Prominent SF art critic, professor Leigh Markopoulos dies Leigh Markopoulos, a prominent San Francisco art critic, curator and teacher, has died from injuries sustained in an automobile accident in Los Angeles. Markopoulos was the chair of the graduate program in curatorial practice at California College of the Arts, where a spokeswoman made the announcement Friday evening. At CCA, she was adjunct professor in the graduate program beginning in 2003 and appointed chair of her program in 2008. In a statement, CCA president Stephen Beal called Markopoulos “a brilliant scholar, writer, and curator who was dearly loved by her students and colleagues.”