One of the most influential US abstract artists who started out as a minimalist but constantly reinvented his workIn February 2015, a pair of enormous stars, one in polished aluminium and the other unvarnished teak, appeared in the courtyard of the Royal Academy in London. These were by the American artist and honorary Academician Frank Stella, who has died aged 87.For all their differences, the two stars were part of a single work called, with deadpan literalness, Inflated Star and Wooden Star.... Read this story
