter based in Denver, died August 28, 2008. He was 65
- George Deem, a painter who cleverly reworked old-master paintings, died August 11, 2008, at the age of 75
- Elizabeth Eames, a scholar of medieval tiles at the British Museum, died September 20, 2008. She was 90
- Marian Griffiths, a longtime director at Sculpture Center in New York, died September 8, 2008, at age 86
- Simon Hantaï, a reclusive French painter, died September 11, 2008. He was 85
- France Alain Jacquet, a French painter associated with nouveau réalisme, died September 4, 2008, at the age of 69
- Stephen A. Kliment, a former editor of the Architectural Record, died September 10, 2008, at the age of 78
- Paul Overy, a British art critic, died August 7, 2008, at age 68
- Petrus Schaesberg, a scholar of modern and contemporary art and an adjunct professor at Columbia University, died September 23, 2008. He was 40
- George Zarnecki, an expert on Romanesque art and a former director of the Courtauld Institute in London, died September 8, 2008, a few days before his 93rd birthday
