Ilya Kabakov, ex-Soviet conceptual artist, dies aged 98 Ukrainian-born artist who turned whimsical albums into installations moved to US in 1980s with wife and collaborator, Emilia Ilya Kabakov, a Ukrainian-born conceptual artist considered to be one of the most influential of the Soviet Union, has died at the age of 89. Kabakov created dozens of whimsical albums with imaginary, often impossible stories set in the drab but re-stylised surroundings of … |