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Ivan Ivanovich Tuchkov (13 September 1956–22 September 2018), Professor of Art History, Dean of the Faculty of History at Lomonosov Moscow State University, Head of its Department of General Art History, and an Honorary Member of the Russian Academy of Arts, died on 22 September 2018. He chaired the organising committee of the Actual Problems of Theory and History of Art conference.

Professor Tuchkov’s entire academic career was closely connected with Moscow University. He graduated from its Faculty of History in 1978, completed his postgraduate studies, and began teaching in the Department of General Art History in 1981. He became head of the department in 2007 and dean of the faculty in 2015. In that role, he supported the development of academic programmes and closer cooperation between the University, research institutions, and museums.

His principal fields of research were the art of the Italian Renaissance and the culture of Rome from antiquity to the modern period, particularly the architecture and decoration of Renaissance villas and gardens. He combined broad humanistic learning with a keen sensitivity to works of art and an exceptional ability to communicate his subject to students, fellow scholars, and wider audiences.

For the conference community, Ivan Tuchkov was not only the chair of its organising committee but also a teacher, colleague, and friend. His commitment to open scholarly dialogue and his support for younger researchers remain part of the academic tradition carried forward by the conference.

A fuller obituary is available in Russian on the website of the MSU Faculty of History.