Francisco Correa Cordero, the founder of the New York art gallery Lubov, has died. The news was reported by ARTnews on 3 August 2026. No cause of death has been disclosed.

Correa Cordero opened Lubov at 5 East Broadway, Suite 402, in Lower Manhattan — a Chinatown-adjacent address that has become a gathering point for independent and emerging galleries in recent years. The gallery operates Tuesday through Saturday, 12pm to 6pm, and by appointment, reachable at (347) 496-5833 and info@lubov.nyc, according to its website (Lubov NYC).

Lubov built its reputation on a programme of contemporary artists working across painting, sculpture, installation and video. The gallery's name — Spanish for "love" — signalled the personal conviction Correa Cordero brought to a space that, from the outset, ran on a modest footprint and a curatorial sensibility rather than blockbuster budgets.

Details about Correa Cordero's age, surviving family, and memorial arrangements have not been made public. Further information, if released, is expected to come through the gallery's channels.