Half Gallery (Manhattan, NY)

November 5, 2026 Derrick Bryson Taylor and Leila Sheridan

Lucien Smith, Art-World Star, Died From Accidental Drug Overdose

Shortly before Mr. Smith died, he created a series of new “Rain Paintings” that are now on display in a show at the Tripoli Gallery in Wainscott, N.Y.

Lucien Smith, Art-World Star Whose Career Abruptly Turned, Dies at 37

A phenom in his 20s, he became the poster child for Zombie Formalism before abandoning the gallery frenzy for Montauk.